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As part of the latest European TISPOL road safety campaign, the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership (K&MSCP) and Kent Police are working together to clamp down on motorists caught on camera using a phone while driving or not wearing a seatbelt.
The enforcement will take place at all safety camera sites across Kent and Medway between 16 and 22 nd February. Anyone spotted on camera using a phone or not wearing a seatbelt will be pulled over by Kent Police Officers. A mobile phone offence carries a £60 fine and 3 points and a seatbelt offence results in a £30 fine (the driver will be fined if children under 16 are not restrained correctly).
Katherine Barrett, Communications Officer for K&MSCP said: “Our s afety cameras are at locations where people have been killed or seriously injured, so by reducing the number of offences committed at these sites we hope to lower casualties even further. We are not coy about our operations and all the camera locations and statistics can be seen at: www.kmscp.org”.
Chief Inspector Roscoe Walford, Head of Roads Policing said: “There are four main factors that contribute to collisions that end with serious consequences, they are speeding, being distracted while driving (talking on the telephone), not wearing seat belts and drink driving.”
For more information about seatbelt law and child restraints visit http://www.dft.gov.uk/think
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