Police operation in Cornwall targets poor driving

Drivers, including one with no insurance and another using their mobile phone at the wheel, were stopped by police during an operation in Cornwall.

Devon and Cornwall Police said it launched Operation No Excuses in Bodmin this week.

Along with staff from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), officers stopped and spoke to drivers about safety.

Dean Drury, Acting Chief Inspector of the Force’s Roads Policing unit, said: "We are called the No Excuses team as there are No Excuses from drivers our officers have not heard.”

He added: “There have been a significant number of very serious collisions on Devon and Cornwall’s roads recently and, sadly, many of these have resulted in a tragic loss of life.

"We would like to take this opportunity to remind drivers to take more care on the roads; to look out for other road users, and to consider how losing their driving licence would affect them, their family and their livelihood.”

The force said its officers stopped two drivers with insecure loads, one for having no insurance, one for using a mobile phone while driving and one for having cord exposed on vehicle tyres.

Police also came across four overweight vehicles and there was one person arrested for suspected drug driving during the day-long operation.

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