700 dodgy driver videos reported to Lincolnshire police in three-month period

Police received hundreds of dodgy diver videos submitted by the public over a three-month period, latest figures reveal.

Operation Snap is a portal where motorists can upload dashcam or video footage of suspected road traffic offences, with stats updated quarterly.

Between July and September of this year Lincolnshire Police received 700 submissions - the highest number over the past 12 months.

These third-quarter statistics are up from the 640 uploads from April-June, and a 72% rise from the first three months of the year, when 405 submissions were received.

Of those 700 submissions 299 have been identified and processed to the police, more than a third of the 878 offences processed over the past 12 month period.

There were also 193 warnings issued while no further action will be taken on 208 of those uploads.

The highest number of submissions processed were for failing to comply with traffic light signals, 82 in total.

A further 76 offences were for driving without due care and attention and 54 for driving without reasonable consideration to other users.

Use a mobile phone while behind the wheel accounted for 28 offences while there were 26 offences of failing to comply with solid white line road markings.

Other offences included: driving in a way which involved danger of injury to a person (4), failing to comply with traffic signals (3), driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, such as wthout L-plates, supervision, driving licence etc (2).

There were also individual cases of failing to comply with red light at puffin crossing and failing to accord precedence for a pedestrian on a zebra crossing as well as 22 non-endorsable offences.

The offences processed in July to September period led to 37 offences dealt with by a fixed penalty (£100 fine and endorsement of three points on a driving licence) and 36 offences dealt with by attending an educational course.

Fifteen offences were cancelled, 13 have been referred to the courts, nine dealt with by means of a caution and seven were non-endorsable offences dealt with by a fixed penalty fine.

A further 182 are awaiting finalisation.