Drivers to be stopped by unmarked police vehicles

Drivers will be stopped by unmarked vehicles and officers in plain clothes, if they’re seen committing a road offence.

Its part of Safer Roads Humber’s latest ’Share The Road’ to reduce road casualties.

Figures show there were a total of 41 deaths and 434 seriously injured in 2021 across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.

Ian Robertson is the safer roads Humber partnership manager, he said:

"From November onwards, our enforcement will be significant. You will see more of our vehicles and, instead of seeing the police camera van at the side of the road that's marked up, for example, we might be using other methods. We may well be using our unmarked vehicles. We may be using staff and officers in plain clothes."

It's also feared that there’s going to be more road casualties as we’re seeing a high number of cars on the road for the first time since before the pandemic.

Ian Added:

"Traffic levels have gone back to normal post pandemic and already we're seeing the figures this year. They are only provisional figures, but we we have 20 deaths on our roads already this year. We must do everything we can to bring it down and we need the public's help to do that whether you're driving a vehicle or riding a bicycle or walking along the street."

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