Traffic Offences

Driver drinking a mug of tea, no hands on the steering wheel

Driver caught sipping mug of tea and removi...

Sep 29, 2023Comments off

A tea-sipping driver who removed both his hands from the wheel while being reprimanded by police was just one of hundreds of drivers caught flouting

Policeman

New sentencing guidelines for motoring offe...

Jun 26, 2023Comments off

A comprehensive package of 12 new and revised sentencing guidelines for offenders convicted of motoring offences in England and Wales will come into effect on

Mobile phone use while driving

Acusensus expands UK operations

Apr 17, 2023Comments off

Acusensus says its investment in three new trailers – able to automatically detect mobile phone and seatbelt offences – will help local authorities in the

HGV accident caused by speeding

Increase in HGV drivers caught speeding

Mar 17, 2023Comments off

The recent data released regarding the dangerous level of speeding offenses committed by HGV delivery drivers is alarming. More than 23,000 HGV drivers were caught

Welsh support for NPCC mobile phone crack d...

Feb 27, 2023Comments off

All four Welsh police forces are supporting a nationwide campaign to crack down on drivers who flout the law by using a mobile phone. The

750 seat belt and mobile phone offences in ...

Dec 20, 2022Comments off

National Highways says it identified more than 750 seat belt and mobile ‘phone offences along a short section of the M6 in Merseyside earlier this

Over half a million uninsured cars seized s...

Oct 04, 2022Comments off

More than half a million (542,370) uninsured cars have been seized since 2018 according to information collated by AA Insurance. A Freedom of Information request

New research van rolled out to detect dange...

Jul 29, 2022Comments off

New mobile technology capable of automatically detecting motorists who fail to wear a seatbelt or hold mobile phones at the wheel is being trialled in

Views sought on new sentencing guidelines f...

Jul 18, 2022Comments off

A comprehensive package of 12 new and revised sentencing guidelines for offenders convicted of motoring offences in England and Wales has been put out for

400 vehicles stopped as officers in unmarke...

Jul 14, 2022Comments off

More than 400 vehicles were stopped, and 387 offences recorded in a week of action by police and National Highways which saw officers patrolling the