Nearly ninety drivers stopped in road safety check - Maidenhead - 30-06-2008

Nearly ninety drivers stopped in road safety check - Maidenhead    

Thames Valley Police officers carried out two road safety checks in Maidenhead this week, targeting drivers using their mobile phones and people not wearing their seatbelts.

PC Bob Wade, Road Safety Constable for Berkshire East, along with roads policing officers from Taplow were on the A4 in Maidenhead between 6pm and 8pm yesterday (25/6) and 8am and 10am today (26/6).

A total of 78 motorists were issued £30 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for not wearing their seatbelt. Another eight drivers were issued with FPNs of £60 and three penalty points for using their mobile phones while behind the wheel. One vehicle was seized as the driver had no insurance, he was also issued a FPN of £200 with six points on his licence.

PC Wade, who planned the checks, said: "It is disappointing to have so many motorists failing to wear their seatbelt. There is no excuse as the people caught are fully aware of the need to wear it. Even if they fail to understand the safety benefit, they should comply with the law. I have no sympathy to any driver that has their car seized for having no insurance and they would do well to reflect that they only have themselves to blame."

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/default.asp?dismode=article&artid=15387

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