Operation Safedrive

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#OpSafedrive | 30 vehicles stopped following an operation targeting unsafe drivers in Langley Mill.

Officers from the Amber Valley Safer Neighbourhood Team set up a check site at @trentbartonland bus depot in Langley Mill to target fatal four offences and unsafe vehicles.

Operation Safedrive is an ongoing Derbyshire Police campaign to educate motorists about responsible driving and making roads in Derbyshire safer. We were joined by colleagues from Derbyshire Roads Policing unit and vehicle examiners.

30 vehicles were pulled in for further checks with multiple suspected offences identified:
9 x Not wearing a seatbelt
7 x Using a mobile phone whilst driving
6 x Number plate offences
2 x insecure load offences
2 x tint offences

Advice was given to 11 drivers who took action there and then, including removing tint and replacing registration plates.

Two vehicles were issued PG9 prohibition notices due to them being in a dangerous condition, including one with no brakes. This prevents the vehicle from being driven again until all issues are rectified.

During one of the vehicle checks for excess tint, officers identified the driver as being wanted on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. He was arrested and taken to custody.