Police jump on buses to find mobile phone offenders

Police officers in Cambridge have been boarding buses as part of a crackdown on drivers using mobile phones. Officers from the Cambridge City Neighbourhood team spent a couple of hours aboard a sight-seeing double decker bus on the lookout for drivers using their mobile phones at the wheel.

Three drivers were stopped and given tickets which carry a minimum penalty of a £200 fine and six penalty points while many others were given words of advice.

PC Jake Weldon, from the Cambridge neighbourhood team, said: “If you are on your phone whether handsfree or not, you are far less likely to notice unexpected things like a child stepping off the pavement or a car braking suddenly in front of you. We hope this operation sends a message to everyone using a mobile phone at the wheel that we simply could be anywhere so don’t take the risk and use your phone while driving.

“A big thank you to the team at Stagecoach who supported this operation by providing the double decker bus and a driver for us.”