Warwickshire Police operations check commercial vehicle safety

Warwickshire Police officers have stopped and checked the safety of commercial vehicles using Warwickshire’s roads during two road safety enforcement operations on 3 and 10 March.

During the first operation, Roads Policing Officers (RPO) and Special Constables intercepted 10 vehicles and brought them in to be weighed. This resulted in two drivers being prosecuted for overweight vehicles. The vehicles were also prohibited from moving until their weight could be reduced.

During the second operation on 10 March at the Corley M6 Services northbound, 20 commercial vehicles were stopped and brought in to be checked by officers and the DVSA. Of these 17 received Traffic Offence Reports - that’s an 85% hit rate. Six of these prohibitions were within the first hour.