Road offenders caught out by police using unmarked HGV
60 VEHICLES STOPPED DURING OPERATION
OVER 60 vehicles were stopped last week by Humberside Police’s Roads Policing Unit as part of a national initiative, Operation Tramline, to identify dangerous drivers committing road-related offences.
Working in partnership with National Highways, officers have been busy travelling across the region in an unmarked Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) monitoring other drivers in a bid to keep roads safe across our area. The unmarked HGV will next be utilised by police later this year in August.
Throughout the four days of intensive action, the team issued a total of 59 traffic offence reports among those they stopped. A total of 35 of these reports were to drivers who were not wearing their seatbelt, nine for insecure loads and five were found to be using their mobile phone behind the wheel.
Roads Policing Inspector John Rickells said: “Nationally there has been an increase in the past three years of commercial vehicles being involved in fatal collisions.
“Commercial vehicles carry a significant risk of harm when the driver is not in proper control.
“Those driving while using a mobile phone, failing to comply with EU Driving Hours, or not wearing
a seatbelt are an increased risk.
“By participating in Operation Tramline, this sees us using an unmarked HGV to spot drivers who are committing road offences. We record video footage of the offences, and colleagues in an accompanying marked vehicle are alerted to intercept the offending vehicle, pulling it over and dealing with the driver involved over any offences committed.
“We are committed in keeping the roads in our region as safe as possible. Those who break the law behind the wheel are putting lives at
risk and we see on a daily basis the devastating effects these actions can have.”
The unmarked HGV will next be utilised by Humberside Police to catch dangerous drivers on the week commencing Monday, August 21. It will then return in mid-october, before being utilised again at the start of December.
If you have information about road traffic offences, you can call Humberside Police on 101 when it is safe to do so. Alternatively, you can report road traffic incidents at www. humberside.police.uk