These include drivers using a hand-held phone while driving, crossing double white lines, and speeding. Drivers and passengers not wearing seatbelts are also a priority target.
Expert analysis has highlighted 39 stretches of road in North Yorkshire with poor accident records, but Deputy Chief Constable Adam Briggs warns: "It is not roads that cause accidents it is drivers and riders. We will be concentrating resources on those 39 identified routes and we will act positively against anyone we see endangering other road users." A list of these 39 roads is attached.
The reality is that the police will employ a zero-tolerance approach and even those travelling just a few mph over the limit will be targeted. For the first time in an operation of this scale, the police in North Yorkshire will be using:
- Autovision. This gives irrefutable evidence of speeding individuals and which can be deployed on any road at any time. Autovision records the speed and registration number of passing vehicles together with a picture of the driver's face.
- Automatic Number Plate Recognition system to read and check the numbers of passing vehicles. Computers instantly check whether each vehicle is taxed or insured and its owner has a driving licence; the vehicles may be seized.
It is anticipated that a large number of drivers will be stopped and subsequently prosecuted.
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