Essex Police video: There is no excuse for poor drivers (From Clacton and Frinton Gazette)
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Essex Police video: There is no excuse for poor drivers
8:58am Thursday 12th January 2012 in Letters
Essex: Video: 'There is no excuse for poor drivers'
Essex Police has launched a new campaign aimed at irresponsible drivers.
The No Excuse campaign will see members of the Essex Casualty Board targeting motorists who speed, drink and drive, or use mobile phones at the wheel.
The campaign's first operation took place in Chelmsford yesterday, involving more than 40 officers carrying out roadside checks.
More than 140 vehicles were stopped and checked. Three people were arrested and more than 100 drivers were issued with fixed penalty notices.
Last year more than 7,500 drivers were caught using a mobile phone and 8,250 motorists and passengers were spotted not wearing a seatbelt A total of 1,516 drivers were also found to be drink driving or refused to be breathalysed on suspicion of drink driving.
Comments(13)
frintonian2012
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9:54am Thu 12 Jan 12
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Adriver1
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10:59am Thu 12 Jan 12
Nebs
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11:26am Thu 12 Jan 12
Adriver1 wrote:There IS an excuse for those things, the excuse that nothing happens if you get caught. With motoring there is no such excuse.
There is no excuse for somebody to break into a home or car and steal from others. There is no excuse for carrying a knife and threatening somebody for their phone/money. I look forward to the police cracking down on these issues too.....
Scoot
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12:06pm Thu 12 Jan 12
Ian P
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12:26pm Thu 12 Jan 12
What about including failing to indicate, taking incorrect lanes round roundabouts, driving without completely clearing windows of snow or frost, concentrating more on talking to passengers than on the road, etc. For all of these there is No Excuse either.
frintonian2012
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12:30pm Thu 12 Jan 12
Ian P wrote:Tailgating, using bull bars to intimidate, the list is endless
"The No Excuse campaign will see members of the Essex Casualty Board targeting motorists who speed, drink and drive, or use mobile phones at the wheel".
What about including failing to indicate, taking incorrect lanes round roundabouts, driving without completely clearing windows of snow or frost, concentrating more on talking to passengers than on the road, etc. For all of these there is No Excuse either.
frank & monty
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1:15pm Thu 12 Jan 12
sKorch
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2:08pm Thu 12 Jan 12
Scoot wrote:Last time a looked my Harley hasn't got a seat-belt, I can't use a mobile phone on the bike, and I don't drink and drive ..:-)
Would be interesting to know how many bikers get stopped.....
Sorry that you cagers are being hit but its about time that the law was applied a bit more.
ConcernedEssexBoy
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3:36pm Thu 12 Jan 12
Say It As It Is OK? wrote:Too right!
Excellent campaign....lets hope the police also learn a thing or two about driving safely. How many 'police' tv documentaries and in real life do we see police ignore seat belt and use of a hand held phones rule. Speeding, when not on 'Blues' is also commonplace. Not saying this campaign is not a good idea but the police should lead by example and clearly every day we can see they don't. Then again who is going to prosecute them. Do as I say and not as I do is obviously their motto!
One day I was minding my own business, driving along, enjoying a nice day, when, as I was entering the roundabout on the north side of the A127 at the top end of Upper Mayne, I had a marked Police car come flying up from behind me, the driver sounding the cars normal horn (No Sirens/Blue lights!), then overtaking/swerving right in front of me, forcing me to move right over to the left. The Police car then raced off towards Basildon town centre.
It wasn't a traffic unit Police car, just a normal one.
The driver of the Police car was well out of order doing that to me. I'll always remember that!
Scoot
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4:30pm Thu 12 Jan 12
The Yellow Peril
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12:48pm Mon 16 Jan 12
Was driving up the A12 near Hatfield Peverel on Saturday afternoon when a biker screamed past me doing (at least) 110 miles an hour.
SaveOurStanford
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11:19pm Sun 29 Jan 12
Say It As It Is OK? says...
9:39am Thu 12 Jan 12
How many 'police' tv documentaries and in real life do we see police ignore seat belt and use of a hand held phones rule. Speeding, when not on 'Blues' is also commonplace.
Not saying this campaign is not a good idea but the police should lead by example and clearly every day we can see they don't.
Then again who is going to prosecute them. Do as I say and not as I do is obviously their motto!