Officers in unmarked lorry catch almost 50 drivers

West Yorkshire Police officers have been patrolling the county's motorways in a specially adapted HGV

West Yorkshire Police officers in a specially adapted lorry have stopped 48 drivers suspected of breaking the law.

Officers patrolled the county's motorway network in the National Highways "supercab" as part of the four-day Operation Tramline project.

Offences spotted included speeding, driving without due care and attention and driving while using a mobile phone.

West Yorkshire's Road Policing Unit said the operation aimed to "address the behaviour of drivers continually making the choice to commit offences".

Ch Insp James Farrar said commercial drivers were a particular target during Operation Tramline

According to West Yorkshire Police, Operation Tramline is a multi-system approach to road safety, involving a wide number of partners such as local authorities and National Highways engineers.

The elevated position of the adapted HGV cab allowed officers to target commercial lorry drivers.

Ch Insp James Farrar said offenders often "go unseen", able to commit offences due to the size of the vehicles they drive.

He said: "This is all underpinned by our commitment to vision zero - the concept is to ultimately reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads to zero."

As well as spotting driving offences, West Yorkshire Police also seized a vehicle and a drink or drug-driving arrest was made.

Sgt Ryan Burt of the Roads Policing Unit said: “Once we identified an offence, the offending vehicle was intercepted by a marked police car, with the driver spoken to and dealt with.

“Being able to patrol the West Yorkshire motorway network in this way allows us to target people who are putting themselves and other road users at risk.”

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