Humberside Police Clamp Down On Bad Drivers
It's to help cut the number of fatalities on our region's roads.
A new campaign has been launched to cut the number of deaths on Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire's roads.
Operation Illuminate will include work to prevent accidents and targeting 'at risk' roads.
The number of people killed in crashes on our region's roads went down last year - 20 people were killed in 2015 compared to 29 the year before.
But Chief Inspector Glenn Suttenwood - head of roads policing at Humberside Police - says the figure's still too high. He told Viking:
“Not only will we target specific roads that have a fatal collision history but through partnership working, we will also target specific groups through education and training.
“We need to ensure both the road safety and enforcement messages are delivered to those road users who, as a result of their actions, may endanger themselves and others.
“Officers will undergo additional training to further enhance their understanding of casualty reduction principles. They will also target the core offences being committed on the roads so they can direct their activity to where it can have the greatest effect on reducing the casualty rates.
“The focus of Operation Illuminate will be to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads and to prevent the devastating impact that the loss of a loved one has on individuals and families.”