Dodgy driving incidents caught on camera and reported to Lincolnshire Police rises by 63%

The number of dodgy driving incidents caught on camera by motorists has risen by a staggering 63%, it can be revealed.

Lincolnshire Police received a total of 640 submissions of video footage via its Operation Snap portal between April and June, a huge increase on the 405 incidents in the previous quarter.

While this total doesn’t quite match the 687 submissions between July and September last year, the latest stats show police are currently processing more incidents than any time over the previous 12 months.

Of the 640 uploads, 178 have led to warnings and 178 have resulted in no further action being taken.

However, police are processing 284 of the submissions, more than the 205 from July-September and more than a third of all the 784 submissions processed over the past year.

Op Snap is an online portal where the public can upload footage of suspected driving offences captured on mobile phones or dashcam footage, with every single submission viewed.

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Where the footage shows a traffic offence, action is taken.

To date, 55 of these offences from the latest quarter being dealt with by police have led to a fixed penalty notice (£100 fine and three points on a driving licence), 37 have been dealt with by attending an educational course and 23 instances will be heard in court.

Nine offences have led to fixed penalty fines being paid, eight dealt with by means of a caution and a further eight offences being cancelled.

A further 144 offences are awaiting finalisation.

Of these 284 submissions being dealt with by police between April, May and June, 95 are for failing to comply with signals and 93 are for driving without due care and attention.

The third highest number of incidents relate to driving without reasonable consideration to other road users (43).

Other offences include failing to comply with solid white line markings (19), using a mobile phone at the wheel (10), driving a vehicle while not in proper control (3) and overtaking on a zebra/puffin crossing (two).

Police are also looking into single offences of failing to comply with a stop sign, failing to comply with a traffic sign and failing to stop for a pedestrian on a zebra crossing.

A further 16 offences have been deemed non endorsable.