More than 70 ‘Fatal Four’ driving offences have been identified as part of a month-long road safety operation on the Isle of Wight.
Operation Spotlight was a targeted national operation with the aim of making the roads safer and reducing the number of people who are killed and seriously injured on our roads.
For the whole month of July, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Roads Policing officers, as well as those from other forces across the country, focused operational activity on the Fatal Four offences: drink and drug driving, mobile phone use, speeding, and failing to wear a seatbelt.
Across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight a total of 201 tickets were issued for speeding, 71 for using a mobile phone while driving and 142 for not wearing a seatbelt. 184 arrests were made for drug driving and 138 arrests were made for drink driving.
On the Isle of Wight specifically, 33 tickets were handed out for speeding, 10 for mobile phone use and 4 for not wearing a seatbelt. A total of 30 arrests were made in respect of drink or drug driving.
Chief Inspector Emma Hart, head of Roads Policing for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, said:
“We all have a part to play in making our roads safer. Think about your actions when you’re behind the wheel, make good decisions and encourage your friends and family to do the same.
“The statistics are tragically clear. These Fatal Four offences ruin thousands of lives every year and it is all avoidable if more motorists would start taking responsibility for the safety of all road users.
Article continues below this advertisement “Ask any Roads Policing Officer who has attended the scene of a fatal collision and they will tell you – One individual’s actions can have a devastating impact in a split second.
“If you commit any of these Fatal Four offences, you drastically increase the likelihood of killing or seriously injuring yourself and others. It is selfish, it is criminal, and it will not be tolerated.
“We want everyone to be safe on our roads, so please think twice and remind others to do the same.”
Did you know… on average, each year across the UK 2,815 people are killed or seriously injured due to speeding, 1,899 as a result of drink or drug driving and 651 due to not wearing a seatbelt. A further 125 die as a result of someone using a mobile phone while driving.
The police Officer on the left, must try to give his beard more encouragement.
But the other one is only available for police duties when he is not being Hagrid!
Reminds me of Desperate Dan
Well, Desperate Dan’s was designer stubble gone wrong !
Great effort, there are so many Numpty’s on
our roads.
Well done to everyone involved.
We need more speed camera’s and speed humps
installing.
Also camera’s above traffic lights.
We need to keep our roads safe.
Everyday when driving just look in your rear view
mirror and 9 times out of 10, the motorist behind
is on their mobile.
For the love of gawd please learn. One camera, two or more cameras. Plurals, (that’s more than one of anything) don’t need apostrophes. Ditto numpties. One numpty, two or more numpties. Same as baby/babies, candy/candies.
Friends (lots of them, no apostrophes), but a friend’s wife, only one of them, and is apostrophised to show possession. It’s HIS wife. (Just don’t get me started on possession of human beings.)
Don’t, can’t, that’s, didn’t etc are contractions…the words have been shortened and the omitted letters denoted by an apostrophe.
Yes, I’m a grammar pedant. Your (you’re, yore, yaw ) spelling is wonderful though!
Thank you for the english lesson, much appreciated,
bit too old to worry about A level english now.
I have done alright throughout my working
career without an A level in english.
Maybe I should have read more books over the years
Lol
But to the point, plurals or apostrophes, you know
what I mean.
Look at the Gen Z ers of today, many of them
cannot even spell, everything is a shortcut
Eg c u later.
Whatever happened to see you later, where does
this end.
That’s not A level English, that’s what kids learn aged 10.
So, three times the number of people found to have been drinking/drug driving when stopped than seen committing the hi-vis offence of using their phones whilst driving. What does that tell you about the level of drink/driving on the Island? Scary or what?
Who doesn’t wear a seat belt in 2025 ??? must be some strange people out there..
Lorry drivers. taxi drivers, bus drivers….and then get back into a car and simply forget.
More drugs than alcohol…..