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Cars and bikes seized during road safety op
Surrey Police seized 20 motorbikes and two cars as park of a crackdown on law-breaking motorists.
During the operation officers spotted one motorcyclist riding at 102mph in a 50mph zone on the A24 southbound from Leatherhead towards Box Hill.
That rider was reported and is due to be summonsed to court.
The operation was carried out over the bank holiday weekend by Surrey Police and the Surrey Safety Camera Partnership which patrolled sites around the county.
In total 112 endorsable fixed penalty notices were issued for offences including speeding, failing to have insurance, failing to have a driving licence, or using a mobile phone.
Of those 91 were issued to car drivers and 21 to bikers.
Chief Inspector Stuart Sang, head of Surrey's Roads Policing Unit, said: "The majority of riders out over the bank holiday were supportive of police activity and travelled safely through the county. In fact it should be noted that more than two thirds of those caught breaking the speed limit were car drivers.
| “Despite our warnings however a significant number of bikers failed to have valid insurance or a proper driving licence and as a result their vehicles were seized.” | | Chief Inspector Stuart Sang |
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"Despite our warnings however a significant number of bikers failed to have valid insurance or a proper driving licence and as a result their vehicles were seized."
According to Surrey Police despite accounting for just one per cent of road users, around a quarter of those who die each year on Surrey's roads are motorcyclists.
To try and educate bikers about the dangers, officers handed out safety advice at popular motorcycle meeting points including Box Hill and Newlands Corner.
7:32pm Friday 9th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Bernie, The Road to Hell on 11:26pm Fri 9 May 08
I don't know about the rest of you people who read this, but when it becomes apparent just how many offences are caught in a single weekend, I find it more than a little scarey the number of offences drivers and riders are clearly getting away with when there isn't an active crackdown in progressthe the other 362 days of the year.
It's sad to see road safety has declined so baddly over the last ten or so years and the law held in such obvious contempt leaving the rest of us law abiding citizen in such obvious danger when all thats left on the street is a handful of aging speed cameras and these officers are draughted off to another country for a similar couple of day crackdown elsewhere.
Alistair Darling has a lot to answer for when he signed us up to the speed camera program.
I don't know about the rest of you people who read this, but when it becomes apparent just how many offences are caught in a single weekend, I find it more than a little scarey the number of offences drivers and riders are clearly getting away with when there isn't an active crackdown in progressthe the other 362 days of the year.
It's sad to see road safety has declined so baddly over the last ten or so years and the law held in such obvious contempt leaving the rest of us law abiding citizen in such obvious danger when all thats left on the street is a handful of aging speed cameras and these officers are draughted off to another country for a similar couple of day crackdown elsewhere.
Alistair Darling has a lot to answer for when he signed us up to the speed camera program.
Posted by: Bernie, The Former United Kingdom. on 11:36pm Fri 9 May 08
Sorry, I meant, these officers are draughted off to another 'County'
With policys like these it's little wonder the government took such a good drubbing the other week.
Disgusting, give us back our traffic police Ms Smith, you given in trying to police the yobs by proxy, have the deceny to admit it was a failure on the roads as well.
Sorry, I meant, these officers are draughted off to another 'County'
With policys like these it's little wonder the government took such a good drubbing the other week.
Disgusting, give us back our traffic police Ms Smith, you given in trying to police the yobs by proxy, have the deceny to admit it was a failure on the roads as well.
Posted by: Jock, London on 1:01am Sat 10 May 08
Bernie, I could not agree with you more. It is frightening. I remember getting into a minicab one night. The driver, who admitted he'd only arrived 2 days previous pulled out an A to Z, and asked me to direct him. Apparently, a "Patel" licence operates in some minicab firms, where all the drivers are "Patel", and work under copies of the same licence.
Nightbus, or proper hackney cab for me. Put your life in your hands with any other, just don't complain when something goes wrong, cos you've been warned in a poster campaign.
Bernie, I could not agree with you more. It is frightening. I remember getting into a minicab one night. The driver, who admitted he'd only arrived 2 days previous pulled out an A to Z, and asked me to direct him. Apparently, a "Patel" licence operates in some minicab firms, where all the drivers are "Patel", and work under copies of the same licence.
Nightbus, or proper hackney cab for me. Put your life in your hands with any other, just don't complain when something goes wrong, cos you've been warned in a poster campaign.
Posted by: Shez, Croydon on 1:14am Sat 10 May 08
Weren't the partnership people patting themselves on the back in the press recently, because convictions were going down, therefore less people were speeding and they're doing a great job?
This blows that pile of cattle manure out of the water a bit, doesn't it.
Weren't the partnership people patting themselves on the back in the press recently, because convictions were going down, therefore less people were speeding and they're doing a great job?
This blows that pile of cattle manure out of the water a bit, doesn't it.
Posted by: Hazel, chessington on 8:01pm Sat 10 May 08
I'm sorry but anyone who finds this scarey is quite frankly naive to everyday life in England. If you dont believe me stand outside St Mary's school in Chessington on a week-day morning for 5 minutes, you'll need more than 1 pair of hands to count the offences being committed. Theres plenty of rules & regulations but no-one to police them!
I'm sorry but anyone who finds this scarey is quite frankly naive to everyday life in England. If you dont believe me stand outside St Mary's school in Chessington on a week-day morning for 5 minutes, you'll need more than 1 pair of hands to count the offences being committed. Theres plenty of rules & regulations but no-one to police them!
Posted by: Bernie, Home of the tax fiddle. on 10:10pm Sat 10 May 08
I think we're more or less singing from the same hymn sheet if you read my post again Hazel.
Would you prefer for me to call the absence of traffic police officers since speed cameras were set free on the roads 'terrifying' to keep you happy?
The government obviously haven't provided targets or funding to deal with the everyday offences you speak of, thats why nobody is dealing with them and nobody can argue with the self righteous propaganda of the speed camera people because no matter what you can see with your own eyes, they won't accept it as proof that their strategy simply doesn't work.
Also, no politician is going to risk his or her career to stand against this tax making regime all the time this government are in office.
Nothing more than a sub standard solution to a serious problem that happens to save a lot of money on real police as well as pay for itself in fines while doing nothing to catch the hardcore illegal drivers as these crackdowns clearly show.
Gordon Brown, you got your butt kicked a couple of weeks ago, this is one of the reasons why.
I think we're more or less singing from the same hymn sheet if you read my post again Hazel.
Would you prefer for me to call the absence of traffic police officers since speed cameras were set free on the roads 'terrifying' to keep you happy?
The government obviously haven't provided targets or funding to deal with the everyday offences you speak of, thats why nobody is dealing with them and nobody can argue with the self righteous propaganda of the speed camera people because no matter what you can see with your own eyes, they won't accept it as proof that their strategy simply doesn't work.
Also, no politician is going to risk his or her career to stand against this tax making regime all the time this government are in office.
Nothing more than a sub standard solution to a serious problem that happens to save a lot of money on real police as well as pay for itself in fines while doing nothing to catch the hardcore illegal drivers as these crackdowns clearly show.
Gordon Brown, you got your butt kicked a couple of weeks ago, this is one of the reasons why.
Posted by: Pete, Surbiton on 10:17am Sun 11 May 08
If you see that many traffic offences in Chessington that the police aren't doing anything about, then you should log them on:
http://www.betterdri
vingplease.com
That way, we can find out if it's lots of different vehicles, or if it's the same few vehicles over and over again.
Out of the 12,000+ incidents that have been reported so far, only two of them have been in Chessington.
If you see that many traffic offences in Chessington that the police aren't doing anything about, then you should log them on:
http://www.betterdri
vingplease.com
That way, we can find out if it's lots of different vehicles, or if it's the same few vehicles over and over again.
Out of the 12,000+ incidents that have been reported so far, only two of them have been in Chessington.
Posted by: Colin on 3:55pm Sun 11 May 08
Personally, I don't approave of sites like www.betterdrivingple
ase.com, they're far too open to abuse where someone who's fed up with the height of his neighbours hedge could with just a group email to all his buddies and work mates, potentially get someone in a lot of trouble when in reality, that person has done nothing.
It is sad to see this almost vigilante style retribution being allowed to poliferate in the UK, mainly due to the lack of adequate policing since the surveilence nation went a bit mental.
Personally, I don't approave of sites like www.betterdrivingple
ase.com, they're far too open to abuse where someone who's fed up with the height of his neighbours hedge could with just a group email to all his buddies and work mates, potentially get someone in a lot of trouble when in reality, that person has done nothing.
It is sad to see this almost vigilante style retribution being allowed to poliferate in the UK, mainly due to the lack of adequate policing since the surveilence nation went a bit mental.
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