A two-day police operation to crackdown on dangerous driving on the Isle of Wight saw around 100 motorists dealt with.

Police have been conducting Operation Wightwash over the course of Wednesday, September 13 and Thursday, September 14.

Over the two days, officers picked up almost 100 drivers for a range of offences.

Some of those included driving without insurance, driving whilst using a mobile phone, driving without a seatbelt, contravening red lights, driving without a licence, and driving with an insecure load.

Vehicles were also stopped for number plate, exhaust, visor and tinted window offences, which on some occasions led to officers identifying further offending including drug driving and driving without insurance.

In total, 93 offences were dealt with by fixed penalty notice, with four vehicles being seized for having no insurance or no licence, and two drivers were arrested on suspicion of drug driving.

Chief Inspector Alex Charge said: “We know the public are concerned about driving standards on the Island, so officers are proactively targeting offenders on the road to ensure responsible motorists can be safe and feel safe behind the wheel.

“In addition to enforcement work, we are actively tracking which areas are most affected by driving offences, and are working with road safety partners to address matters on the road network.

“Teams on the Island are all pulling together to make this possible, with combined efforts from RPU, the dual skilled RP/ARV team, as well as Neighbourhoods teams and District Policing Teams collectively working together to address these issues more broadly and as a priority under Operation Mile.

“We continue to encourage members of the public to report driving offences, and concerns around driving standards, to police so we can identify any hotspots and take action to keep road users safer.”

The mainland-based Eastern Roads Policing Unit (RPU) paid a visit to the Island, with support from officers from Havant RPU, Isle of Wight RPU, and the Isle of Wight’s dual skilled Roads Policing/Armed Response Vehicle team (RP/ARV).

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