0:00:02 > 0:00:05Never before have so many on-the-spot fines been issued in Britain.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08We're going to be following the men and women who hand out over
0:00:08 > 0:00:12£30 million worth of tickets every month.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- Oops.- Round here, they're an absolute blight.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16I'm at 104 now.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18- Wow.- That is disgusting.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Just walk away.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22For behaviour that's downright dangerous...
0:00:22 > 0:00:25That was stupid for these sort of conditions, wasn't it?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27..simply selfish...
0:00:27 > 0:00:30- Look at the mess you've created in the street.- How's that our fault?
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Or just... What is he doing?
0:00:32 > 0:00:34..well, plain silly.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39What a doughnut. We'll be revealing the cost of their bad behaviour...
0:00:39 > 0:00:41£100 fine.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Pays £260.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Ouch. And how this could affect you...
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- I'll give him a punch. - You want to see me kick off?
0:00:48 > 0:00:52- The police are on it. - What the...?- Sir!
0:00:52 > 0:00:56- The parking wardens are on it. - They should be thanking us for being here.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59And I'm on it. Careful, it's a 30mph limit here!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01I'm Dom Littlewood,
0:01:01 > 0:01:02and I'm On The Spot.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Today, it's detective time as we track down one of the men behind
0:01:09 > 0:01:13- this monstrous mound. - I hit them with my ace in the pack.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17There are photographs of your truck outside your house.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19You can run, but you can't hide from the litter patrol.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23If you don't cooperate, I will call the police.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25And I go out on the beat...
0:01:25 > 0:01:28It's a serious injury, so you might not want to look.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31..to find out why fines are so crucial to road safety.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33His bike's there, and about ten metres away is his boot,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37which makes me feel a bit queasy.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Every year, the police hand out over one million speeding and
0:01:40 > 0:01:45road traffic fines. And with good reason.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48We all know speed kills, but it's not just high speed.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50If a pedestrian's hit at 40mph,
0:01:50 > 0:01:54he's four times more likely to die than if he's hit at 30.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56That's an eye-opener for you.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04One of the people on the lookout for dodgy drivers going over the limit
0:02:04 > 0:02:06is Wiltshire Police's Rich Hatch.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11We are heading to a speeding black spot in a 30mph zone.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Speed gun at the ready,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17anyone Rich catches going over the limit is risking a £100 fine.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Didn't even indicate when he was turning left.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- What a doughnut.- There you go, 47.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Ooh.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27We've been here three minutes, maybe two.
0:02:27 > 0:02:2947 in a 30.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33'That's more than 50% over the speed limit.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37'Could this be his first fine of the day?'
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Before we go any further at this point, obviously,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46I'm going to deal with you for the offence of excess speed.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Rich informs the driver that his speed gun has captured the car driving at
0:02:50 > 0:02:5347mph in a 30mph zone.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I'm wondering what the rush was.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- How long have you had the car? - About two weeks.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01OK, so you're still finding it quite a pleasure to drive?
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Yeah, you don't realise how quick you're going.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08The bad news for you - we've literally been standing there maybe
0:03:08 > 0:03:09two or three minutes maximum.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12We've just got out the car and he said to me, "Watch this road,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14"it can be really, really bad."
0:03:14 > 0:03:16'The driver says they're off on a break.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17'Not the best start, then.'
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Is this the first day of your holiday?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Yeah, we're just on the way to Heathrow.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Oh, OK. The guy's going on holiday, driving to the airport now.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28He needs his driving licence for when he gets an America.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Rather than having to confiscate his licence, which he's entitled to do,
0:03:31 > 0:03:35he said, "Keep it, and when you come back off your holiday in a couple weeks' time,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38"you need to bring it in, and then the licence will be altered."
0:03:38 > 0:03:39So he's used his discretion here.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Had he taken it off him, I'd imagine, when he gets to America,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44picking the hire car up, they'd say, "Uh-uh."
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Can you imagine how much your problem's going to be multiplied
0:03:47 > 0:03:50then in America with no hire car?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Ooh.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54So let's take a look at Rich's options.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59The driver was doing 47 in a 30mph zone.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02That's close to the level of a court summons.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Or, will it be a fixed penalty notice?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Or perhaps just a caution?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Over to you, Rich.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11I'm going to do deal with you for the offence of excess speed.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14That will be dealt with by a fixed penalty notice at the roadside,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- here and now.- No surprise there.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19That's the first £100 on-the-spot fine of the day.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24I'll let you get back on your way to Terminal Five, or wherever it was.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26And I would say enjoy your holiday,
0:04:26 > 0:04:30but I might have put a bit of a damper on it for the day, that's all.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31All right, take care.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Bye-bye.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37I've got a funny feeling there may be a few more fines to come.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Careful, it's a 30mph limit here!
0:04:45 > 0:04:48But there's a serious reason why we're here.
0:04:48 > 0:04:5042.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53A recent fatality on the road has had a major impact on the community,
0:04:53 > 0:04:57as local resident Amy Louise has stopped to tell me.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00The cars that come up and down this road are
0:05:00 > 0:05:04going at approximately 40-50mph around the bend.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- Yes.- And I've moved from one estate of Marlborough to this estate.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11I now don't allow my children to play out.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12It's completely changed our lives.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Do you think speeding here is out of control?- Absolutely.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Back to the road, and within seconds,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23the speed gun picks off more offenders.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Nearly everybody's actually speeding.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28I can see on the back of your gun, some not as bad as others.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30That's from a standing start.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32That's 43.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Could this be on-the-spot fine number two?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38I tell you what, that's probably three minutes again.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43- You haven't got time to boil an egg doing this job, have you? - No, not at all.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- Evening, sir. - Evening.- Before I go any further,
0:05:52 > 0:05:56I will tell you have committed the offence of excess speeding on London Road in Marlborough.
0:05:56 > 0:05:5830mph speed limit up there.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01From a standing start at the bottom of the hill, you managed to get to 43.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06And I checked you again, gave you the benefit of the doubt, 168 metres away, you're doing 42 still.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09So, you're just accelerating up the hill, it's not acceptable,
0:06:09 > 0:06:12it's too fast for the road, all right?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Do you have your driving licence with you?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16That's 13mph over the speed limit.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19But the driver says he has an excuse.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21He said there was an accident further down the road,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24and he was stuck behind the hold-up in the traffic for quite a while,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26so it was a release of the tension coming up the hill.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28He realises he was speeding.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31That was his excuse. But...as Rich said earlier,
0:06:31 > 0:06:33he's heard every excuse in the world, and...
0:06:33 > 0:06:36none of them really justify it. I can sort of see what he's saying,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39especially if someone was killed here not that long ago,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41due to speeding.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42But has the excuse worked?
0:06:43 > 0:06:46He's been caught doing 43mph -
0:06:46 > 0:06:50that's still 13mph over the limit on this road.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53I will be dealing with you today by way of a fixed penalty notice.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57That is a speeding ticket. So it will be a further three points.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00But it is dealt with by the way of a fixed penalty.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02No excuses.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05That's three points on his licence, and another £100 fine.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Now, if I said fly-tipping, what image would that conjure up for you?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Perhaps a bin bag dumped on a street corner?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Maybe a few more in the undergrowth?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Perhaps it's the contents of a house clearance in a back alley?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Or the contents of a skip on an industrial estate?
0:07:26 > 0:07:31So what about a massive, 100m-long pile of soil?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35It beggars belief, doesn't it?
0:07:36 > 0:07:40In fact, it's fly-tipping on a virtually industrial scale.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45And that's exactly what has happened here in Buckinghamshire.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Fly-tipping is just a case of people trying to make as much money as they
0:07:52 > 0:07:55possibly can for as little expense as they can,
0:07:55 > 0:07:59and ripping people off basically, and letting other people down.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06But never fear, environmental waste officer Chris Smith is on the case.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15This is the A355, it's a road that travels - in this particular case -
0:08:15 > 0:08:19between Beaconsfield and goes north up to Amersham.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22And we're going to visit a lay-by
0:08:22 > 0:08:27that has been completely overrun by fly-tipping.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30To such an extent that it looks like the lay-by's
0:08:30 > 0:08:32going to have to be closed down.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35There's so much waste in there now that it would just cost so much to
0:08:35 > 0:08:38remove it they're thinking of leaving it there.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45A trip out to site reveals just how bad this crime is.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50This is one of the worst cases of fly-tipping
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Chris' department has ever dealt with.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54But the punishment is equally massive -
0:08:54 > 0:08:59serious cases of fly-tipping can incur up to a £50,000 fine,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01and a possible jail sentence of up to 12 months.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05OK, so this is the lay-by on the A355 between Beaconsfield and Amersham.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08If you look down the length of the lay-by from here,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10you can kind of see the difference in the waste.
0:09:10 > 0:09:16About halfway down, it changes from being very large piles of this
0:09:16 > 0:09:18excavation waste,
0:09:18 > 0:09:23to smaller piles of similar waste, but different size.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27MUSIC: New World Symphony by Antonin Dvorak
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Chris has got technology on his side.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35In his efforts to make someone pay for this crime,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38he's taking a leaf out of the nature-cameraman book,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40and hidden some cameras in the undergrowth.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45But he's not on the lookout for badgers or foxes - oh, no.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Chris's secret visitors are more likely to do harm to the local wildlife.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Back at his office,
0:09:58 > 0:10:01a review of the footage caught on Chris's surveillance cameras reveals
0:10:01 > 0:10:03the shocking truth.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Over 24 hours, the camera has picked up five separate offenders.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10One of whom has made multiple dumps.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Can anyone feel a fine coming on?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15You can see how far he's gone back to unload that lot.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19So if you note the time...
0:10:19 > 0:10:24So they disappear at 12:32, the same vehicle comes back here at 13:17.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27It comes back, and as you can see,
0:10:27 > 0:10:31it can't get back so far now, cos of waste he's dumped previously.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34So he's disappeared again at 13:20 on that day.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37And if we flick through the footage...
0:10:38 > 0:10:42..14:41, they reappear.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45And the lay-by's getting fuller and fuller as they go along.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47They're nearly running the camera over
0:10:47 > 0:10:49as they come in that time.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52We have identified the owner of the vehicle.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54We've had a visit,
0:10:54 > 0:10:58and I'm just doing a bit of background work before I write to him
0:10:58 > 0:11:02and invite him in to give us an explanation about what he was up to.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08We identified a total of five offending vehicles, if you like.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Using DVLA records,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Chris has been able to identify one of the truck owners that made
0:11:13 > 0:11:15several trips to the lay-by.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Chris has asked him to come in for an interview under caution.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22If he can make this evidence stick,
0:11:22 > 0:11:24the owner of this vehicle could be in line
0:11:24 > 0:11:27for a hefty fine of up to £50,000.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31The second suspect of the five we've identified from the lay-by job
0:11:31 > 0:11:34came in earlier this week.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35We interviewed him.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Again, that was under caution at High Wycombe police station,
0:11:39 > 0:11:43with a colleague of mine. And he initially denied any involvement.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Let me ask you -
0:11:45 > 0:11:49are you responsible for the dumping of some topsoil in that lay-by
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- on the 7th of April?- No.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Do you know anything about
0:11:54 > 0:11:56the deposit of waste in that lay-by?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57No.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00He claimed that he'd sold the vehicle that was
0:12:00 > 0:12:03pictured in the lay-by.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06He claimed he'd sold the vehicle in January,
0:12:06 > 0:12:11he said it was a purpose-made tree surgeon's vehicle and he said he was
0:12:11 > 0:12:15on a job one day in January, when he was approached by four guys who
0:12:15 > 0:12:17wanted to buy the vehicle off him.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Got approached by some fellas and then sold it to them.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22- There and then?- Not there and then.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24OK, so what happened?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Later on that day, when I was finished at work, I sold it to them.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29So, they came back to your place or...?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- They came to the job. - They came back to the job?
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Yeah.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36It's near my home, so I got the logbook dropped off.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- That day?- Yeah. And then sold it to them.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42I was quite desperate for the money, to be honest.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46I didn't want to risk not being able to sell it and they were quite...
0:12:46 > 0:12:48What do you call it? Persistent.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52We continued with the interview,
0:12:52 > 0:12:56it was funny because his body language was textbook, he was very fidgety,
0:12:56 > 0:12:59his mouth was very dry.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02We could almost sense, and I know it's easy for me to say with
0:13:02 > 0:13:05hindsight, but you could sense that something wasn't right,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07he was lying in some way or other.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12And we continued to explore that story he'd given us,
0:13:12 > 0:13:16making sure there were no loopholes left
0:13:16 > 0:13:20and then I hit him with my ace in the pack, if you like.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Are you going to stick to that story?
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- Yeah.- If I said I had evidence to the contrary...
0:13:24 > 0:13:26- I'd like to see it.- OK.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I'm going to show you two photographs,
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- they've been given the reference CAS4.- Mm.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36They are photographs of your truck outside your house.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I visited his home address early one morning, and took a photograph of
0:13:39 > 0:13:41the vehicle outside his house.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45When I produced that photograph, in fact, that's the photograph there,
0:13:45 > 0:13:49when I produced that photograph to him, A, there was a big sigh,
0:13:49 > 0:13:51almost of relief from him,
0:13:51 > 0:13:53because he wasn't a good liar and
0:13:53 > 0:13:57his head literally rolled forward and
0:13:57 > 0:14:02banged on the desk when he realised that he was captured, sort of thing.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Mm.- What have you got to say about those?
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- Yeah, I can see what you're saying now.- Yeah?- Mm.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15I can still tell you now that it wasn't me that done the fly-tipping.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17But no dispute it was your truck?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Yeah.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21OK, so you've got some thinking to do, haven't you?
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- Who was it?- I can't say who it was.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- Really?- Yeah, I honestly can't.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29There's danger to my life.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- That's all I can say. - Why do you say that?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Because I can't say who it was.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35When we said to him,
0:14:35 > 0:14:39"Right, what's this chap's name, what's his address?"
0:14:39 > 0:14:40He just
0:14:40 > 0:14:43insisted that he wasn't in a position to tell us
0:14:43 > 0:14:45and he couldn't tell us.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46He admitted that he knew his name,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49he knew his address, but he just said he's the sort of person that
0:14:49 > 0:14:53you don't mess with and he's going to have to take it on the chin.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55They were his words.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57I'm just going to have to take it on the chin, boys
0:14:57 > 0:15:00and I'm going to have to accept that this...
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Whatever you're going to do to me, sorry.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06OK, let's have a look at the facts that Chris has assembled.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Multiple trips to the lay-by caught on video,
0:15:11 > 0:15:12and proof that the guy still
0:15:12 > 0:15:14owns the truck in question,
0:15:14 > 0:15:19but the owner won't confess to being the driver responsible for the dump.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21OK, Chris, will this stick?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23When you've got such good evidence,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26photographic evidence of people fly-tipping,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29you've got a vehicle with the registration number, you can't...
0:15:29 > 0:15:33You've got to do it justice, you can't stop pursuing them.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35I will submit a file to our legal,
0:15:35 > 0:15:39unless anything happens unexpectedly between now and then, he, I imagine,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42will be summonsed to court.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47There is a section within the legislation that we use, that...
0:15:47 > 0:15:48um...
0:15:49 > 0:15:52..imposes some liability on the owner of a vehicle
0:15:52 > 0:15:55used in fly-tipping and
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I think it's that section that we will be using...
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Taking advantage of on this occasion.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03This case has yet to go to court, but if found guilty,
0:16:03 > 0:16:06this guy could be hit with a fine of up to £50,000
0:16:06 > 0:16:09and a possible jail sentence.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17In Cardiff...
0:16:19 > 0:16:21..litter louts better beware.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27The Cagney and Lacey of the garbage world are on a stakeout.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30So, whether you're littering from a vehicle or you're stood there throwing stuff
0:16:30 > 0:16:32on the floor, it's exactly the same.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34There's no difference in it at all.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Waste enforcement officers
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Steph Marnell Jones and Lauren Main-Robson are keeping a close eye
0:16:40 > 0:16:44on a local drive-through and it doesn't take them long to spot their
0:16:44 > 0:16:46first offender.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Just going to give that guy a fixed penalty.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Hi, how you doing, all right?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55My name's Stephanie, a waste officer for Cardiff Council.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59The reason why I've come over, just saw you littering, throw the lids,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- of your sauce.- Even though the guy picks up the lid,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05it's not enough to satisfy Steph.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09This fast food junkie reckons as he's picked up the lid,
0:17:09 > 0:17:10he shouldn't be punished.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13You wouldn't have, though, if I didn't come over.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16The bin is just over there. You were also throwing food as well.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17It seems pretty clear-cut.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22The man threw his ketchup lid onto the floor, so what's it going to be?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24It's an £80 fixed penalty.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27So, whilst the man finishes his lunch,
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Steph serves him up a less than tasty £80 on-the-spot fine.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32There you go.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- Thanks for your cooperation. Use the bins.- No problem.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- All right? Thank you.- No problem.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40'He peeled the lid off the sauce and just chucked it.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41'Then he threw a chip on the floor.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43'And I thought, "I'm just not having that." '
0:17:43 > 0:17:46So he gave me his details anyway, said he didn't know,
0:17:46 > 0:17:50he said it was ridiculous, stupid, so I said,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53well, I thought it was ridiculous and stupid that he was throwing litter on the floor.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Well, we took the registration number.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59He didn't have any ID on him so, if he has given me any false information,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02hopefully the car will bring something back if we need to go down that route.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I hope he will think about it next time he goes to throw something
0:18:05 > 0:18:08out of the window, whether or not it will change his behaviour...
0:18:08 > 0:18:11He didn't really seem that bothered by it.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13He just thought I was wasting his time.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15But you never know, hopefully.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Uh-oh, hold on.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Lauren has seen a litterer, too.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Isn't that the same place as the last guy?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24There is a bin there. There is a bin over there.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Why didn't you chuck it in the bin?
0:18:26 > 0:18:27"Oh, those bins."
0:18:27 > 0:18:30You can't really miss them, can you?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32As we sat in the vehicle, she witnessed him,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35I think it was a salt packet first, it was quite small,
0:18:35 > 0:18:40and then he threw another piece of litter out from his food packaging.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43I'll have to just report you for the petty littering, OK?
0:18:44 > 0:18:48For that assault on our streets, he faces an £80 fine.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53There is a bin to the side, a bin in front, a bin behind,
0:18:53 > 0:18:54two bins the other side.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58There's just no excuse for that whatsoever.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00After a morning binge of fast food,
0:19:00 > 0:19:03you might choose to walk it off on the high street.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06But litterers aren't safe there either.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Guy threw a cigarette on the floor.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12The litter police have caught an elderly gent red-handed.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Hate doing old people. Excuse me.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18My name is Lauren, here on behalf of Cardiff Council.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21If you go and have a look, it's outside the door.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24What I'm going to have to do is report you for petty littering, OK?
0:19:24 > 0:19:29Unfortunately, litter is litter, whether you are old-aged or not, OK?
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Just by dropping that one cigarette butt, he could be facing an £80 fine
0:19:35 > 0:19:38for littering, or they might just let him off with a warning.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42It is the 19th and it was at 11:14.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45There is no leniency where litter is concerned.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47We will issue you with a fixed penalty. You've got 14 days to pay.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50If you want to appeal it, OK, don't pay it, to appeal a fixed penalty,
0:19:50 > 0:19:54or if you don't pay it'll go to court and it's up to the judge to decide.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57We just issue the fixed penalty for what we saw.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59It's an £80 on-the-spot fine.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04- Yeah, for littering.- So he's accepted the fine and now he's about to get a free gift.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I'm going to give you this, actually.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09In there is like where you can put your fags and in the back is for
0:20:09 > 0:20:11chewing gum as well. So just keep that on you and it saves you having
0:20:11 > 0:20:13to... It can be reused.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Thank you.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19But it's not just the busy main roads where you can get caught for
0:20:19 > 0:20:23littering. Around the corner on a quiet residential street,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Lauren has spotted another offender.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Hiya, excuse me, hiya. My name is Lauren.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Cardiff Council. You dropped your fag on the floor.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Your cigarette on the floor. No cigarette on the floor?
0:20:35 > 0:20:39OK, I seen you drop your cigarette on the floor.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41But it seems there's a language barrier.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44She claims that she doesn't speak English.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45I think you do understand.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50I wonder if she understands the phrase, "£80 fine for littering",
0:20:50 > 0:20:52because that's what could be on the cards.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55If you don't cooperate, I will call the police to help me with it.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56She's doing a runner.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00- I'll follow you, then, that's fine. - Well, it's more of a brisk walk.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02MUSIC: William Tell Overture by Rossini
0:21:04 > 0:21:06And now she's gone into hiding at home.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Obviously, I've seen this lady litter,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13cigarette end onto the floor and walk away,
0:21:13 > 0:21:15saying she doesn't speak English.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17It's not true. If she doesn't give her details,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21then I'll call the police myself, as it is an offence to withhold details
0:21:21 > 0:21:22from an enforcement officer.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Either way, we'll get her details, yeah, whether she likes it or not.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27If she doesn't pay, then we'll send her to court.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29The litterer finally comes out of hiding.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32What we need from you is your details. We'll give you the fixed penalty.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35It's up to you whether or not you want to pay it, all right?
0:21:35 > 0:21:36That's all we need, your details.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Eventually, the woman relents and produces her passport for ID.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Thank you. You've got 14 days to pay.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44If you don't pay, it'll go to court.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47It's up to you. That's the fixed penalty for littering.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Whether it's a cigarette, piece of paper, crisp packet, can of pop,
0:21:50 > 0:21:52you can't throw stuff on the floor, all right?
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- It's not allowed.- Dropping a tiny cigarette butt has ended up costing
0:21:56 > 0:21:59this lady a whacking £80.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03But the problems with this resident don't stop with littering.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Your bags should go out after 4:30pm.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- Yeah?- I know it's collection day tomorrow, but it is after four o'clock.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11OK? It's too early. All right?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Thank you.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16So she's not going to pay that.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21I'd say, for every, for example, ten fixed penalties,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24I'd say two maybe go to court.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26And all for a discarded dog end.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32I'm in Wiltshire.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Back on the beat with traffic cop Warren Knight.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43RADIO CHATTER
0:22:43 > 0:22:45'We've just had the call every traffic cop dreads.'
0:22:52 > 0:22:56- What's happening, Warren?- Road traffic collision, car v motorcycle,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59so I'm just going to go and clear this traffic.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- RADIO:- 46, needing backup.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04'A serious smash on Warren's patch is going to take priority.'
0:23:10 > 0:23:11'As we arrive at the scene,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15'you don't need to be an experienced traffic cop to know this is serious.'
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Oh, it's not looking very good.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27There's an awful lot of mess.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31'Two badly damaged cars and a motorcyclist being attended to in a field.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34'Could this be the result of speeding?'
0:23:34 > 0:23:36All right, fella. What have you done?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43It's a serious injury, so you might not want to look.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46The car that the motorcyclist has hit is in a bad way.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49The bike... Well, you can just see by the state of that bike
0:23:49 > 0:23:51that this is obviously not going to be a very nice scene
0:23:51 > 0:23:53to be a witness to.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56The motorcyclist looks badly injured.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59He is still lying in the field, where he's being looked after.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Warren now needs to take charge of the scene to make sure there is no
0:24:02 > 0:24:06further incidents and to secure any evidence.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08This is my scene, so I don't want anybody in it.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15Yeah. It's an open lower-leg fracture.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19So you might want to tell the ambulance that's the case.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25Bike's been coming down the A4361 and it's been struck by the Nissan
0:24:25 > 0:24:27and then the bike's hit the VW.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Received.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29'Roger.'
0:24:29 > 0:24:33But securing the crash site is not as easy as it might seem.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35What the...? Sir!
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Can you stay back from the junction, please?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39There's been a crash. I don't need you to go down this road.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Can you turn around for me, please?
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Just reverse into that junction for me, all right?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Just keep going and reverse.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Don't cross over this bit here, OK?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52So keep going back.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Heading that direction...
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Stop! Don't go any further. Just reverse back.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02I was trying to help the officers a minute ago,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04just looking for the number plate,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07so they can identify who the motorcyclist was.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10His bike's there and about ten metres away is his boot.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Which sort of makes me feel a bit queasy about the whole situation.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18With the Wiltshire air ambulance arriving to treat the injured
0:25:18 > 0:25:22motorcyclist, Sergeant Knight needs to gather any evidence that might
0:25:22 > 0:25:25point to the cause of this terrible accident.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27There's a phone in her car.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31I think we'll have that, see if she'll allow you to look at the messages
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- and see if there's a Bluetooth on it.- Yeah.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36If there's anything recent, we'll have the phone.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38OK. But she'll have to let you...
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- All right?- What's your instinct at the moment?
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Is speed involved?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45It's hard to say. Looking at the crash site,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48there's no indication that the motorcyclist has braked,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50so there's no reaction to him.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52It is an open road.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53It's a 60 limit.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57So we'll never be able to determine whether speed was a factor.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I suppose there is an element now, regardless of speed at the moment,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03whether somebody might have been texting or talking on the phone.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05That is always something that we'll look at.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08So I'm in the process of seizing phones.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10- Right.- Establishing timelines.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- Yes.- So when the calls come in to when the accident happened.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16There is always going to be a slight discrepancy but I need to rule out
0:26:16 > 0:26:18whether that was a distracter.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20It's a modern car. It may well have Bluetooth.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23But even with Bluetooth, if you have an incoming call with Bluetooth,
0:26:23 > 0:26:24- it can distract you.- Yes.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Because your mind is not on it.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29But it will be determined to me to find out whether that's a call at
0:26:29 > 0:26:33the junction or whether it's a call 400 or 500 metres back.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36The motorcyclist has a broken leg
0:26:36 > 0:26:39but is stable enough to be transferred
0:26:39 > 0:26:41by helicopter to hospital in Bristol.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Warren doesn't know yet what caused this crash
0:26:44 > 0:26:46but a sight like this brings home the importance
0:26:46 > 0:26:48of the work done to prevent speeding.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Got to say, Warren, that was a bit traumatic for me but, for you,
0:26:51 > 0:26:53it's something you see on a regular basis, isn't it?
0:26:53 > 0:26:56As we were discussing, probably minutes before, about why we're doing
0:26:56 > 0:26:59what we're doing, why it's important to look at the education
0:26:59 > 0:27:01and look at how we enforce people -
0:27:01 > 0:27:03had he been coming past me in the unmarked car,
0:27:03 > 0:27:07not knowing he's been speeding, it's an opportunity for me to stop him,
0:27:07 > 0:27:09deal with him for a fixed penalty notice,
0:27:09 > 0:27:13slow him down and just discuss the dangers of being a motorcyclist.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15And it may be that if that had happened 300 yards,
0:27:15 > 0:27:18400 yards up the road, he'd have come down this junction,
0:27:18 > 0:27:21seen the junction and thought, you know, "I'm going too fast,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24"I need to ease off and probably make myself a bit more visible," and
0:27:24 > 0:27:27probably would have avoided collision and would probably be
0:27:27 > 0:27:29at home now eating his tea probably.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32As it is, he's in a serious condition on his way to hospital.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37Of course, we don't know if anyone involved in this terrible accident
0:27:37 > 0:27:41was speeding. Some of these on-the-spot penalties can actually be life-savers.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Yeah, they can. It's about getting the message across to people that,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47if you drive responsibly and carefully and make good decisions,
0:27:47 > 0:27:50you will avoid collisions. You know, sometimes there is just bad luck.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52You can't get away from that.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Sometimes, poor decision-making, coupled with speed or whatever,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58distraction, drink or alcohol or drugs,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00those things will impact how we drive.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- It's important people get that message.- Yeah, definitely.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07That's all for today. Join me next time, when I'll be out with the men
0:28:07 > 0:28:10and women who issue Britain's on-the-spot fines.