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'Never before have so many on-the-spot fines | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
'been issued in Britain. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
'We're going to be following the men and women who hand out | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
'over £30 million worth of tickets every month...' | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
-Oops. -Round here, they are an absolute blight. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
-I'm up to 104, now. -Wow. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
-That is disgusting. -Just walk away. -HE GRUNTS | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
'..for behaviour that's downright dangerous...' | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
That was stupid for these sort of conditions, wasn't it? | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
-'..simply selfish...' -Look at the mess you've created in the street. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
-How is that our fault? -'..or just...' | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
What is he doing? | 0:00:31 | 0:00:32 | |
'..well, plain silly.' | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
What a doughnut. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:36 | |
'We'll be revealing the cost of their bad behaviour...' | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
£100 fine. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
-Pays £260. -Ouch. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
'..and how this could affect you.' | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
-I'll give him a punch. -Do you want to see me kick off? | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
-'The police are on it.' -What the...? Sir! | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
'The parking wardens are on it...' | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
-They should be thanking us for being here. -'..and I'm on it.' | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
Careful! It's a 30mph limit here! | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
'I'm Dom Littlewood and I'm on the spot.' | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
'This time it's a case of stop-and-fine on our highways...' | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
How do you feel about the fact you were stopped? | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
INDISTINCT | 0:01:12 | 0:01:13 | |
'And it's time to face the fines on the streets of London.' | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
I am actually going to | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
say something that you're really not going to be happy with. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
I'm in Gloucestershire in the back seat of an unmarked police car | 0:01:25 | 0:01:30 | |
-in hot pursuit of a vehicle... -Oscar-Tango 5-6. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:34 | |
..with traffic police PC Shelley Holloway and PC Olly Buxton. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:38 | |
He's still holding something in his hand. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
Just clearly not paying attention. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
'The unmarked car is the perfect cover to keep the motorway safer by | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
'sniffing out misbehaving motorists and issuing on-the-spot fines.' | 0:01:49 | 0:01:54 | |
Olly just spotted somebody in a vehicle there with his mobile | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
phone in his hand. Not using it at this point. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
What Shelley's done, she's dropped into this inside lane now | 0:01:59 | 0:02:01 | |
to allow this person to overtake | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
just to see if he's suddenly using his phone. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
'If he is, it could be three penalty points on his licence | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
'and a fine of £100.' | 0:02:11 | 0:02:12 | |
I think he's got it in his left hand, | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
holding it up in front of his face. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
That's probably a satnav thing, is it? Where he's using it? | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
No, I think he's talking on loudspeaker perhaps. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
-He's just passed. -No, he's seen us now. -He's seen us. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
He knows that we're police. Well, I think it's worth a chat. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
Cos I saw him holding it in his hand, so... | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
He's put his seatbelt on as well now. See that? | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
Put his seatbelt... That's when he wobbled. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
Not wearing a seatbelt. It just gets worse. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
That's an offence that could hit him with an on-the-spot fine of £100. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:43 | |
How's it going? Can I see your phone, please? | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
Who were you on the phone to? What were you holding your camera for? | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
The driver claims he's been using his camera but Shelley is not | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
taking his word for it. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
Who were you on the phone to? You were holding it in your hand. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
There's a lot of activity on your phone, isn't there? | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
And suddenly all the call history has just gone. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
All the call history is gone. That's messages. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
All the call history is gone. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
So where are they from the previous day? | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
It doesn't wash with me that you were using it, | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
holding a camera in your hand. It doesn't wash with me. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
Have you got points on your licence at the moment? | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
Can I have your driving licence? No identification on you? | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
What's the situation here, Shelley? | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
So, he's point-blank denied using his mobile phone. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
There's no call history for today, which is unusual. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
Lots of text messages exchanged but nothing recent. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
There is activity on his phone and there's | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
a voicemail icon up ready to notify him he's got a voicemail. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
He's saying he was holding his camera in his hand and didn't | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
-realise but he has admitted not wearing his seatbelt. -Right. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
-So... -What do you feel about that? | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
He's obviously someone who's quite switched on, isn't he? | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
Yeah. We get it all the time. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:53 | |
They think they're using excuses and, you know, | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
I can't prove categorically he was using his phone. | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
All we do know he was holding something in his hand and | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
he has got a camera and a phone on the passenger seat. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
-Obviously you know why you've been stopped. -Yeah. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
The officers thought you were on the phone | 0:04:09 | 0:04:11 | |
and you weren't wearing a seatbelt, I believe. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:13 | |
Yeah. No seatbelt, yeah. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
-How do you feel about the fact you were stopped? -Erm... | 0:04:16 | 0:04:19 | |
-Be honest. -Erm... | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
-Yeah. -But it's my own fault. I wasn't on the phone. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:27 | |
-But I wasn't wearing a seatbelt. So, you know. -OK. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
-Caught again. Second time. -Second time, no seatbelt? -Yeah. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
-Why wouldn't you wear it? -I don't know. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
I just jump in lorries in the morning and they haven't got any | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
so you get lazy, don't you, I suppose. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:40 | |
When you say you're cheesed off about being stopped, is that | 0:04:40 | 0:04:44 | |
-with the officers or yourself? -With myself. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
I don't know if you're going to receive a fixed penalty notice, | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
whether they do that at the moment. If you do... | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
If they do, then I just have to pay it and be more cautious in future. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
Yeah. Do you have any resentment about being pulled over? | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
-No, not really. No. -Will it change the way you drive? -Yeah. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
I'll put my seatbelt on for a bit so, yeah. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
At what point did you realise that you were about to be pulled over? | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
-When I seen all them yellow jackets. -Ah, right. Yeah. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
-Then I put my seatbelt on quick. -So, what stacks up in this case? | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
He could have been using his mobile phone. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
That would be a £100 fine plus three penalty points. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
And not wearing his seatbelt, that could be another £100 fine. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
Shelley's decided to drop the phone charge. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
But what about the other offence he admitted to? | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
-What we will deal him for is the seatbelt. -OK. So there it is. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:39 | |
A £100 fine and all for not belting up. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:43 | |
Does it annoy you when you get someone like him who | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
has got excuses that you have to take as being true | 0:05:49 | 0:05:55 | |
and your instinct might not necessarily think it is? | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
Is it frustrating? | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
It's annoying that people aren't as honest as what they should be, | 0:05:59 | 0:06:03 | |
but I think it will still stop him using it in the future. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
'One on-the-spot fine down and we're back on the motorway.' | 0:06:11 | 0:06:15 | |
We've got a trailer in the middle lane. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
I don't know if you notice there, the right wheel is clearly... | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
I would say that's probably beyond unbalanced. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
-That's actually the bearing on it because it's... -It's wobbling badly. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
It's wobbling badly, so I don't think it'll be very long | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
before that will fly off. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
You know, he's travelling in excess of the speed limit. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:32 | |
When you're towing a trailer, it's 60mph and he's doing 70. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
So we'll just do a following check and see before we stop him. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:40 | |
'If his wheel falls off at 70mph, he'll have | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
'a lot more to worry about than just a fine.' | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
-There's a fair old wobble on that trailer, isn't there? -Yeah. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:49 | |
Don't brake on lane one. Use the hard shoulder, please. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
You do sometimes get that where people will actually just | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
-stop in the lane. -Really? -I've had it in lane three. -On a motorway? | 0:06:54 | 0:06:58 | |
-On a motorway. I'll go and have a word with him. -OK, no problem. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:03 | |
Maybe he didn't know the speed limit. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
Nope, he's got it written on the back. No excuses there, then. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
So, it's this wheel here. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
Have you got a tool or anything to remove the cap | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
so I can check all your wheel nuts are present? | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
'The offending wheel will be scrutinised once PC Holloway's found the right tools.' | 0:07:23 | 0:07:29 | |
-Don't worry. I'll get the crowbar, then. -You've just been stopped. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:33 | |
-Were you aware you could only do 60? -Yes. Yeah. -OK. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:36 | |
I thought as much, cos you've got a sticker on your trailer there. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:38 | |
-And I do try and keep to it, but... -That's good. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
..on this occasion I was going faster. I don't normally speed. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:46 | |
What will Shelley find? | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
A car that is seriously unroadworthy can earn the driver a £5,000 fine. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:55 | |
So, what are we dealing with here? | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
A driver breaking the 60mph speed limit for a car towing | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
a trailer, and that can be a £100 fine. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:07 | |
And the trailer itself, which appears to be unroadworthy, | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
that can be up to a £5,000 fine. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
But has Shelley been able to find anything conclusive? | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
Could be the brake on one side. You just don't know. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:19 | |
-Could be a lot of things. Just get it checked. -All right. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
-I will do that. OK, thanks for your time. -Take care. Bye-bye. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
Shelley hasn't found anything obviously wrong with the trailer, | 0:08:25 | 0:08:29 | |
so he can continue on his way with no fine and just a warning. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
Shelley, you could have potentially written out two tickets on that last stop. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:42 | |
What made you decide to give the guy just an advisory note? A warning? | 0:08:43 | 0:08:47 | |
Well, I think possibly the wheel vibration was due to the speed, | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
so we've solved both of those by giving him some advice, | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
and he was only 9mph over the speed limit allowed when you're towing a trailer. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:59 | |
So for me, I used my discretion then and decided he'd benefit from | 0:09:01 | 0:09:05 | |
education, and then it solved the wheel problem, too. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
Kam Paul is a Civil Enforcement Officer | 0:09:17 | 0:09:21 | |
with Havering District Council in the north-east London. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
I don't think she just went to the pharmacy because there's | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
no way it took an hour and a half, unless they're operating on you. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
She takes no-nonsense and, if anyone dishes it out, | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
she's got the kit to prove it. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
Right, you can't drop off here at this time. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
At what point do you turn this camera on? | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
-Normally I would turn it on as soon as someone approaches me... -OK. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
..cos you want the conversation to be on film | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
and that's mainly because you'd be amazed at how many people go back, | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
complain to the council | 0:09:55 | 0:09:56 | |
and just totally fabricate the whole statement. | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
What sort of things have been made up? | 0:10:00 | 0:10:01 | |
"She swore at me. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
"She told me to F off. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:04 | |
"She threatened me. She gave me attitude. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
"She almost hit me." I've even had people say that. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:09 | |
-Is any of it true? -Of course not! | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
Kam soon spots her first potential offender. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
If it doesn't say free parking or it doesn't have a bay, | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
-you're parked somewhere where you're not supposed to be. -Right. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
-This is a loading bay... -Yeah. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
..which is designed for vans and HGVs only. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:28 | |
Let's look at this case - | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
parking in a loading-only bay. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:32 | |
Designated for larger vehicles. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:36 | |
This is an offence. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
So, does this person get a grace time or is it instant ticket? | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
-No, it's an instant. -Ouch. -Ouch, yeah. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
Mind you, with a motor like that, I think he can probably afford it. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:48 | |
Parking here has just cost this driver £130. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
I've got to say, nice car. My nephew's got the same one. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:58 | |
-We were admiring it, yeah. -You were admiring it a bit too much, I think. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:02 | |
Yeah, sorry. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:03 | |
I'm just wondering, the reason I parked here... | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
-Are all the rest of those loading bays getting tickets as well? -No. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
Now, I am actually going to say something that you're really | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
not going to be happy with. There's no time plate over there... | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
-Right. -..so that is a free bay | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
and that's why they're all parked with no ticket. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
Come over here, sir. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
The way bays work, they've all got their own time plate | 0:11:22 | 0:11:26 | |
and, especially with these, these are actually two loading bays. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
Two completely separate loading bays. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:30 | |
Yeah, cos you've got a big yellow line in between, separating them. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
-I'm learning something every day. -So am I. I didn't know that. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:36 | |
So basically, the way it works is | 0:11:36 | 0:11:39 | |
this bay has its own time plate, | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
there's a yellow line to break-up the bay, | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
and this is a separate loading bay | 0:11:45 | 0:11:47 | |
but it's not being used right now, there's no time plate. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:49 | |
So where's the lamppost that tells you the time for that? | 0:11:49 | 0:11:53 | |
There isn't one. That's exactly what I'm trying to explain to you. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
If any bay, whether it's a loading bay or resident bay | 0:11:56 | 0:11:59 | |
or a pay-and-display, if it doesn't have a time plate, | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
it turns into a free bay, | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
because if the bay does not instruct the driver, | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
if it doesn't give the details to the driver | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
as to what kind of bay it is, | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
-what days it's enforceable and what times... -Anyone can park there. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
-..then anyone can park there. -'You learn something new every day.' | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
It's a stark reminder to always check the signs when you park | 0:12:17 | 0:12:21 | |
or you could end up with a fine. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:23 | |
I'm going on to that site. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:24 | |
-Where should I park? -Well... -Obviously not here. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:26 | |
Obviously not there. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:27 | |
You could leave it there for the whole day but... | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
-I'll move it. -..technically, yeah, | 0:12:29 | 0:12:31 | |
the best thing to do would be park it into that bay. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
I just saw you arguing your point there with the traffic warden. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:40 | |
-You don't seem very happy. -It doesn't make sense, though. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
I've moved my car five yards and that's...that's... | 0:12:43 | 0:12:47 | |
a ticket-able offence and that's free. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:50 | |
Are you pretty aggrieved by what's happened? | 0:12:50 | 0:12:52 | |
Yes. To me, it seems silly but, at the end of the day, | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
I'm not going to stand here | 0:12:55 | 0:12:56 | |
-and argue cos I've got better things to do with my time. -Yeah. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
-Obviously, appeal is something you can do. -Yeah. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
You did mention a point there - | 0:13:01 | 0:13:02 | |
is it worth your time and money to do that? Are you going to? | 0:13:02 | 0:13:04 | |
I probably will, depending on how much it is. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
It's £65 now. 130 if you don't pay it within a short period of time. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
So I'll appeal it. I'll just take pictures and send it off | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
-telling them, to me, it doesn't make much sense. -Yeah. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
I can see where you're coming from. I think we were both educated then. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
I didn't realise that was the difference. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
'If he'd parked a few metres further forward in the first place, | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
'he could have saved himself a lot of money. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
'You certainly need a thick skin to be a traffic warden, | 0:13:27 | 0:13:31 | |
'but even Kam has a softer side.' | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
Oh! I don't want to give this car a ticket! | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
-Because he's got a dog on the -back seat? Oh, God, he's so cute! | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
I did see the dog after. I really feel bad now. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
They may have left the dog in a well-ventilated car in the shade, | 0:13:45 | 0:13:49 | |
but I'm afraid the driver is still in the doghouse with a £130 fine. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:54 | |
Next, Kam has spotted a car parked in a pay-and-display car park | 0:13:55 | 0:13:59 | |
where some drivers have been trying their luck. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:02 | |
Why do you think somebody's blatantly parked there? | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
You're standing over there by the machine and they | 0:14:04 | 0:14:06 | |
disappeared without even bothering to get a ticket. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
Chances are, two options. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
They probably thought it's free because the machine's covered up. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:15 | |
They probably haven't read it properly. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
Or they've read it and thought, "Do you know what? | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
"I'm only going round the corner to get at tea from Greggs. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
"I'll be back within ten minutes." | 0:14:22 | 0:14:23 | |
Cos they all know we have to give them a ten-minutes grace, | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
so some of them will just race against the clock and think, | 0:14:26 | 0:14:28 | |
"As long as I'm back in ten minutes, I'm all right." | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
'What's the case against this vehicle? | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
'Parking in a permit holders only car park. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:37 | |
'After a ten-minute observation period, | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
'she could hand out a fixed penalty notice.' | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
Once that issues a ticket, that's it. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
There's no way you can go, "Oh, sorry, all right. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
-"I'll give you a chance. I'll cancel it." -No. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
Kam does what the law requires and waits. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
Time's up and this motorist's wallet just got a whole lot lighter. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:04 | |
To me, I mean, 11 minutes is enough time to get change from anywhere. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:09 | |
Ouch. It's a £130 on-the-spot fine. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:13 | |
You've left the vehicle. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
Whether you've got delayed now or not, | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
you've left it initially with no ticket and no intention to pay. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:20 | |
Why should you not get a ticket? | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
-Bearing in mind, these, you know... -Everyone else has paid. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:26 | |
-I can see your argument. -They've all paid good money for their permits. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
Why should this driver not get a ticket and everybody else pay | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
for their parking? | 0:15:33 | 0:15:34 | |
'Now, you can appeal your ticket, | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
'but you can't avoid it just by chucking it away.' | 0:15:40 | 0:15:43 | |
Surely that means now, if they don't pay that, | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
-it's going to go up to 130 quid? -Yeah. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
Kam issued this one to another car earlier. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
Clearly, the driver isn't a fan of parking enforcement. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:56 | |
-I wonder if they've taken it out the actual envelope. -Nope. | 0:15:56 | 0:15:59 | |
I guarantee you. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:00 | |
-It's in there. -Yeah, you're right. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
That's a driver who constantly parks here. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:07 | |
Every day, this person will get themselves a ticket, | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
they will just chuck it and drive off. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
-Well, they must be paying. -Nope. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
So basically one day they're going to get pulled over, | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
someone's going to grab them | 0:16:17 | 0:16:18 | |
and they're going to have a huge amount of tickets to pay for. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:21 | |
Is it a criminal offence? | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
Yeah, because basically what we have to do when tickets aren't paid | 0:16:23 | 0:16:28 | |
is wait for three of them to reach warrant stage | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
and then they send bailiffs. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:32 | |
'I can hardly keep up with her. She's like a whippet. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
'So far today, I've already seen Kam issue three tickets, | 0:16:36 | 0:16:40 | |
'so I've got a burning question that most of us want answered.' | 0:16:40 | 0:16:44 | |
-Are you financially rewarded for the amount of tickets you issue? -No. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:48 | |
Absolutely not. Under any circumstances. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
You could go out one day, issue zero tickets, | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
you will be paid the exact same amount | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
for the following day if you issued 100 tickets. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
Are you target-driven? | 0:17:00 | 0:17:01 | |
Are you told to issue as many tickets as possible? | 0:17:01 | 0:17:04 | |
That is the part of the job where people get confused. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
They're all under the impression that we're on commission and | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
they're all under the impression that we're on targets, | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
which is not true. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:13 | |
In Pendle, Lancashire, there's been a report of | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
a serious case of fly-tipping and the big guns are on the case. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:25 | |
INDISTINCT | 0:17:25 | 0:17:27 | |
David Alexander is head of the Environmental Crime Team. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:31 | |
Along with his colleague, Jeff Brown, | 0:17:31 | 0:17:33 | |
they have been summoned to a fly-tipping offence. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:35 | |
This builder's waste appeared overnight. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:45 | |
The culprit could be hit with a £400 fine, | 0:17:45 | 0:17:49 | |
but the team need clues to track them down. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
That's interesting. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:55 | |
Take a photograph of the bag. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
David suspects the waste | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
may have come from the house behind this wall. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:02 | |
It's all a matter of connecting this rubbish to over there. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:08 | |
And a key piece of evidence would seem to confirm his suspicions. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:13 | |
There's a tape measure in there. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
It's broken. There's no... | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
There's no tape in it. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:20 | |
And, lo and behold, just over the... | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
over the wall, in the fire, there's a bit of tape measure. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:28 | |
So it proves that it's his rubbish. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:30 | |
When you shift the bag... | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
Shift the bag. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
That's been there a few days. It's all green under there. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:41 | |
It's actually our land, | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
and he's not got permission from the Parks Department or anybody | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
to put his stuff on there. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:49 | |
What have we got down here? | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
But the illegal dumping doesn't end there. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:55 | |
There's more builder's waste | 0:18:55 | 0:18:57 | |
chucked next to this stream a few yards away in the local park. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:00 | |
If this waste can be linked to the same offender, | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
it's a bigger deal than they first thought. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
Again, it's dumping. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
It's more than a couple of bags' worth, so it will be fly-tipping. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
A few bags of rubbish the wrong side of a garden wall | 0:19:11 | 0:19:14 | |
could be dealt with by means of a fixed-penalty notice of £400, | 0:19:14 | 0:19:18 | |
but this looks like a much bigger dump | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
and could be classed as fly-tipping, | 0:19:21 | 0:19:23 | |
potentially punishable in court with a fine of up to £50,000, | 0:19:23 | 0:19:28 | |
and David could take this to court if the evidence is strong enough. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
If you want to pull the branches out... | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
Right, that has got to match. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
David is now on the hunt for anything that will tie this | 0:19:38 | 0:19:41 | |
load of rubbish to the waste left outside the house. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:44 | |
He has noticed a few cut-off trees in the back garden. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:47 | |
There you are. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:49 | |
Perfect match. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:51 | |
He can't... He hasn't got an excuse now. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
That's been dumped down an embankment, | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
obviously out of sight, | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
so he's obviously no intention of clearing that out. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:03 | |
The property owner suddenly appears. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:05 | |
-Are you having some work done here? -Yes. -So you've authorised... | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
You're having the work done? | 0:20:09 | 0:20:11 | |
The woman says she is having a patio made by a local builder. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
So, what is all this rubbish over here? | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
What is the rubbish down the side of the banking? | 0:20:17 | 0:20:21 | |
'She says the work is still going on | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
but the waste by the stream is nothing to do with her. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
He has basically fly-tipped a load of your stuff onto the park. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:32 | |
He has then also taken some of the stuff, he has just slung them | 0:20:32 | 0:20:36 | |
down the embankment, and I'm not prepared to have that happen. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:40 | |
He has fly-tipped, so I need to speak to him. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
She tries ringing him, but he's not picking up. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:46 | |
She says it's not her problem. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
So, ultimately, madam, it is, because it's your waste. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
It's stuff from your property. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
Now, if you say the builder's doing it, that's fine. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
We'll speak to the builder. | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
The homeowner has a phone number for her builder, | 0:20:59 | 0:21:01 | |
but she doesn't want to hand it over. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
Well, it's your responsibility. I will need those details from you, | 0:21:03 | 0:21:07 | |
otherwise you will be held responsible for your waste. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
This has been here quite a few days, because the grass | 0:21:10 | 0:21:14 | |
has gone yellow underneath the bags. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:15 | |
Eventually she sees sense and, after a call from Jeff, the builder | 0:21:15 | 0:21:20 | |
comes back to confess and possibly face a pretty hefty fine. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:24 | |
He threw it down. I didn't know. Sorry about that. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
He's here to face the music. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
But the builder claims the waste in the park is down to a workmate. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:33 | |
He threw it, I didn't know about it. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
'But when faced with the evidence outside the house, | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
'it doesn't take long for him to crumble.' | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
-Yeah, I put that there. -You put that there? OK. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:44 | |
And I meant to take it away. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
Yeah, you meant to, but it's not been taken away, | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
it's been here for a few days. That's the offence of fly-tipping. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
-Oh? -Yeah. Did you know that? | 0:21:51 | 0:21:52 | |
-THAT most certainly is. -THAT is an offence of fly-tipping. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:56 | |
You have got a responsibility, as a tradesman. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:58 | |
You're accountable for it and you must pay the consequences for it. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:01 | |
-OK? Do you know what the penalty is for fly-tipping? -No. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
So, what's the offence here? | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
A patio renovation that has turned into fly-tip... | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
over the wall into a council park and into the bushes. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
This guy accepts the waste by the wall is his, | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
but he's still blaming his mate for the dump in the bushes. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:22 | |
What's the penalty to be? | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
£50,000 and five years in prison is the maximum. Right? | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
So that's how serious fly-tipping is. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
However, it can be dealt with by way of a fixed-penalty notice, | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
which comes in at £400. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
For this offence, it's a £400 fine, | 0:22:38 | 0:22:42 | |
AND he will have to move the waste. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:44 | |
They will also be chasing his colleague | 0:22:44 | 0:22:47 | |
for the streamside rubbish. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
I will be more careful with waste, but the problem is, | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
when you go down to the recycling, | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
they're charging you for everything, like, you know, the stone rubble... | 0:22:57 | 0:23:03 | |
You go down with the van and they charge you £60, you know? | 0:23:03 | 0:23:07 | |
People can't afford that. So that's why there's a lot of fly-tipping. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:11 | |
It's their own fault. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:13 | |
So, I feel a good day's work by Jeff. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:17 | |
People don't deserve to have their green spaces ruined by builders. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:21 | |
In Gloucestershire, PC Holloway and PC Buxton are on patrol. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:31 | |
I'm going after this white van, it's got a light out. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:35 | |
And it's driving like a loon. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
So, we are just going to run it through first of all, | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
-see who might own it. -Insurance is held. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
Ford Transit white panel van. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:44 | |
Driving without fully working lights is an offence that could | 0:23:44 | 0:23:47 | |
leave the driver with an on-the-spot fine. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
Hiya. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
I just stopped you because your brake light is out. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
-Oh, is it? I didn't realise. -Yeah, this one is out. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
-Don't panic. Is it yours? -Yes. -Got your driving licence handy? | 0:23:58 | 0:24:01 | |
-No, I don't. -Any ID? -Only my Gas Safe. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:05 | |
This van is about to get the once-over. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:07 | |
Indicate. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:10 | |
OK. That one. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:12 | |
OK, flash. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:14 | |
But it seems the van has seen better days. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
So, you have got a side light out. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
That one is missing. Your headlights are out as well. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
-So, it's only your main beam that works. -I didn't know that. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
That's with your main beam turned off, you've got no headlights. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
I didn't know. It was all right last night. I travelled from Swindon. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
When I asked you to turn the headlights on, | 0:24:31 | 0:24:33 | |
-it was defaulted to the main beam. -I'll get that sorted. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
You've got three bulbs out here and your brake light, all right? | 0:24:36 | 0:24:40 | |
-I wasn't aware of that. -Well, you should be. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
-You need to check it every day. -It was all right last night. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:45 | |
I didn't check it this morning because I came to work in daylight. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
If we suddenly had a downpour and it got really dark and you | 0:24:48 | 0:24:50 | |
turned your headlights on, that's all you'd have, that side light. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
-I'll rectify that tonight. -Yeah. No problem. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
PC Holloway is not done yet. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
She carries on her checks inside the vehicle. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:00 | |
-Don't forget your hat. -I'll get it in a minute. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:05 | |
The handbrake is on the very last notch. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
You have to yank it up. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:10 | |
I'll get the lights looked at and then I'll get that looked at. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
So, a long list of faults. Defective lights could attract a £50 fine. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:19 | |
The police have powers to take faulty vehicles off the road. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:23 | |
So, we stopped the van because it had no brake light, | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
and on checking the vehicle over, | 0:25:26 | 0:25:28 | |
none of the front headlights work apart from one side bulb. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:32 | |
So we've got three defective lights. The handbrake is borderline. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
It does stop the vehicle, but only if you yank it up, | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
so that's not an offence yet. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:41 | |
So we will be giving him a vehicle defect rectification notice, | 0:25:41 | 0:25:44 | |
a VDRS, for him to get the lights fixed and checked | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
and send it back to us to prove that he has done it. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
So, it's a vehicle defect rectification notice for this driver, | 0:25:50 | 0:25:54 | |
which means he's got 14 days to get the work done | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
or face court proceedings. | 0:25:57 | 0:25:58 | |
If I can get you to sign the form here, I'll give you your copy. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
Because I am reporting you for an offence | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
which may or may not end up in court, | 0:26:05 | 0:26:06 | |
I've got to caution you and give you an opportunity to reply to that. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
You do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence if | 0:26:09 | 0:26:12 | |
you do not mention now something which you later rely on in court, | 0:26:12 | 0:26:14 | |
and anything you do say may be given in evidence. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:16 | |
-There you go, then. That's yours. Any questions at all? -No. -OK. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:19 | |
-Are you going straight back now? -Straight away. -OK. -Swindon. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:22 | |
I've got to drop them off and then I'll try and get my van fixed. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
Obviously, if you have adverse weather and it's dark enough | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
that you need your lights on, | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
I would advise you to pull over and wait for the weather to pass, | 0:26:30 | 0:26:32 | |
-because you're not visible like that at the moment. -OK. -OK? -OK. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
-No problem. Take care. -I will. -Thanks. -Thank you. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
Olly and Shelley are on their way again, | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
and it's from one white van man to another. Or should that be two? | 0:26:41 | 0:26:45 | |
These two are having a conversation, the Vauxhall... | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
Tell him to pull over and the other one. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
It's not the time to have a conversation, on the roundabout, | 0:26:53 | 0:26:56 | |
with him. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:58 | |
Careless and inconsiderate driving can lead to a fine of £5,000. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:02 | |
-It's not the place to have a conversation, is it? -No, it's not. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:06 | |
You were holding up all that traffic. Was it that important? | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
Oh, yeah, that old story. Ridiculous. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
The first driver claims he was asking for directions. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:17 | |
Time to speak to the other driver. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
Not the time or place to have a conversation, on the roundabout. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:22 | |
He claims the other guy was asking to buy his truck from him. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:25 | |
Oh, that's funny. He told me a different story. I'm not having it. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
You don't do it. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
If you knew him, you pull over and speak to him on the phone. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
Just drive on, because you can't hold up other traffic | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
just to have a chitchat, can you? All right. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:38 | |
No fine, but a serious ticking-off. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:42 | |
Cor, that's the way. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:46 | |
You see nothing all day and then we're just trying to go home, | 0:27:46 | 0:27:50 | |
two instances within the space of two of three minutes. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:53 | |
Right, let's go home. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:55 | |
One thing is for sure, | 0:27:57 | 0:27:59 | |
the men and women who hand out these fines don't have it easy. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:03 | |
That's it for today. Join me next time for more Dom On The Spot. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:07 |