More arrests have been made as part of a police operation to target dangerous driving on Cumbria’s roads.
Operation Spotlight targets what police call the Fatal Four – the most common behaviours on the road that are dangerous.
The Fatal Four are speeding, using a mobile phone at the wheel, not wearing a seatbelt and driving under the influence of drink and/or drugs.
Cumbria police is running the month-long operation to crack down on those behaviours.
Over the weekend:
- A 60-year-old HGV driver from the Morecambe area was charged with being over the drink-drive limit while in charge of a motor vehicle after he was reported to police as at the wheel with the engine running whilst unfit in a lay-by off the A66 at Penrith in the early hours of Saturday, April 5. He is due in court later this month.
- Police concerned about the manner of driving, stopped a driver in Burton-in-Kendal at around 12.30am on Saturday, April 5. The driver of a Ford Transit van – a 27-year-old from the Kendal area – failed a roadside drug wipe for cocaine and was arrested. He was subsequently released under investigation to allow time for blood test results.
- Officers stopped a Ford Focus in Barrow at around 12.15am yesterday. Sunday April 6. The driver – a 57-year-old man from the Barrow area – failed a roadside drugs wipe for cocaine and was arrested. After failing to provide a specimen for analysis in custody, he was charged. He is due in court later this month to face a charge of failing to provide a specimen for analysis.
