Think before you use your Mobile Phone!

Officers from Bushey have been on patrol today targeting mobile phone use which is one of the fatal five offences. In the space of 1 hour 5 motorist were spoken to and educated around mobile phone use whilst driving. Going forward we will be doing both education and enforcement around the fatal five offences. 

The fatal five offences are:

Road users who commit one of the Fatal Five offences are far more likely to be involved in a fatal collision than those who do not.

People are dying on our roads as a result of motorists’ poor driving, reckless decisions and momentary lapses in concentration. Fatal collisions are heart-breaking – for the family, for the community, and for the responding emergency services staff who have to witness the tragedy and subsequent aftermath. Stopping any more deaths from occurring as a result of something unnecessary and totally avoidable is a top priority for us.