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Police stop more than 100 goods vehicles with drivers committing offences in just 10 days
Offences included not wearing a seatbelt and using a phone while driving
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Humberside Police have stopped 118 Heavy and Light Goods Vehicles committing 147 offences in 10 days.
Operation Tramline saw Humberside Police use an unmarked Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) to identify drivers committing a number of offences on our roads.
Of the 147 offences, police seized two Heavy or Light Goods Vehicles and a further 131 were issued with Traffic Offence Reports.
Across the operation, which ran from April 5 to April 15 2021, offences included driving without a seatbelt, driving while using a mobile phone and vehicles that were faulty in construction or use.
Click the thumbs up >The Scottish Road Safety Framework has been published, which includes targeted action to reduce the number of accidents while driving for work.
Latest official data shows that 165 people were killed on Scotland’s roads in 2019, a reduction of 43%, while 2,016 people were seriously injured.
The road safety framework targets a 50% reduction in people killed and a 50% reduction in people seriously injured by 2030.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures suggest that in 2018-19, driving accounted for 18 of the 29 work-related deaths in Scotland, making driving the most dangerous work activity.
The framework says that it must “strive for a future where no one is killed while driving/riding for work”.