Over 40 vehicles stopped by police in Nelson - this is how many were issued with a ticket
Police stopped more than 40 vehicles in Nelson yesterday with some motorists being issued with a ticket.
Yesterday morning the Roads Policing Unit, Police Dog Unit and some of specialist Armed Response Vehicles were in the Manchester Road area of Nelson conducting stop checks.
They stopped more than 40 vehicles in a standard stop-check.
Whilst the majority of those drivers were driving legally, police issued tickets to three motorists who were driving without insurance, and seized all three of their vehicles.
Drivers were also reported for the following offences:
Driving with a bald tyre.
Driving with insufficient lights.
Illegal window tints.
Driving without the appropriate license.
Driving through a red lightDriving with a child not properly restrained within a vehicle.
A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said: “We are continuing to put specialist resources from a number of our teams, focusing on reducing road collision casualties and disrupting criminal activity on our roads.
“We choose the time and place of this activity based on our intelligence picture of where and when collisions and crimes occur.”
They added: “Our Safer Road Unit colleagues were also out, carrying out speed enforcement on Manchester Road near to the motorway exit. Anyone caught speeding has been reported.”
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