Driver nearly hits officer
SHE FAILED TO FOLLOW BASIC STOP SIGNAL IN CENTRE OF VILLAGE
A DRIVER nearly hit a police officer after failing to stop in a South Derbyshire village.
The woman was driving near to Repton School when she failed to follow a basic stop signal command by officers - and one had to jump out of the way so that he was not hit by the car.
The driver continued and end up manoeuvring into a coned-off area of the road, a spokesman for the Mercia Police Safer Neighbourhood Team said.
Officers from the team with in the area on Tuesday, May 11, to direct the traffic through Repton after a bus had broken down.
Police paid the woman a visit at her home and issued a warning for causing alarm, distress or annoyance to the local community.
Police have the power to confiscate the vehicle if a further offence is committed over the next 12 months.
A spokesman for the team, which is an arm of Derbyshire police, said: “Officers from Mercia Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) were directing traffic in Repton after a bus broke down in the village. “Unfortunately, in almost imperfect synchrony an over-eager wasp decided to secrete itself inside an officer’s golden garb before administering an undesired sting – an occupational hazard and the first of the latespring season.
“This should have been a warning for what was to follow.
“Moving on from this metaphorical fluorescent hornets’ nest, officers resumed traffic duties, near The
Repton School, and were horrified to observe a female driver failing to follow a basic stop signal command. “This resulted in an officer having to jump out of the way as the car narrowly missed him before proceeding to manoeuvre through a coned-off area of the roadway. “Officers subsequently attended the driver’s home address and issued a Section 59 warning notice, under the Police Reform Act (2002).
“The legislation enables police to give people a warning if they are causing alarm, distress or annoyance to the local community. Police have the power to confiscate the vehicle if a further offence is committed over the next 12 months.”
Officers subsequently attended the driver’s home address and issued a Section 59 warning notice.
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