Unmarked police lorry catches two campervan drivers on phone to each other
Two campervan drivers pulled over by Wiltshire Police on the M4 for being on the phone to eachother (Image: Wiltshire Police)
TWO campervan drivers have been caught by police on the phone to each other while on the motorway.
Officers from Wiltshire Police's Roads Policing Unit made the discovery while performing Operation Tramline - which involves the use of an unmarked police lorry.
A police spokesman posted about the incident on the M4 on Friday, August 18, on the Wiltshire Specialist Operations Twitter page.
He said: "Roads Policing Unit using the unmarked lorry again on OpTramline.
"Two times, camper drivers [were] stopped using their phones to communicate to each other on the M4.
"No crockery was harmed in the issuing of papers to these unhappy campers."
Both drivers will now have six points on their licences.
Wiltshire Police has regularly made use of the undercover HGV to try and catch unsuspecting drivers out while they don't think they're being watched.
In 2019 three cabs were used in the South West, with Wiltshire coming out as the worst county[2] for mobile phone usage at the wheel.
In 2021, they caught a lorry driver on the motorway using his mobile phone with both hands[3].
And in April earlier this year 101 drivers were reported for offences[4] within three days when the HGV was used.
References
- ^ Cat poisoning owners hit with big vet bills (www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk)
- ^ Wiltshire coming out as the worst county (www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk)
- ^ using his mobile phone with both hands (www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk)
- ^ 101 drivers were reported for offences (www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk)