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    Mar 2022

    Last Updated: 31/03/2022
    Crime
    Crime

    Police spot 222 driving offences in five hours in Harrogate

    by Calvin Robinson

    | 31 Mar, 2022
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    Police recorded more than 200 driving offences in Harrogate in a single day. Among them were motorists driving while using a mobile phone and speeding.

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    North Yorkshire Police identified more than 200 driving offences in Harrogate in five hours during a blitz to coincide with new mobile phone legislation.

    The force revealed today it undertook the operation between 11am and 4pm on Friday, when the new laws come into force.

    Officers from the police’s roads policing group and local neighbourhood policing teams targeted drivers in Harrogate.

    Among the offences recorded were speeding and using a mobile phone while driving. It is not known how many resulted in further action.

    Mark Hutchings, from the force's road safety team, said the aim was to reduce deaths and make the roads safer. He added:

    “Officers targeted drivers on Friday, the day when the new mobile phone legislation came into effect, in an effort to make sure motorists take note of these important changes and abide by the new law.
    “We will continue to undertake targeted activity such as this across the county as part of Operation Boundary - North Yorkshire Police’s dedicated road safety and enforcement operation.
    “We’ll be on the look-out for road users across the county who take risks - risks that can, and do, cost lives.”


    Police guidance on the new legislation is available here.



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