Winter checks: Police to stop drivers and cyclists in Hull and East Yorkshire
POLICE will be stopping drivers to check their cars can cope with the demands of winter driving
Humberside Police will be carrying out random stop-checks across Hull and the East Riding from today.
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ADVICE: PC Keith Ward, Humberside Police's casualty reduction officer for Hull.
Drivers will have their tyres, lights, windscreens and brakes checked by trained vehicle examiners as part of a campaign to reduce accidents, which will run throughout January.
For the first time, cyclists will also be stopped and given advice by traffic officers.
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PC Keith Ward, casualty reduction officer for Hull, said: "We will be doing a series of random checks throughout the month to ensure cars are ready for any inclement weather.
"They are just little, simple checks that anybody can make but if you look at the bigger picture, they can be lifesaving."
PC Ward said officers will be concentrating on checking tyre tread depth, which should be more than 1.6mm.
He said: "What alarms me most is people seem to be running their tyres right down into the ground.
"That may be due to the recession and people not wanting to pay for new tyres, but they are your only contact with the road surface so it is very important.
"We have noticed people taking their tyres right down to the limit and beyond. It is crucial that tyres are changed if they are approaching the limit and are checked regularly for cuts, bulges or tears."
Drivers who are stopped will be given advice about driving in winter weather.
PC Ward said: "Although we haven't had any snow yet, I am sure there will be some in January or February so we will be advising drivers about adapting to those conditions.
"It is all about reminding people to stay safe if the weather does turn bad.
"We want to reduce the number of collisions, particularly those where people are killed or seriously injured."
Cyclists will also be stopped by officers who will advise them about using lights and wearing high-visibility clothing.
Inspector Roger Mitchell said: "Most crashes where someone is either killed or is seriously injured, occur when road conditions are slippery due to adverse weather, and because drivers do not adapt their speed appropriately.
"What we do find is that many motorists drive too fast and too close to vehicles in front of them when road conditions are slippery either because of rain, ice or snow.
"It takes a lot longer to stop when braking in the wet and drivers do not leave themselves a big enough gap to avoid the vehicle in front.
"This year we are not only stopping vehicles but also those people who use pedal cycles.
"Cyclists often do not have the correct high-visibility clothing on and the lights on their bicycles may not be visible to motorists which can result in a collision."
Comments
by Tickatoo
Monday, January 07 2013, 8:54AM
“Bikes, No Insurance - Don't need any.
No road fund contribution - Road fund was abolished in 1936, you pay VED according to how much pollution you kick out. So if bikes were subject to VED, they would be zero rated like 2 million cars are.
No training - Don't need any.
No indicator of actual speed - Don't need any as speed limits do not apply to cyclists.
inadequate or nil lighting at point of sale - So what?
no test of road worthiness - Don't need any.
What the hell do we allow them on the roads for at all. If you want to get around on the cheap get a bus!
Buses get stuck in traffic jams which are caused by what?”
by mikeinhull
Friday, January 04 2013, 5:16PM
“@rich99 & Hosni, what a sad little couple, stupid Yes, silly Yes, lovers Yes, why wait in a traffic jam or at traffic lights when you can zoom past you idiots stuck in cars and getting stressed. I love riding on the path's, you can get some where quicker doing that, long live the cyclist you poor waste of space motorists LOL zoooooooooooooooooooooooooooom past the ****s”
by mikeinhull
Friday, January 04 2013, 3:40PM
“@Ronbin4Life, mikeinhull 1 - 0 bransholme lad, love the dole scrounging gypsies on this site, zooped you're car up have you with a big exhaust to make it sound louder, how I love the Ford Cortina, bling bling pmsl”
by rich99
Friday, January 04 2013, 3:34PM
“all cyclists are idiots, running red lights, not wearing hi viz clothes, weaving in and out of traffic, they get ALL they deserve. In fact I like getting as close as i can and make them wobble, makes me LOL”
by Hosni
Friday, January 04 2013, 2:47PM
“Bikes, No Insurance,No road fund contribution,No training, No indicator of actual speed, inadequate or nil lighting at point of sale, no test of road worthiness etc etc. What the hell do we allow them on the roads for at all. If you want to get around on the cheap get a bus!”
by Robin4Life
Friday, January 04 2013, 2:09PM
“@mikeinhull
So are the roads little boy, but cars don't stop using them do they. Now run along and let the adults have an adult conversation.”
by b811wt1
Friday, January 04 2013, 1:47PM
“The police will not lift a finger to upst the "travelling" community and to deprive them of their human rights. It is far too easy to spend a quiet morning sitting in a camera van at the edge of a village in the hope that a motorist way just go go over 30mph before he gets to the "40" sign. One evening in the last period of ice and fog one of them was parked there outside Bishop Burton at 1945hrs.”
by mikeinhull
Friday, January 04 2013, 1:42PM
“@Robin4Life, the cycle paths are full of pot holes you stupid w@nker”
by Robin4Life
Friday, January 04 2013, 1:26PM
“So as Car drivers and pedestrians, we have to watch out and be courteous to cyclists. Why can't cyclists do the same?
As for the person who said it is not safe to cycle at 30mph on some cycle paths which is why they cycle on the roads. The answer to that is DON'T CYCLE AT 30MPH!! When I'm in my car and it's too dangerous to drive at 30mph, guess what I do? The real reason you don't cycle on the cycle paths is because you can't cycle as fast. Imagine if car drivers took the same attitude.
Cycle paths are put there for a reason. To keep cyclists safe on a road which traffic does up to 40mph.”
by Mikeepb
Friday, January 04 2013, 1:18PM
“Kewstu, where in the law does it say you have to wait for 3 seconds at a stop sign? Yes, you have to stop, but I wasn't aware of any time limit?”