Police confiscated more than 500 vehicles in six months

West Yorkshire Police 535 vehicles have confiscated during the six months since you unit (RPU) set up a dedicated road policing, there.

The Bradford South RPU in October 2009 was addressing a large number of unlicensed and uninsured drivers in the city.In September a list issued insurers' of the motor Bureau West Yorkshire as fourth worst region for uninsured vehicles with 7.2% all motorists drive named identifiziert.Barkerend in the southeast of Bradford's without car insurance as the United Kingdom of the uninsured driving capital, with almost half of the vehicles, which registered as uninsured marked.

Police say that the driver and vehicle licensing agency, roadworthiness news agency VOSA, the driving standards agency, HM Revenue and customs and the local Council work with and have trading standards organisations more than 2,200 fixed penalty notices issued.

According to Bradford Telegraph and Argus was approximately 300,000 £ provides automatic license plate systems (ANPR) recognition in the field extend, the indicator with insurance and licensing records, alerting officers to potentially not insured vehicles cross reference.

The law gives the police powers to take vehicles, without insurance, or of those without a valid license distributed appliance.the owner has ordered to prove that you have, or have then seven working days, a minimum of six penalty points and a £ 200 fixed penalty are car Versicherung.Unversicherte driver.

The leader of the Bradford South RPU, Inspector Dorian James said he hoped that the power of successes would provide peace of mind for law-abiding citizens.

"Every day road of policing officers patrol various areas of Bradford in marked and unmarked police cars and regularly stop drivers for a variety of offences including not wearing seat belts, with handheld cell phones while driving and Acceleration,", he said.

"Our goal is to create a secure environment where people within the law and with confidence, fear of injury, death or damage can travel freely."

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Police use camera too distracted to catch driver cars

Greater Manchester Smart cars with pull-out are police use cameras in an effort to catch drivers using their mobile phones, applying make-up or food behind the wheel.

Officials say the cars that look similar to those of Google Street view will contribute, caused by fahren.DriveSafe distracted the number of deaths, the road safety group behind the scheme claims that distracted driver involved 406 accidents in the Greater Manchester area in the past two years were kill or injure seriously 25 victims.

The scheme uses two disabled Autos.Treiber, with a mobile phone caught punishable ?60 and have three penalty points set while the filmed without a seat belt to your license or driving erratically while eating ?30 will be punished.

The project has come under fire from automobile groups who say that the high power telescope cameras too large an injury of the driver are freedoms.

""You could also put to test something in cars, drivers think,"said the Association of British drivers' Nigel Humphries, the Telegraph quoted.""Apart from it is erratic counterproductive. While the camera in car searches, could drive his other motorists and causes a danger on the streets."

"However, drive safe speaker Karen Delaney, that camera cars were not there to spy on unsuspecting motorists, but as a deterrent in high-risk areas has."The intelligent enforcement vehicles are painted full police and working in areas where our data analysis, a high occurrence of ' driver distraction ' collisions has identified and officers regularly saw offences committed ", told the daily mail."

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Villagers 'Police' own roads for speeding

People in rural Leicestershire the latest court has become a new kind of speed reduction plan which could be made to more local communities.

The community allows speed Watch program residents speed-enabled or to monitor your local roads with a hand-held speed camera warning signs.

Drivers who caught cannot accelerate tracked but are on a letter from police get set.

The project is of Leicestershire County Council and the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland road safety partnership unterstützt.Beide groups hope a successful attempt buying your own warning signs for local use will lead to the Parish Councils.

"" County financing for schemas to reduce vehicle speeds the worst problems is prioritized in the direction of communities ", said Leicestershire County Council Lesley Pendleton."As a result many requests either fall under the criteria for further examinations or wait several years before money."

However, Phillip Gomm said Admiral messages that while resident was commendable, the attitude of Leicestershire work promoting the rules of the road should lie with the competent authorities of the RAC Foundation.

"He said"Private citizens with radar guns no substitute for police officers are armed,"."If irresponsible driver the law to break, then have it as the official measures in place to catch and punish.

"What is the point of having a law without proper enforcement?"

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Vehicle crime police unit gets extra resources

The Government has promised additional funding a police intelligence unit dedicated to the fight of against OC of car.

Working with a budget of ?300, 000 for the coming year - up from ?200, 000 - the Association of Chief Police officers' vehicle crime will continue to combat high technology vehicle crime intelligence service (AVCIS).

Announcement of the grant, said Interior Minister Alan Campbell, that it to deal with the "ever-increasing challenges of vehicle crime would go".

Activities by the service include 'Cloning' identities stolen vehicles legitimate cars, use or high performance cars steal order then ship in the Ausland.Seine other work includes identifying emerging trends in vehicle crime and recovery of stolen vehicles.

More than 1,400 vehicles were by AVCIS since its launch in December 2006, while the total value of recovered equipment is more than ?32. 5 million recovered.

The service achievements come against the descent vehicle crime, 1995 taken by two-thirds since its peak report crime in England and Wales 2007-2008 according to Interior Ministry.

Head of AVCIS acting detective Chief Inspector mark Hooper, said: "we are operating in a dynamic and constantly changing environment organised criminal adjust to overcome security measures and escape detection."

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