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P OPERATION MERMAID
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Cambridgeshire Police targets LGVs
CAMBRIDGESHIRE POLICE has criticised the large number of commercial vehicles that are committing offences after dozens were stopped in a multi-agency operation.
Operation Mermaid saw 45 LGVs stopped on the Al in Sawtry, of which 21 were issued with prohibition and defect notices.
Seven immediate prohibitions were issued for light, tyre and brake offences. Other results from the operation include: • Seven prohibitions for tachograph/ hours offences; • Two delayed prohibitions; • Four vehicle defect rectification scheme notices.
The operation, which also involved Vosa, Trading Standards, DVLA and HM Revenue and Customs officers, comes less than two months after a similar undertaking in Northamptonshire found almost half of all vehicles stopped were flouting the law (Operation Mermaid finds plenty of faults on the M1', CM31 January).
Sergeant Robin Marshall of Cambridgeshire Police says: "It is disappointing to see there are still a number of goods drivers committing offences on the county's roads."