More Than 200 Driving Offences Identified As Part Of Two-Day Isle Of Wight Operation

More than 200 driving offences were identified in the space of two days, as part of proactive efforts to tackle offences on the Isle of Wight’s roads.

Over the course of Thursday 1 and Friday 2 May, mainland-based Roads Policing Unit (RPU) officers joined the Isle of Wight’s RPU and dual-skilled armed response/roads policing officers as part of an enforcement operation on the Island.

The operation centred on a zero tolerance approach to offences on the road network, with a particular focus on ‘Fatal Four’ offences.

Fatal Four refers to the driving habits that pose the greatest risk of leading to a serious or fatal collision, and include drink/drug driving, driving without a seatbelt, speeding, and mobile phone use whilst driving.

In total, across the two days officers using unmarked cars and motorbikes dealt with 225 offences.

A significant number of Fatal Four offences were identified – predominantly driving without seatbelts and mobile phone use behind the wheel – in addition to speeding drivers and motorists driving carelessly.

Three vehicles were seized for having no insurance, and two people were dealt with by community resolution for possessing cannabis.

A motorcycle was also seized as the driver had no licence.

In addition, officers issued a number of tickets to people for other offences including insecure loads, non-conforming number plates, window tints and exhaust offences.

Road safety issues are regularly brought to our attention on the Isle of Wight, and are clearly of concern to Island residents.

We want you to be reassured that we listen to these concerns, and regularly conduct enforcement action to target the minority of drivers whose standards fall far below what is legally expected of them.

Police continue to develop and act upon the intelligence around hotspot locations across the Island for driving offences.

We encourage members of the public to report driving offences, and concerns around driving standards, to police as this all feeds into our intelligence-gathering work and helps us keep road users safe.

To make a report to police, call 101, or submit information via the report tool on the Hampshire Constabulary website. Always dial 999 in the event of an emergency.

You can also fill out our Let’s Talk survey online to tell us the issues that matter most to you in your community: https://survey.hampshirealert.co.uk/