ACTION is being taken to slam the brakes on motorists speeding through a village. A community speed watch initiative has been set-up at Cononley, after concerns from residents. And since the scheme was launched in July, North Yorkshire Police have issued more than 140 advisory letters to motorists clocked exceeding the limit. The highest speed…
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A 23 YEAR old was more than twice the drink drive limit after celebrating joining a new football team, heard Skipton magistrates. A member of the public called the police after seeing Thomas Harris driving his Alfa Romeo erratically in Long Preston at 6.30pm on August 26, the court heard. He was stopped by police…
A BARNOLDSWICK woman who drove while more than three times over the limit and with a child in the car has been banned from driving for 28 months. Skipton magistrates told Katie Gibson they were ‘shocked’ at the high reading and because she had had a young child with her at the time. In addition…
A SELF employed plasterer has been banned from driving for a year after admitting being over the drugs drive limit in Skipton. Christopher Evans, 32, was stopped by a police officer at 8.30am on February 11 as he drove his white Citroen Relay panel van from Otley Road towards Consort Street, heard magistrates. The officer…
A MOTORIST who pretended he did not drink until after an accident that blocked a road just outside York, has lost his business and his licence the city’s magistrates heard. James Oliver Thomas Moore-Carnall, 26, had twice the legal amount of alcohol in his body when he crashed his Transit van into a telegraph pole…
THE British Horse Society (BHS) has launched its Ride Safe Award in the wake of new statistics which show a 29 per cent increase in road accidents involving horses in the last year. Ride Safe has been designed to help riders feel safer and more confident when riding out on the road and beyond. The…
A lorry driver has become one of the first UK motorists to be fined for driving too close to a cyclist. During a safety campaign on the issue, West Midlands Police officers have posed as cyclists to catch drivers. Dean Littleford, 60, from Birmingham, denied driving without due care and attention in Park Lane West,…
North Yorkshire Police have launched an operation which seeks to identify vulnerable road users. Through a mixture of education and enforcement, Op Spartan aims to improve the attitudes of those who use our roads and increase the level of safety for all. ‘Vulnerable’ road users are classed as those who may be disproportionately involved in…
From March 2017 the law on buying booster cushions will change. Booster cushions offer no side impact protection and can even slip from underneath the child in a collision; it is strongly recommended you always use a high backed booster seat. Under current UK law, all children travelling in a car must use the correct car seat…
North Yorkshire Police have made further arrests in their Christmas drink and drug driving crackdown The first nine days of the campaign saw 41 arrests made, a huge increase of 70% on the same point in 2015. Disappointingly, a further 19 arrests have been made in the past week – bringing the total to 60…