Crowthorne and Sandhurst

Thames Valley Police stopped 35 drivers as part of a road safety check in Sandhurst on 24/7.

Officers from the Taplow Roads Policing Department, alongside Road Safety Constable Bob Wade, working as part of the Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership, carried out the check between 8am and 10am on the Yorktown Road, Sandhurst.

The check was carried out as part of the on-going effort to reduce casualties on the roads in East Berkshire and looked at all aspects of road safety, including the vehicle, the occupants of the vehicle and driver documentation.

32 people were given Fixed Penalty Notices of £30 for not wearing their seatbelts and two drivers were fined £60 with three penalty points for using their mobile phone while driving. One driver had his car seized and was fined £200 with six penalty points for driving without insurance.

Sandhurst PC Bob Wade, who organised the check, said: “The seatbelt message is quite clear and all those stopped know it is againt the road traffic act not to wear a seatbelt. It is quite simple, seatbelts can save lives and prevent serious injuries and those who continue to flout the seatbelt law will be caught and fined.”

Thames Valley Police ~ Sandhurst