Episode 3 Dom on the Spot

'Never before have so many

'on-the-spot fines been issued in Britain.

'We're going to be following the men and women who hand out

'over ?30 million worth of tickets every month...'

Oops.

Down here, they are an absolute blight.

So, I'm at 104 now. Wow!

That is disgusting. Just walk away.

'..for behaviour that's downright dangerous...'

That was stupid for these conditions, wasn't it?

'..simply selfish...'

Look at the mess you've created in the street!

'..or just, well, plain silly.'

What a doughnut!

'We'll be revealing the cost of their bad behaviour...'

?100 fine.

Pays ?260.

'..and how this could affect you.'

Might give him a punch. Do you want to see me kick off?

'The police are on it...'

What the...?!

'..the parking wardens are on it...'

They should be thanking us for being here.

'..and I'm on it.'

Careful, it's a 30mph limit here!

'I'm Dom Littlewood,

'and I'm on the spot.

'Today, I'm at the scene of the grime, and it stinks...'

How do you feel about the fact you're picking up someone's poo,

rubbish...? I don't even like standing next to it.

'..we meet a driver who could be heading for more than a fine...'

Blow. DRIVER BLOWS

Keep going, keep going.

Yeah, the legal limit's 35, and you've just blown...

'..and we have trouble keeping up on the M4.'

Oh, crikey, he's racing, isn't he?

Disgusting, isn't it? How would you like to live next door to that?

And the next time you see someone littering,

bear in mind that in England alone, it costs the council about

half a billion pounds a year to clear it up.

But here's a message for you litter louts - the next time you do

an illegal drop like that, it could end up costing you a lot of money.

I think it's absolutely disgusting that people just think they can just

throw their rubbish out and expect other people just to walk round it.

Just throw it on the streets, and it's wrong. Yeah. Definitely.

Well, I think the taxpayers' money's wasted

on the irresponsible people that's doing this,

and the sooner that they get fined for it - heavy fined -

it'll mean others don't do it.

It's not good. It's messing up the whole place.

Cardiff is a city with a rubbish problem.

The city's landfill sites are overflowing, and the council

has got to find somewhere else for all that rubbish to go.

So they're waging war on waste.

I'm just going to search through these now to find some evidence,

see where they've come from.

This is waste enforcement officer Steph Marnell Jones,

who loves the challenge.

SHE LAUGHS

There's a spider in there!

Well, most of the time.

Steph has had a report of some illegally dumped rubbish.

I think the first fine of the day could be pretty close,

so the journey out should give me a few moments to get to know

my co-worker a little bit better.

I don't know whether it was destiny that I would do this job,

but even when I was younger, when I was little,

I wouldn't even put things in public bins, I would take them home!

SHE LAUGHS

In case they felt lonely, in case the rubbish felt lonely,

I'd put it in my house bin! SHE LAUGHS

Hang on, you felt sorry for the rubbish? Yeah!

So it must have been destiny I was going to do this job.

You need a check-up from the neck up, don't you?

Steph's mission is to educate the people of Cardiff to chuck

away their waste correctly and, if that doesn't work, to enforce,

which means on-the-spot fines.

And as I'm Dom On The Spot, that's why I'm here.

See, that's bad. Look at this open food-waste bin there.

Yeah, that's disgusting.

So, as a situation now, because the council - and quite rightly, too -

wants to get people to recycle more of their waste,

you've now made their general-waste bins smaller.

Therefore, if they've got too much general waste and

they put it into different bags, they could be liable for a penalty.

Yeah. I think it's a really, really good idea.

I could also think it's actually...

It could get a little bit confusing, cos, to a lot of people, a lot of

the general public, not people like you working in the industry,

there's a point where actually I don't know sometimes what is

general waste and what is recyclable. Yeah.

Some councils can recycle different things.

That's why, whenever I'm searching a bag, I'm thinking,

you know, "Have they been spoken to before?"

You know, when I go back, we'll always check the system first,

you know? Right.

So we educate the residents, and we give them information and

leaflets and booklets and we help them all we can.

But, you know, if they continue to not do it correctly,

that's when we will give the fixed penalty.

I'm not just an enforcement officer, I'm an education officer as well

and we educate first and we enforce next.

'So, just what form does that enforcement -

'that's fines to you and me - actually take?'

Out of interest, what would happen if,

when I finished this apple, I threw the core out?

Cos that's biodegradable, isn't it? It's still littering.

You've got no guarantee that those birds will come and eat it.

And it is biodegradable, but how long will it take to...?

Right, so that would be a finable offence? Yeah. Yeah. OK.

I won't do it again if I know I'm in for a big fine.

How much is it? ?80. 80 quid?! ?80 for littering, yeah. Ouch.

'Ouch. That really would be rubbish.

'Don't worry, I won't be chucking this away any time soon.

'But it's a good job we've arrived at the address where

'the illegally dumped waste has been spotted.

'Now, THAT could lead to a fine.

'First step, get your hands dirty.'

What's wrong with the waste is all these items - some of them

are recyclable, but obviously the nappies can't go in there.

And food waste in there, as well.

'Now, if you can get a fine for throwing away an apple core,

'then I'm pretty sure there's a fine

'on the cards for this stinking pile.'

How do you feel about the fact you're picking up someone's poo,

rubbish...? There's food in it. I mean, it smells. Yeah. All right?

It's dirty.

I don't even like standing next to it, and you're handling it.

OK, you've got gloves on, but this bag's full of poo, isn't it?

To be honest with you, it's not very nice,

but I've gotten used to it over the years.

Some days, it gets to you and you just think...

SHE GRUNTS IN FRUSTRATION

'I think Steph could be moving towards a fine for this mess,

'but a fine needs a villain, and the only way to find out who

'might have left it here is to rifle through this lot.'

I'd give you a hand, but I haven't got any gloves.

'Did I mention that it stinks?

'But wait, our first clue as to who this horrible mess belongs to.'

So, we've got a bank statement here, which has the name there.

Well, actually, can I just have it?

You've got to be stupid to put a bank statement in a bin, anyhow.

Not just cos it's got your details on it, the amount in the account,

it says the sort code, account number, how much you've got, name...

Yeah, everything there.

The address is just here, so she lives above the shop here.

'That's a result.

'It looks like this litter lout has dumped their rubbish

'right outside their door.

'So, are we looking at a ?100 fine or just a warning?'

I'll probably put her under notice. That's a warning, isn't it? Yeah.

If you put her under that, she doesn't get a penalty,

she's told, "Do it again and you're going to get smacked,"

and even more expensive this time - 100 quid.

It'd be ?100, yeah. And then she's got no excuse in the world. No, no.

OK, but when you knock on that door, if she hasn't got

a good excuse or her attitude stinks, you know, you'll what?

You'll issue a fine, penalty? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And do you know what?

Everybody who's decent would respect that,

because bought experience is the best experience.

Hopefully, that'll stop her.

'So the ball's very much in this lady's court.

'It's either a warning or a hefty ?100 fine.

'Which way is it going to go?

'Good start - someone's in.'

Hiya. Cardiff Council Waste Enforcement.

It's just about some bags I found on the road there. Yeah.

'And Steph is cutting straight to the chase.'

It's just a few things.

The recycling bags contain nappies, and they can't be recycled...

So, before we go too far, let's take a look at the evidence.

Unsorted waste, including human excrement.

And proof of address tying the rubbish to this property.

A ?100 fine could be on the cards. What will it be?

If you continue to put the nappies in there, they won't get

collected and you could be issued with a fixed penalty.

All right? Thanks for your time. Thank you. Cheers. Ta-ra.

There it is. I think the nappies might have swung it in her favour.

Steph has cut this young mum some slack. It's just a caution.

Although the lady didn't want to be filmed,

she did invite me in for a quick chat.

I've just started to use the food-waste bin yesterday. All right.

Why only yesterday? Because I seen my bins ripped open

and I thought, "Ohhh...!"

By the foxes and the animals? Yeah. Yeah.

Cos they've been there for literally a week.

No-one's getting into it again.

Right.

And when she comes back again next time, it's not going to happen? No.

No. OK. I think it's been your lucky day there. So, OK.

Cheerio, lovely. Bye-bye.

I tell you what, I think that lady has got off very, very lightly.

Her circumstances in there - I've got to be honest,

I felt a little bit sorry for her.

She's a single mum, she's got her hands full with a baby,

and I could just tell she hasn't got the money. She admitted that.

She's going to struggle.

If she'd got an ?80 fine, that would've hurt her quite a lot.

I'd like to think I don't think she'll do it again. All right...

'Steph was clearly giving her the benefit of the doubt,

'so no fine this time.'

Tell you what, that's a lot nicer looking now, isn't it?

Job well done, Steph.

Anyway, you know what I said about giving her the benefit of the doubt?

A couple of weeks later, and it's time for a spot check.

And lo and behold, another bag.

Well, we have...

..a bit of a cooker. Food waste.

Hold your horses. I don't believe it.

It's the actual letter that Steph gave her...

hidden in the actual litter.

So, I put her under notice on the 26th, since 26th May,

and here it is in the bin

and she's put her waste out incorrectly again,

so she obviously doesn't care.

So the warning didn't work.

I think there's only one option here. What do you think, Steph?

Erm, so she'll be getting a ?100 fixed penalty now.

Well, there's no second chance, and it's a ?100 on-the-spot fine.

Next, we're in Wiltshire.

Beautiful, isn't it?

But commit a motoring offence somewhere on its busy roads,

and the chances are you could be hit with an on-the-spot fine by

traffic cop Jay Clifton.

I'm going to head up onto the M4 motorway to start our day,

to see what we can find.

Jay has lots of fancy tech in his car to catch offenders.

Just look at it!

But some offences are so blatant they're pretty hard to miss.

I've just seen this vehicle come down a one-way street

in completely the opposite direction,

ahead of oncoming traffic.

So we're going to get him to go into the estate here and

we're going to deal with it,

because that is totally unacceptable and exceptionally dangerous.

Driving the wrong way down a one-way street?

Now, I'm no expert,

but that could be much more than an on-the-spot fine.

Based on that, I could, if I wanted to,

put this person in front of a court.

But let's see what they have to say, in the first instance...

..and go from there.

Jay has ordered the driver off the road,

which is probably a good thing.

But while the vehicle has stopped,

the driver's erratic behaviour hasn't.

I've got a feeling there could be a fine on its way.

Do you live locally, do you? So you know the roads exceptionally well.

It's a one-way street!

The driver claims to have panicked when she saw the flashing light,

but she was driving dodgily way before Jay put his blues on.

You'd have been panicking a lot more if something had hit you head on.

Do you have your licence with you?

But hang on a minute, could Jay be onto something?

Have you had anything to drink today at all?

Jay needs to find out what might be behind this woman's dodgy driving

and whether she could be looking at worse than a fine.

She hit my car.

Uh-oh, maybe he's right.

Yeah, look. Oh, you have hit her car. She's hit my car.

This woman's day is getting worse by the minute.

Turns out she's driven into another parked car - and one owned by

an off-duty colleague of Jay's.

I tell you what, let's straighten you up first

so we can let that young lady get away.

Did I mention there could be a fine on the way?

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

OK, you're going to have to go back and straighten up.

So don't turn your steering wheel. Keep it exactly as it is.

Open that window and you'll be able to hear me. Take it nice and steady.

Don't go back yet.

OK, nice and steady backwards, then.

Go on, then, keep going.

Don't turn the wheel yet.

Now turn it left all the way.

Now, you can't get a fine if you need help to reverse,

which is one bit of good news for this lady.

That's it, come out as you normally would now.

Nice and straight.

OK, you're back now. Keep coming back.

Yeah, keep coming back, keep nice and...

Straighten up that wheel, that's it. Now come back straight.

OK, you've got a parking space behind you.

Keep coming back, keep coming back. Keep coming back. That'll do.

Hold it there. OK. You park how you feel comfortable now.

She'll need more than scratch cover for that.

With the woman's vehicle now safe,

Jay can get on with his investigation.

OK, because you've been involved in a moving-traffic offence,

I'm going to do a quick breath test on you, which I'm empowered to do

under the Road Traffic Act of 1988.

When was the last time you had an alcoholic drink?

The lady claims to have had a single glass of white wine with her lunch.

OK, what I need you to do is get a good lungful of air for me,

make a good seal on the tube on the end.

One nice long breath outwards until I tell you to stop. OK.

Don't hesitate as you blow.

Just like blowing up a balloon.

I'll hold the device. A nice big breath for me.

Go on, then. Blow.

Keep going, keep going, keep going. OK, hold on.

Right, you're blowing it a bit too hard. So...

HE BLOWS

A bit too hard. Off you go. Ready? Big lungful of air.

Blow. No, no, blow.

Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.

That's it, that's lovely.

OK, the legal limit's 35.

If this lady is over the limit,

this is far more serious than an on-the-spot fine.

She'll be arrested and taken into custody.

And you've just blown 54, which is a failure.

So on that, I'm arresting you on suspicion of driving

a motor vehicle whilst over the prescribed limited.

So it's not an on-the-spot fine, but a trip down to the station.

The van that's just turned up,

they're going to take the driver away to the police station.

Once we're there, we'll do some more breath tests,

then we'll get an exact reading of where the alcohol levels are

and find out what we've got going on. OK?

The penalties for drink-driving can be severe.

Caught over the limit and you could face six months' imprisonment,

an unlimited fine and a driving ban of at least one year.

If she's over when we get back to the police station,

she is looking at disqualification.

This is kids' kicking-out time.

There'll be children on the way home from school crossing these roads.

The children are going to be looking in one direction on a one-way road,

And that'll be the direction that the cars are coming.

They're not going to be expecting a vehicle

coming in the opposite direction.

It's ridiculous.

The woman has been searched and taken to the nearest police station.

So I think it's time to examine the evidence.

Driving the wrong way down a one-way street.

Crashing into a parked car.

A positive breathalyser test at the scene.

It's not looking good.

If this driver tests positive at the station,

she will be in serious trouble.

Jay has the verdict.

Both specimens of breath were provided

and they were under the legal limit.

So in relations to the drink-drive aspect of it,

that's now done and dusted and out of the way.

So what I've then reverted to is I have to look at the original offence

of contravening a one-way system, which I've dealt with.

That's been dealt with by the way of a fixed-penalty notice,

so she now has a ?50 fine, which she has 28 days in which to pay.

She won't be subject to the more serious potential penalties.

Instead, she's on the receiving end of

a ?50 fine for neglect of traffic regulations.

The moment we explained that she was under the legal limit,

a massive outburst of emotion, floods of tears.

Someone's learnt a lesson in relation to having

a quick glass of wine with their lunch.

If you're going to have a drink, don't drive. End of.

There are 2.5 million Blue Badges in use in the UK,

allowing people with severe walking disabilities to park for free

in parking-restricted areas.

But a shocking one in five are misused.

The people who abuse the system,

parking in disabled bays when they shouldn't do,

they should get fined, yes.

Well, people abusing the Blue Badge scheme, I think is indefensible.

Because it's there for a purpose. A very good purpose.

It's there for people who aren't able to get out and about

without their motorcar. So I think it's indefensible.

When I see people abusing the Blue Badge system,

it worries me that people that really do need the Blue Badge

can't get it because of people that are abusing it.

I think the fact that the council are taking steps to enforce

penalising people who abuse the scheme is vitally important.

But in Eastbourne in East Sussex,

if you abuse the Blue Badge system, then watch out.

You could be hit with a hefty fine,

courtesy of investigating officer Mark Jobling.

It's all about protecting the integrity of the Blue Badge scheme.

And again, it's the genuine badge-holder who needs that space

to be available.

I'm going to be on the spot with Mark, on the lookout for

drivers who could be liable to a ?1,000 fine for Blue Badge fraud.

Are you likely to actually find somebody misusing these badges?

The plan today is to go into the town centre and inspect any badges.

Anybody that parks a vehicle, returns to a vehicle, we'll check those badges

and make sure they're being used by the legitimate and genuine user.

With the general misuse of these badges,

is it a case of people just don't want to pay parking fees

or is it that they're being lazy and they want to park near the shops?

It varies, to be perfectly honest.

Um...free parking is a big thing. Mm-hm.

But then we've got people, for instance,

carers using badges because they think they can use the badge

because they're doing errands for the badge-holder,

although the badge-holder's not there. Um...

That's not allowed, presumably, no? No.

The badge-holder has to be present or in the vicinity

when that badge is being displayed.

So, we ready to get going? Let's go. Lead the way.

Lead the way to San Jose. Thank you.

All right, it's not quite San Jose, it's Eastbourne.

But a vehicle catches Mark's eye straightaway.

Is this going to be our first fine of the day?

What do you think about this, Mark?

I think, having a quick look, we've got a badge that expires today.

We haven't had a renewal application received, which is unusual.

And it's also a different vehicle.

It would be worth seeing who comes back to this vehicle to check who it is.

Mark's decided to stake this car out.

We're waiting until the owner returns.

And here she is. Has she been using the badge illegally?

It seems this lady IS the designated badge-holder.

Your badge was fine - there was no problem with you using it.

There are some people out there

who use other people's Blue Badges for their own gain.

How do you feel about those people?

Well, if people are doing it, well,

it's not good if they're misusing them in that way.

So this lady was in the clear.

But whilst we've been talking to her,

a new offender has been caught in the act.

There's a car that the parking warden's with.

Female's badge has gone up, bloke's gone into Nationwide.

So if you're quite quick, you'll... Yeah, let's go. Oh, right.

Mark has been tipped off about a male driver

who may be using a Blue Badge illegally.

Will this be Mark's first fine today?

The badge indicates that it belongs to a female.

This guy didn't have a female with him.

Now, there is a chance that he's gone to pick up somebody

who's entitled to use the badge.

But at the moment, everything's looking like

it's probably a guilty offender.

And Mark's just waiting for the person to come back.

'It looks like it could be a fine.'

OK, here comes the guy who, at the moment,

is almost certainly guilty of misusing his badge.

Good afternoon. Hello. How are you? All right.

I'm from East Sussex County Council Blue Badge team.

Is this your vehicle, is it? Yeah.

Do you mind if I have a look at the badge you've got displayed there, please?

It's my wife's, actually.

Thank you. She's very disabled. Thank you very much.

I've just been to... OK. OK, you say...you say it's your wife's badge? Yeah.

Can I ask, where is your wife at the moment? She's in the caravan.

I've had to draw some money out. I've only been here ten minutes.

Yeah, I know. OK. I just need to let you know

that it's a criminal offence to misuse a disabled badge. OK?

I didn't want to walk too far. I've got quite a stash.

I understand what you're saying. However, on the back of the badge in red writing,

it tells you that's a criminal offence to do so. I'll remember it.

OK? Now, it's an offence... Normally, she's with me 100%.

OK. It's an offence you can be prosecuted for.

So what I'm going to do very quickly is caution you, OK? OK.

You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you don't mention when questioned

something which you later rely on in court.

Well, he didn't look like he expected a caution,

but will this breach of Blue Badge regulations mean

a court appearance and a fine of up to ?1,000?

Right, the first thing I'm going to do is retain this badge from you

because you can't keep this badge.

I can't go out with my wife without that.

Now...now, unfortunately, the penalty is

that this badge will be returned to your wife, OK?

Your wife will get the badge back after I've made my checks. Yeah. OK?

But I can't allow you to keep this badge, so I'm retaining this badge.

I'll make enquiries in relation to the badge,

make sure that there's no previous misuse on the badge.

'So no badge. How about the fine?'

He's saying how much of an inconvenience it's going to be

because the badge is going to be confiscated until it's reissued to his wife.

Now, I suppose the argument here is,

it will inconvenience him and his wife,

he won't be able to park in disabled spots until he gets that badge back,

but on the flipside, you've got to say,

well, he was also taking up a disabled spot

and there's certainly none other free at the moment.

So, potentially, if someone came along here

and desperately needed that, who was disabled, he's taking up their spot.

So I suppose there's two ways of looking at it.

OK, let's take a quick look back over the facts.

A Blue Badge clearly displayed.

But the disabled user nowhere around.

This could end in a ?1,000 fine.

But is there another course of action Mark can take?

What we do is we prosecute people for this offence, OK?

Which can involve going to court, OK?

However, I have another option,

provided there's been no use in relation to this badge.

And that's a community resolution.

It's a lucky escape.

Instead of a ?1,000 fine, this driver has to attend an awareness course.

But it's a warning. Yeah.

It's a warning in relation to using the badge.

Despite being bang to rights,

I wonder if the driver's really learnt his lesson.

Obviously, your wife is not with you, she's back at home.

I heard you say that. Yeah.

Were you aware that what you were doing was technically an offence?

Well...yes, but I was drawing cash out

and I didn't want to walk through the car park with cash. Right.

That's what I didn't want to do.

Is this the first time you've ever knowingly misused that badge? Yeah.

She's always with me when we use it.

This whole row here is for disabled vehicles.

There's one, two, three, four, five spots.

Obviously, you're taking up the last of those spots. Yeah.

So what about if somebody was in a car who was disabled needing it?

How would you feel? Well, I wouldn't have liked it,

but being as I was only going to be five minutes, you know...

Yep. ..I thought it'd be all right.

Do you have any hard feelings about what's happened?

Not really. It's my stupidity, I should say. I shan't do it again.

Don't worry about that.

What's your wife going to say when you get home and you tell her

you've had your badge confiscated for a few days

and you're going to have to attend one of these courses?

She'll probably say, "BLEEP fool".

HE LAUGHS

And would you agree with her? Yeah, yeah. OK. Almost done.

Give me a message out there to anybody else who might not be

using the badge in the correct way.

Don't do it. Don't do it.

It's not even worth it, you know. Yeah.

'And I think I'd have to agree with her myself.'

Now, there's not many things in life I hate, but let me tell you,

littering is one of them. And we've all seen it before.

A crisp packet thrown out of a car window.

A cigarette butt tossed to the floor.

Now, it might not seem much, but when you add it up,

it costs us taxpayers ?500 million a year.

And if you don't pick up, YOU may be paying out.

When you see people drop litter, you think,

"Well, it's just a bad habit. Um...

"you've obviously started doing it and never stopped

"and never thought about it."

I think it's fair that people get fined for littering because

that makes them more responsible for it and, like, be careful.

There's enough bins around. It's just that people don't think.

Especially after a night out and they've eaten burgers or a curry,

they just leave crap everywhere, don't they? It's wrong.

I think it's totally unnecessary. It's a dirty habit.

There's bins everywhere. Why not use them or take your rubbish home?

We do. Why can't everybody else?

Um...well, just that people don't care.

They don't care about the town or how things look.

And I always think,

"Well, if they're going to drop it there, what's their homes like?"

In Pendle in Lancashire...

..it's high noon for litterlouts.

The key to success on litter patrol is just have...

..no compassion, no remorse.

Meet the no-nonsense sheriff of Litter Town...

They're all guilty. They're all going to do it.

..AKA Jonathan,

Pendle Borough Council's environmental crime officer.

I'm not looking for innocent people, I'm looking for guilty people.

The crime? Not keeping Pendle tidy.

The punishment? A ?75 fine.

Anyone who puts their rubbish in the bin...

..that's because they've seen me and they don't want to get caught.

His target? Anyone.

There are no innocent people. They're all guilty.

As a Pendle Council environmental crimes officer,

Jonathan's job is to make sure that the locals aren't littering,

and if they are, issue them with a fine.

So it's time to saddle up and ride out.

The guy walking towards me now on my right shoulder

has got a cigarette in his hand.

We'll see what happens.

And Jonathan's off. You can run, but you can't hide.

Could this be his first on-the-spot fine?

The sheriff of Litter Town always gets his man.

He's gone. Gone.

Well, almost always.

The potential offender might have got away,

but you can see what Jonathan is up against.

You can see just stood here, look at the amount of cigarette ends.

Tissue, bits of rubbish. You know, it's just...

..cut through and just dump your rubbish.

Back in town, Jonathan spots another possible litterlout.

Will this be his first on-the-spot fine of the day?

Hello, mate.

He thinks this guy might've dumped his coffee cup.

I'm from Pendle Borough Council. Yeah?

I'm an environmental crime officer. What's that you just put over there?

It weren't mine. I just put my hand on to go past.

Right, just come here.

It were there already. There already? Yeah...

I've just come round the corner and just seen you put it there.

I put my arm down to get my breath back.

Let me just explain something to you, all right? Yeah.

If you pick up litter... Yeah?

..and you then throw it on the floor or you put it down again...

Yeah? ..that's now your litter.

So, is this going to be a fine?

Well, I can't verify that I saw you drinking it, and I can't say that

I saw you put it down, but I'm going to give you a bit of advice now.

Yeah? If you see something and you think it's litter... Yeah?

..please don't touch it, because as soon as you touch it,

that is now your responsibility. Yeah. All right? Yeah.

Does that make sense to you? Yeah, yeah. All right, sir.

I didn't see him walking with it... to do this, and then go,

"Thanks very much."

I seen him put his hand on it, to go like this,

so whether it's his or whether it's not, I don't know.

Er...isn't that YOUR cup now, Jonathan?

I've touched it, so I'm going to have to put it in the bin.

For Jonathan, it's more than a job.

I try to switch off on my days off,

but if I see someone dropping a cigarette,

I just go, "Agh!" You know, I...

I just want to do something about it.

Even if I'm not in Pendle, I just see someone having a cigarette

and they throw it out the car window or something,

I'm just "Eugh! Why?!" You know.

"Why the hell are you doing this? What's wrong with you?

"Have a little bit of pride in the town you live in."

No-one is safe from this eagle-eyed litter cop.

I can't pick and choose who I want to stop.

I've got to see it, I've got to deal with them, and,

if she's an old lady who is, you know...

..just struggling to walk or she's... If it's a guy

who can just clearly pick me up and throw me across the room,

I've got to stop him - I can't pick and choose.

So far, it's been a quiet day on the fines front.

But as the afternoon wears on,

it's a young mum with a cigarette who appears on Jonathan's radar.

This has got potential fine written all over it!

Right, so we look for the telltale signs. One, two...

There we go. Thrown.

The moment she walks away, and makes that conscious decision

to leave the litter on the floor, that's when I do my job.

She's off!

And so is Jonathan.

Hiya, love. Can I have a quick word with you, please?

I'm from Pendle Borough Council.

Just while you were waiting for your friend,

you had a cigarette in your hand, OK? You threw it behind you.

OK, that's an offence of littering.

And the case for the prosecution?

Fag...thrown.

Smoker...then walks away.

That's your cue, Jonathan.

So, what's it going to be? A fine? A warning?

Or will this one wriggle off the hook?

Now you've walked away, you've shown me

you've got no intention of picking up the litter.

That's why I want to take some details.

The council will write to you, OK?

It's going to be a letter from the council.

That means a ?75 fine could be in the pipeline.

OK, you may receive a fixed penalty notice. You may receive a caution.

OK? It's not up to me. It's up to the council, OK?

There are metal bins around here, OK?

But I don't need to educate you on that. OK.

Thank you, bye-bye.

It's not cos I don't like mums, it's just because she littered!

You know, she just threw her litter on the floor.

We all hear stories in the news about people who might have

lost their lives because someone was speeding or driving dangerously.

And let's be honest. How many of us drive too fast?

I would hazard a guess and say probably the majority of us

have or still do.

And it's very easy to sort of resent those on-the-spot fines.

When you think about it,

they're probably teaching us a lesson which we really need.

I have no sympathy for anyone who gets fined for speeding.

Fines for speeding - it should be unlimited.

It should be quite high, actually. It'll teach people a lesson.

It's dangerous. They could kill people.

All sorts of things.

It's easy! Don't speed, don't get caught.

But in Wiltshire, if you're caught speeding...

Slow down!

..there's a good chance you could be on the end of at least

a speeding fine, thanks to Wiltshire Police's Warren Knight.

It's a rainy evening at the start of the late shift

and I'm riding shotgun with Warren

to see just what motoring madness these conditions throw up.

Warren's pretty sure there is a fine or two out there, somewhere.

Oh, crikey, he's racing, isn't he? 'And it doesn't take long.'

We're up to 101mph now.

You don't need a camera to see he's travelling way too fast.

Er, weather conditions are poor.

102mph.

Ouch! Back down to 100. See if he reacts to the vehicle in front.

Completely inappropriate for the, er...

Right, we're back down to under 100mph.

I'll pull this vehicle over,

because obviously travelling way, way too fast.

And the blue lights go on.

Clocked at over a ton, this guy could be looking at,

not just a fine, but maybe even a driving ban.

Right, he's clocked you.

That was stupid for these sort of conditions. Absolutely ridiculous!

It's wet, slippery. He's doing over 100mph.

I've got a feeling there could be a fine on its way.

That was very foolish, wasn't it? Very foolish.

Um, I'll get you in the back of the car.

Have you had anything to drink today? Anything at all?

Do you have any points on your licence? No. No?

That might be about to change. Have a sit in the back of my car.

This side, this side! Cos you might get knocked over.

Hello, sir. Um, I must tell you that you don't have to say anything,

but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned,

something you rely on in court and anything you do say may be given in evidence.

Well, Warren's giving him a caution, but what next?

Could this be too serious for just an on-the-spot fine?

Um, is there any reason why you were

doing nearly 100mph down the motorway in quite bad weather?

Traffic? There wasn't any traffic in front of us.

You can see the road is wet, can't you? Yes.

What's going to happen if, all of a sudden, somebody pulls out on you

and you have to try and react to it at nearly 100mph?

Potentially risking your life and potentially somebody else's life.

It's not looking good for this driver. It's a serious offence.

But what was his excuse?

Why are you going so fast?

I've been driving from, um, Bognor. I've been working at the weekends.

Yeah? I was just trying to get home to Bristol.

I really should have pulled over, had a coffee, yeah.

I don't think tiredness was the right answer.

Driving tired, that's not a good combination, you know.

You're lucky your speed dropped a little bit,

just under the 100mph mark, because, at some point, you were

touching 100mph and, usually, that would result in a disqualification.

So his speed dropped a bit, but was it enough to avoid court?

You just need to slow down. I do, but... Yeah? The minute you said

I was doing 100, you know, there's no defence against that.

It's... It's idiotic.

Do you need your car for work? Yes, I do. So, really, you know...

This chap needs his car for work.

If he loses his licence, his job could be at risk.

Had you had any alcohol today? No, nothing.

When was the last time you had an alcoholic drink? Um...

Well, early hours of this morning, probably about one o'clock.

OK, all right. I will give you a breath test...

OK. ..which I'm empowered to do under the Road Traffic Act,

cos you've committed a moving road traffic offence.

BEEPING

Magic. If this breath test is positive,

his already bad situation is going to get a whole lot worse.

OK, I analysed your breath. That's zero. OK, that's good.

Zero! At least that's something.

If you take the end off, cos that's got your DNA on it.

We're not allowed to keep it.

The combination of your bad driving, cos it IS bad, really... You know,

that sort of speed and tiredness

potentially could end only in one way - you having a crash.

Have you got family? Kids? Yes.

You know, it's a horrible conversation I have to have with families about, you know...

It's time to take a look at the facts.

Over 100mph, but only for a brief moment.

Terrible road conditions.

And a negative breath test.

What's it going to be?

Fine?

Court?

Or a telling off?

But what I intend to do is issue you a fixed penalty ticket, OK?

All right? Which will be three points and a ?100 fine.

There it is - a fixed penalty notice!

But that still means three points on his licence and a ?100 fine.

Do you have any questions? No.

As I said, please, for your own sanity more than anything else...

Yeah? ..and to stop me having to go to collisions where people die,

just ease off the speed. Yeah? Is that all right? Yeah.

That guy who's just left could've ended up dead today. He knows that.

He's actually thankful that he got the fine and the points,

cos he said, "It's the wake-up call I need."

He's got zero resentment towards the police officer

or what's happened and, in a way, I think he's actually...

Well, he said to me, "I'm glad, I'm going to make it home tonight

"and I'm going to drive sensibly."

You know, I think that's a really nice attitude to have

and it quite surprises me, doing this out with the police officers,

that's what people are saying.

You know, sometimes, we just need a little...wake-up call.

But in case you need more than a wake-up call, how would you feel

if the journey home for one of your loved ones ended like this?

It just doesn't make sense.

Devastated. Beyond repair.

November 2014 in Rochdale,

and 25-year-old accounts director Joseph Brown-Lartey was driving home

to see his parents, Ian and Dawn.

'All Joseph was doing was coming home.

'He was five minutes away from home, literally five minutes.'

Nearby, 18-year-old Addil Haroon was part of a convoy of three cars

racing through the streets of Rochdale

at around three times the speed limit.

The previous night, Haroon had posted an image

of the speedometer as he drove a high-performance sports car

at over twice the speed limit on the motorway.

He'd been driving from, um,

Leeds to Manchester and he posted a snapshot online.

While he was driving, took a picture of that

and the picture registered 142mph.

They were boys showing off in fast cars.

Fast cars that they couldn't handle.

24 hours later and learner driver Haroon was at it again,

as he approached a red light at speed.

He had a warning sign on the road, um,

where it flashes when you go past 30mph,

and he was doing in excess of 80, 80mph,

so he ignored the warning signs there. He, um...

ignored the road, um, limitations

and was just driving at reckless speeds.

The traffic lights was on green, Joseph went through and

these boys in a convoy - there were three cars in the convoy racing.

Joseph had been driving across

the, um, road, the intersection,

and this other car came speeding and had gone into Joseph.

Joseph's car was tossed in the air and it, you know,

it went on the wall and then split in two.

Joseph basically didn't have a chance.

Joseph was killed instantly.

For most of us, the impact of speeding is

a fine, points or maybe a ban.

But for Dawn and Ian, the effects will last for ever.

Joseph loved life.

He... He was...

I always said, you know, he was the Pied Piper for people.

Everybody wanted to be around him

and he was always smiling and, when he walked into a room,

he did light up a room.

He was just this gorgeous person. He was.

Haroon was sentenced to six years

for causing death by dangerous driving.

Joseph's family and friends have since been campaigning

for an increased sentence for the driver who killed their loved one.

In the meantime, their suffering shows just why speeding fines

are such a vital deterrent to dangerous drivers.

It just doesn't make sense.

I sit back every day and try to work out...

Why? You know, why Joseph? Why then? Why that road?

As a parent...

you just can't accept it. You just...you just can't.

That's all for today. Join me next time and I'll be out

with the men and women who issue Britain's on-the-spot fines.

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