76 motorists in court after more than 2,200 videos of dodgy drivers submitted to Lincolnshire Police in 2023, figures reveal

More than 2,200 videos of dodgy drivers were submitted to Lincolnshire Police last year, figures have revealed.

Of this number, 76 offences will be dealt with by the courts and 121 have led to a £100 fine and points being endorsed on driving licenses.

Police have also dished out 46 cautions and ordered 241 drivers to attend educational courses.

Operation Snap is a portal which encourages the public to upload video and dashcam footage of dangerous and illegal motoring manoeuvres.

And some of the most eyebrow-raising actions on the county’s roads have even been compiled on a series of YouTube videos.

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New data gives the full picture of video submissions throughout 2023 and how they have been dealt with by officers, following the release of the year’s final quarterly stats.

Between October and December last year a total of 447 submissions were made, the lowest figure of the four quarters.

However, this took the 2023 total up to 2,244 submissions.

Of the 447 videos received in the final quarter, no further action was taken for 176 of them, an annual total of 939.

However, 136 of the incidents (611 throughout 2023) resulted in warnings and 134 (694) were processed by police.

Of the offences processed by the police between October and December, 47 were for driving without due care and attention (162 throughout 2023) and 46 were failing to comply with traffic controls (218 in 2023).

Other offences included 17 incidents of driving without reasonable consideration for others (144 in 2023), seven incidents of using a mobile phone (34 in 2023), five incidents of failing to comply with solid white line markings (60 in total) and two incidents of failure to comply with endorsable section 36 traffic sign (nine in 2023).

There were single incidents of overtaking within pedestrian crossing limits (two in 2023), driving without L plates or supervision (three in 2023), driving a motor vehicle on a road with a child under 14 years in front passenger seat not wearing a seat belt (the only incident in 2023) and dangerous driving (two in 2023).

Incidents which occurred throughout 2023 but not in the final quarter included failing to comply with a stop sign (one), stopping a vehicle in zebra or puffin pedestrian crossing controlled area (one) and using a vehicle in a way that is a danger to passengers (four).

The final three months of 2023 also saw a total of six non-endorsable offences (50 in total).

Of the offences being processed by police, 90 (121) are awaiting finalisation, four (46) have been dealt with by means of a caution, 17 (241) have been dealt with by an educational course, 12 (121) have led to a fixed penalty (£100 fine and endorsement of 3 points) and two (41) by means of a fixed penalty fine.

A further three (76) have seen prosecution files raised to be heard at court while one driver was ordered to attend a fitness to drive assessment, but that didn’t take place in the final quarter.

Meanwhile, six (47) offences were cancelled.

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