Police in Unmarked HGV have Spotted 700 Offenses

If you work in a driving agency because you are seeking driver jobs or driver recruitment, then you will be interested to know that police who are in an unmarked HGV have spotted 700 offenses. If you work warehouse jobs or if you want to hire industrial workers, then you will know what a huge deal this is. Eight forces have travelled the routes that span between London and Leeds, and they have been searching for any instances of unsafe driving. They stopped over 663 vehicles and they managed to uncover a total of 691 offenses as well. The main one happened to be people not wearing a seatbelt. It was found that 239 people were caught without a belt at all and that there were 73 in the region of South Yorkshire alone. You also had 181 people who were found using their mobile phone and that 44 drivers were not actually in control of their vehicle. They were also driving without due care and attention. Some of the penalties came down to simple words of advice but you also had 14 court summons as well. Five arrests were also made. Of course, National Highways provide the unmarked cabs to forces all across the country and a lot of this comes down to Operation Tramline. The vehicles that were stopped included 204 private vehicles as well as 180 HGVs. They included one driver who was from Northamptonshire. He was stopped because the front side window was tinted, and it was only letting 11% of light through. Of course, the driver admitted that they do have to wind down the window so they can see at night, and this led to the police giving him a formal warning to sort the issue out as soon as possible or face further consequences.

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