A MOTORIST has received six points on their licence and a £200 fine after being caught using their mobile phone whilst driving by Worle police.

Police, who were in a plain unmarked car, saw the driver using the device and "meandering in and out of their lane."

The driver tested negative in a drugs wipe and breath test. 

Speaking yesterday, a North Somerset Neighbourhood Policing spokesperson said: "Today one of the Worle Beat team officers using a plain car, identified a vehicle being driven to a standard that fell below those standards expected of a competent and careful driver.

"The officer clearly observed the driver using their mobile phone, not concentrating, meandering in and out of their lane and being a general danger to the overwhelming majority of law abiding drivers on the road.

"Drugs wipe - Negative.

"Breath test - Negative

"Unable to do 2 things at once - That's the one.

"The bad driving was entirely down to the use of a mobile phone.

"You will receive 6 points and a £200 fine for driving whilst using a mobile phone.

"Driver reported for this and other offences.

"We know that for a lot of people roads Policing is controversial, can cause people to criticise us about the enforcement of road traffic act and say things like 'haven't you got anything better to do?'

"We do, but your bad driving has to be dealt with.

"The facts speak for themselves. According to government data, in the year ending June 2023, there were 1633 fatalities on UK roads.

"It might be an unpopular form of Policing, but deaths on our roads are a real consequences of distracted and poor standards of driving.

"Your local Neighbourhood team do use unmarked cars, we are watching, we are looking for crime. Drivers are not excluded from this proactive Policing and it forms part of our responsibility to all the community, to do everything we can to keep you all safe, and bad drivers are included.

"If road safety is important to you, if you have ever been a victim of bad driving, then please educate your friends, and families - especially new drivers - not to fall foul of this."