Scottish police are launching a new campaign to tackle dangerous driving on country roads. The operation will run from 8th to 10th May, and will see police targeting drivers who break the speed limit, or who drive dangerously or carelessly.
Police officers will also be targeting drivers and passengers who fail to wear a seatbelt.
According to the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS), over 70% of the 189 fatal road accidents that occurred in Scotland in 2010 were on 'non built up roads'. Many of these accidents involved:
Chief Superintendent Derek Robertson from Lothian and Borders Police, who is the ACPOS lead on Casualty Reduction, said:
“During this campaign the eight Scottish Police Forces will use marked and unmarked police vehicles to carry out static speed checks at identified hotspots. We will target road users who continue to break the law and thus endanger the safety of all road users”
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