DRIVERS passing through Thame, not wearing seat belts or using their mobile phones whilst driving, were in for a nasty shock this morning.
Plain clothes police officers acting as spotters radioed their uniformed colleagues stationed close to the car park in Upper High Street, Thame, the car registration of any offending drivers, who were then pulled over.
All those caught committing these offences (over 30 in the first hour of Operation Pride) were issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) for the appropriate offence. County Council road safety officers offering education were close by with a mobile unit offering education as an alternative to a FPN for seatbelt offences.
Those using their mobile phone were offered the option of the ?Call Divert? course in place of a fixed penalty.
The maximum fixed penalty fine for using a mobile phone whilst driving is
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