Road safety campaign relaunched by Wiltshire Police
Project Zero is being carried out by Roads Policing officers
Police in Wiltshire tell us they've stopped over a hundred drivers for speeding, handling their phone or not wearing a seatbelt last month, as part of Project Zero.
Its Road Policing Unit is enhancing patrols in efforts to reduce the number of casualties on our roads.
The project re-launched in Amesbury, where 14 penalty notices were issued for offences related to the so-called 'Fatal Five' - which are:
- Excess speed
- Drink/drug driving
- Driving while using a mobile phone
- Not wearing a seatbelt
- Careless/dangerous driving
Sgt Ben Cox said:
“The aim ultimately is to reduce road deaths in our county to zero. While this may seem unachievable, I personally can’t think of what would be classed as an ‘acceptable’ number of deaths on the road. One death is one too many. Being the person to inform a family that their loved one has been killed on the roads will always be the hardest part of this job and something that stays with you forever.
“Our aim, every day, is to keep our roads as safe as possible by targeting those who fail to abide by the law. The fatal five are the offences statistically proven to majorly contribute to death and serious injury on the road.
“While this is very much our everyday work on RPU, we will be intensifying our resources for that particular day in a localised area and targeting those most at risk of causing serious harm."