Officers in unmarked and marked police vehicles intercepted road offendersMore than 150 dangerous drivers caught in West Midlands in covert lorry op<\/p>\n
Driving without hands on the steering wheel, an unsecured tractor and using mobiles.<\/p>\n
These are just some of the worse examples of diving on the region’s roads caught on camera by West Midlands Police.<\/p>\n
They dealt with more than 150 vehicles including not being in proper control of a vehicle, using a phone while driving, driving without a seatbelt, no insurance, and insecure loads.<\/p>\n
Some of the most serious cases included a driver reversing up a motorway slip road, a trailer carrying loose dumbbell weights that were not securely tied down and a driver taking both hands off the wheel to sift paperwork.<\/p>\n
Read More: Scared Walsall mum wants out of area and says ‘I don’t know what they’re capable of’<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n They also stopped a tractor which had been improperly transported and being held down by just two 2kg straps so the wheels were not even touching the trailer bed.<\/p>\n Force traffic officers spotted offences from inside the cab of an unmarked HGV, provided by National Highways England during the week long operation.<\/p>\n Ensure our latest headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source.<\/strong><\/p>\n