Police and Crime Commissioner Lisa Townsend has hailed the vital work of the county’s Roads Policing Unit after joining an operation targeting dangerous and reckless driving on the M25.
Operation Tramline identified almost 300 offences with the assistance of an unmarked HGV borrowed from National Highways.
Officers placed in the higher vantange point of an HGV cab were able to spot offences such as using a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelt more easily than from standard patrol vehicles.
Upon identifying any law breaking road or traffic activity from the HGV, officers radioed through to colleagues using unmarked cars and motorbikes to pull offending drivers over safely where fines and penalty points, or a court summons were issued.
Across a five day period of action - including one in Sussex - Operation Tramline stopped 240 motorists. There were also 12 arrests made and 11 vehicles seized.
Lisa said: "It is disappointing that our officers have witnessed so many driving offences over the course of the week.
"My message to those who continue to flout the rules of our road is simple – our policing teams are cracking down on reckless and dangerous driving. Whilst we can’t be everywhere, we could be anywhere.”
