Yesterday in Mytchett there was a huge Police presence for the Road Enforcement and Education Day.
They had speed traps on both sides of the roads, and pulling over motorists for all sorts of offences ranging from speeding, driving while using a mobile phone or without wearing a seat belt and more serious offences such as driving while banned.
During the short time I was at the event, they pulled over a large number of motorists.
In most cases, instead of dishing out penalties many motorists where told the error of their ways and asked to watch hard hitting educational videos to try and drive home the ‘Drive SMART’ message.
It was not just the Police at the event. There were representatives from SECAmb, Surrey County Council, Surrey Heath Borough Council and other agencies such as the immigration service. This really was a multi agency effort.
I recorded this video blog and I even managed to get a motorist who had been pulled to agree to be interviewed on camera.
