Scores of law breaking motorists caught in Shoreham police operation (From The Argus)
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Scores of law breaking motorists caught in Shoreham police operation
3:52pm Friday 25th May 2012 in News
Scores of motorists were caught breaching road safety rules in a police operation.
Eighty-three drivers were stopped by officers from the Adur and Worthing neighbourhood policing team over offences during a day-long road safety awareness Operation Airwalk in Shoreham.
Seventy-nine drivers agreed to watch an educational video on the dangers of driving without a seatbelt or while using a mobile phone but two drivers refused and were issued with £80 fixed penalty notices.
Two drivers were also issued with £200 fixed penalty notices for being uninsured while the Vehicle Operator Standards Agency issued four prohibition notices on defective commercial vehicles during the project in Brighton Road yesterday.
Comments(35)
NickBtn
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4:50pm Fri 25 May 12
AmboGuy
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5:14pm Fri 25 May 12
helena f
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5:16pm Fri 25 May 12
Goldenwight
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5:20pm Fri 25 May 12
helena f wrote:What is so bad about this video that people will pay £80 to avoid watching it- does it feature Graham Norton or something?
@Goldenwight : From what I understand, that is exactly the way it works. It is done to encourage people to watch the video and so improve road safety.
mimseycal
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5:37pm Fri 25 May 12
voiceofthescoombe
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6:21pm Fri 25 May 12
HJarrs
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6:32pm Fri 25 May 12
voiceofthescoombe wrote:From the article none, as none of the drivers were innocent.
But but how many cyclists cycled through red lights and murdered people while Innocent drivers were prosecuted by sussex police
The police seem to have been very restrained with only two people fined. There should be many more of these initiatives and if they catch people riding bikes through red lights they should also have their knuckles wrapped.
charlie smirke
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6:45pm Fri 25 May 12
AmboGuy wrote:I thought they did confiscate uninsured vehicles ??
If you're uninsured you should lose your car then it can be either auctioned away or crushed. The law on uninsured drivers is much too lenient in this country.
skippy981
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6:49pm Fri 25 May 12
mimseycal
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6:55pm Fri 25 May 12
charlie smirke wrote:Supposedly ...
AmboGuy wrote:I thought they did confiscate uninsured vehicles ??
If you're uninsured you should lose your car then it can be either auctioned away or crushed. The law on uninsured drivers is much too lenient in this country.
ShorehamBeachcomber
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6:56pm Fri 25 May 12
rolivan
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7:07pm Fri 25 May 12
skippy981 wrote:So what about Jermaine Pennant the footballer £2,000 is peanuts to somebody like Him.Ban them for life.Next sentence them to Jail for 10 years if the re-offend
So let me get this, some peoples comments are objecting to people getting fined for breaking the law by having no insurance, using a mobile phone, having defective vehicles etc. I see people using phones everyday whilst driving it's dangerous as is having defective vehicles. I do agree with the comment about the penalty for having no insurance is too low though £2,000 seems about right to me.
AGT999
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7:15pm Fri 25 May 12
Goldenwight wrote:Watching the video and getting road safety advice is an alternative to a fine/fixed penalty ticket, what's morally wrong with that?
Shame the story doesn't tell us how many law enforcement officials were involved in this operation.
Am I being cynical, or does it look like the Police have told people to watch this video, and if they have declined then they have issued fixed penalty notices? Seems a bit morally suspect to me, that.
davyboy
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7:40pm Fri 25 May 12
minnie&teddy
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8:14pm Fri 25 May 12
Hard times
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8:33pm Fri 25 May 12
voiceofthescoombe wrote:What are you on about you absolute irrational sociopath!
But but how many cyclists cycled through red lights and murdered people while Innocent drivers were prosecuted by sussex police
Every driver stopped here was obviously NOT innocent. Plus it is a operation to catch dangerous car drivers not dangerous cyclists.
What the hell is wrong with you?
Also, please humour us all Brain of Britain by showing us a single example if a murder conviction caused by a cyclists jumping a red light on Brighton's roads.
Where do these loons come from?
Cheese Rolls
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10:11pm Fri 25 May 12
voiceofthescoombe wrote:Hmm rode through red lights and then murdered someone...so after commiting a road traffic offence the rider then shoots somebody?
But but how many cyclists cycled through red lights and murdered people while Innocent drivers were prosecuted by sussex police
JoeBlow
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4:42am Sat 26 May 12
HJarrs wrote:I always thought it took a court of law to decide whether someone is guilty or innocent, not a policeman/woman who *thinks* they saw someone using a phone.
voiceofthescoombe wrote:From the article none, as none of the drivers were innocent.
But but how many cyclists cycled through red lights and murdered people while Innocent drivers were prosecuted by sussex police
The police seem to have been very restrained with only two people fined. There should be many more of these initiatives and if they catch people riding bikes through red lights they should also have their knuckles wrapped.
voiceofthescoombe
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8:56am Sat 26 May 12
mimseycal
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9:18am Sat 26 May 12
davyboy
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9:39am Sat 26 May 12
Ballroom Blitz
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10:17am Sat 26 May 12
davyboy wrote:Very good idea. There's no point in just being fined £200. Everyone's insurance is more than that.
if you get caught, good. maybe you will learn, maybe you won't. fines for non-insurance should be much bigger, so that it pays to have insurance rather than not. maybe judges should get quotes, and base the fines on those quotes, so if the quote is £500, then the fine is 5X the quote, £2500. just an idea!
the_changing_man
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10:27am Sat 26 May 12
fredaj
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10:55am Sat 26 May 12
mimseycal wrote:Nor defending mobile phone use, but how do you know that, in their zooming, they are oblivious to everyone else?
There is nothing 'thinking' about seeing someone use a mobile phone whilst driving. I've seen many a driver talking away on the phone whilst behind the wheel of a car, zooming along oblivious to everyone else on the road.
plantwoman
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11:16am Sat 26 May 12
voiceofthescoombe wrote:I don't recall ever hearing about someone being murdered by a clyclist going through a red light - do tell!
But but how many cyclists cycled through red lights and murdered people while Innocent drivers were prosecuted by sussex police
nemenator
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12:44pm Sat 26 May 12
milehi6854
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2:15pm Sat 26 May 12
mimseycal
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2:33pm Sat 26 May 12
fredaj wrote:The way they drive the car/van while on the phone.
mimseycal wrote:Nor defending mobile phone use, but how do you know that, in their zooming, they are oblivious to everyone else?
There is nothing 'thinking' about seeing someone use a mobile phone whilst driving. I've seen many a driver talking away on the phone whilst behind the wheel of a car, zooming along oblivious to everyone else on the road.
Hard times
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3:21pm Sat 26 May 12
voiceofthescoombe wrote:In that case then I apologise for my outburst! ha!
Sarcasam roll failed :(
The Real Phil
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10:17pm Sat 26 May 12
Gilbert Ratchett
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12:25pm Sun 27 May 12
mimseycal
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12:31pm Sun 27 May 12
Gilbert Ratchett wrote:Try being the victim of an uninsured driver and we'll see how you value the police spending their time on catching them then shall we?
Haven't OB got anything better to do like catching burgulars, rapists and murderers?
davyboy
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6:30pm Sun 27 May 12
Gilbert Ratchett wrote:muppet. these are real crimes and real criminals. if your loved one gets injured by an uninsured driver, who do you claim compensation off? by law, insurance is now required for any vehicle, unless it is stated as off the road to the DVLA. it doesn't matter if you don't use it. if you are the registered keeper, then it must be insured. the DVLA are working with the motor insurers bureau to identify uninsured vehicles, those that are will incur fines without even being spotted on the road.
Haven't OB got anything better to do like catching burgulars, rapists and murderers?
sdhgfhfuyt
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7:40pm Sun 27 May 12
Goldenwight says...
4:27pm Fri 25 May 12
Am I being cynical, or does it look like the Police have told people to watch this video, and if they have declined then they have issued fixed penalty notices? Seems a bit morally suspect to me, that.