0:00:02 > 0:00:04Never before have so many on-the-spot fines
0:00:04 > 0:00:05been issued in Britain.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09We're going to be following the men and women who hand out over
0:00:09 > 0:00:12£30 million worth of tickets every month.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15- Oops.- Round here, they are an absolute blight.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17I am up to 104 now.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Wow. That is disgusting.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Just walk away.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23'For behaviour that's downright dangerous...'
0:00:23 > 0:00:25That was stupid for these sort of conditions, wasn't it?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27'..simply selfish...'
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Look at the mess you've created in the street.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31How is that our fault?
0:00:31 > 0:00:32- Or just...- What is he doing?
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Well, plain silly.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37What a doughnut.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39'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 > 0:00:46Ouch. '..and how this could affect you.'
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- I'll give him a punch. - Do you want to see me kick off?
0:00:49 > 0:00:50The police are on it...
0:00:50 > 0:00:52- What the...?!- Sir!
0:00:52 > 0:00:54..the parking wardens are on it...
0:00:54 > 0:00:56They should be thanking us for being here.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57'..and I'M on it.'
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Careful, it's a 30mph limit here.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01I'm Dom Littlewood,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03and I'm On The Spot.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04This time...
0:01:05 > 0:01:08..there's no hiding place in the battle of the bins.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13I'm trying to give you a fixed penalty now or it will go to court.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15I'm on the spot with the speed cops...
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I'm reporting you for consideration of the question of
0:01:17 > 0:01:19prosecuting you for speeding.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22..as they find and fine the speeders.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Quite shocking, really.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27And there's something nasty waiting for the litter patrol.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30There were three needles that were exposed,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32so that kid could have easily picked it up.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39It's market day in Romford in Havering.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46But Kam Paul isn't shopping for fresh fruit and veg.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49She's in the market for something else.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Parking fines.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Obviously, if an entire car park in
0:01:54 > 0:01:57the middle of a town centre is closed,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00all the vehicles that would normally park there are going to
0:02:00 > 0:02:04find an alternative, and it will be
0:02:04 > 0:02:06the surrounding area that gets busier.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Kam is a traffic warden in North East London.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14With so many vehicles and so few spaces,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Kam is armed with the power to issue £130 on-the-spot fines
0:02:18 > 0:02:22to any driver guilty of making the parking problems worse.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25You're going to get into more confrontation with people,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27which is something you really don't want.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32Um, you just want to get through the day smoothly and peacefully.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Because that alone is a miracle in this job.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39If you ever have one of those days
0:02:39 > 0:02:42where none of the drivers come back and you don't get abuse from anyone,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45it's a weird feeling.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49You're like, "Oh, my God, I didn't get abused by anybody today!"
0:02:49 > 0:02:54And with all those shoppers and traders flooding in, it's car wars.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Parking is at a real premium.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Kam has spotted a car squeezed into a loading bay.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07The question is - will this be a fine?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11This car has taken the loading space,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14which has forced the van to go further into the footway.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17So, what's the story?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21That space is supposed to be off-limits to cars.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25It's only good for larger vehicles who are loading.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Round the rear, Kam spots the car's owner - a builder.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32- Got ten minutes on that.- No.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Sorry.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Why?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Because you're not a van, boss.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Only vans and HGVs are allowed to load and upload in the loading bays.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- Is it?- And obviously, with your vehicle there,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46it's forced that vehicle to come more into the footway.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48There's only the one spot for loading.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54It's clearly an offence, but will it be a fine?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56That's definitely a legit ticket.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Parking on a footway with a car, the builder with the BMW
0:04:01 > 0:04:03gets a penalty of £130.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Unloading my tools, changing the awning.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Got a ticket. Now and again, they get us,
0:04:08 > 0:04:09now and again, they don't.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11You can't argue with them. It's not worth arguing.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Just pay it.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16The reality is that, in this part of Havering,
0:04:16 > 0:04:20wardens must always give an offending car ten minutes' grace.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Regardless of whether they're two, three or four hours overdue,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26as long as they've bought a ticket.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30And it's not long before Kam spots another potential offender.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33My friend here has bought a ticket until 10.30.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35It is now 11.30.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38So it's already had an hour's grace.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42But I'm still going to stand here, like the saddo that I am,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45and I'm going to give him another ten minutes.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49I should be able to issue this instantly, because he's had an hour.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51But he's going to get another ten minutes.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Because that's the rules.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Kam waits, the clock is ticking.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06The driver returns, but will he find a fine waiting for him?
0:05:06 > 0:05:07I'm not getting a ticket, am I?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Well, yeah. You're an hour expired, boss.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- Why's that?- Look at the time.
0:05:13 > 0:05:1510.28, and now it's 11.41.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I got two hours. I put a pound in.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22No, you've got a free ticket.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26My ticket's here. I put a pound in...
0:05:28 > 0:05:29..and I got two pieces of a ticket.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33I thought that was the part that I have to show, because it's got my
0:05:33 > 0:05:36registration on. The other part is just the receipt, wasn't it?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38No, that is a full ticket.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40That is what would come out of the machine, sir.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I put a pound in, I swear to God, darling.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44You can ask the lads in there.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Honestly.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52So, is this driver an hour over the limit after getting a free ticket,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54or an honest purchase gone wrong?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57He could be facing an on-the-spot fine.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- So you're giving me a ticket? - No, if you move now...
0:06:00 > 0:06:04- Yeah, I will move it now. - That's fine.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Kam's given him the benefit of the doubt.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Maybe it's because of those muscles.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14That driver obviously claims to have put a pound in,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17he's claiming that the machine's just taken his money and only
0:06:17 > 0:06:19given him the half-hour free ticket.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21I'm not totally convinced,
0:06:21 > 0:06:25but he did come back within two minutes of my observation finishing.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27A lucky one there. Lucky escape.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33The market is doing a roaring trade on the site of the town's car park,
0:06:33 > 0:06:38so, with 160 less parking spaces today, the locals look elsewhere.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41But here, it's permit holders only.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45The person can't get confused.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48So, if you don't have a permit,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50your car is not meant to be here.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53And Kam's found an old friend.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56This vehicle has a habit of not buying a ticket.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59I can assure you, I have probably issued this car about
0:06:59 > 0:07:01five times in the last two months.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Wow! This driver could have amassed over £600 in fines.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07That's ridiculous.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09But what about this new offence?
0:07:09 > 0:07:13They parked in a permit holders only car park.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22This repeat offender will have to cough up another £130.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Even Kam is amazed by the cheek of this driver.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I think it was yesterday.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30The driver was actually in the vehicle and I gave him the option
0:07:30 > 0:07:33to move on and he said, "I'm not going to move,
0:07:33 > 0:07:35"you might as well just give me a ticket."
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Hold your horses.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38What's this?
0:07:39 > 0:07:43This is yesterday's ticket to this vehicle that I issued,
0:07:43 > 0:07:47it's got my badge number, it's got the date and then, at some point,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50it's left his windscreen and ended up on the floor.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53The question is, whether the wind took it,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55or was it discarded in disgust?
0:07:56 > 0:08:00And this is another ticket from the same day to the same car...
0:08:01 > 0:08:04..so the driver's actually had two tickets from yesterday.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07For him to have had two tickets,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10he must have been removing them from his windscreen.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14The person would not get a second ticket in the same location.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21In two days, he's managed to get three fines,
0:08:21 > 0:08:25which normally wouldn't be possible, unless you had it over three days.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28So he's basically got three days' tickets in two days.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31So he is on a record-breaking spree here.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Three £130 fines?
0:08:34 > 0:08:38At that price, the driver must have pretty deep pockets.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41And, closer to town, the parking issues keep on coming
0:08:41 > 0:08:43for eagle-eyed Kam.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47We're watching you from over there. The vehicle has been here a while.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50So let's take a look at this piece of car crime.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Parked right bang in the middle of a loading bay.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Could this mean an instant £130 fine?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00See, this is absolute appalling parking,
0:09:00 > 0:09:05cos, not only has the driver gone right in between the loading bay,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08he's forced the van behind to not park legally
0:09:08 > 0:09:12and not left enough space in front for anyone to park legally.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14So he has taken the entire bay.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17And the driver's nowhere to be seen.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Will the owner return to find a fine waiting?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I should give it a ticket, but because the lady is calling
0:09:23 > 0:09:26the driver, I'm going to give it a couple of minutes.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Time's ticking. In fact, time's running out for this car.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32The owner miraculously appears.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Is this you, boss?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37You're in a loading bay. It's for vans and HGVs only.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Kam's being incredibly lenient this time.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41No fine.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45HORN BEEPS
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Almost caused an accident on his way out.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Do you remember that phrase Keep Britain Tidy?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01It was a message that did get through to a lot of people,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03but unfortunately, there are some out there
0:10:03 > 0:10:06who think it's fine to dump your rubbish anywhere that suits you
0:10:06 > 0:10:08and let someone else clear it up.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11You know? Perhaps an on-the-spot fine might make them
0:10:11 > 0:10:13think twice about it next time.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17I feel irritated when I see litter.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20I feel very annoyed.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22It's not a nice thing to do, it's a bad habit.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I don't understand why people do it.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26It can upset me.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35In Cardiff, waste enforcement officer Steph is on the prowl,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37looking for residents who can't be bothered to
0:10:37 > 0:10:39dump their rubbish responsibly.
0:10:41 > 0:10:46Steph has the power to issue an £80 on-the-spot fine,
0:10:46 > 0:10:49but it seems that some are still willing to take that risk.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Earlier, Steph spotted a pile of rubbish
0:10:52 > 0:10:54dumped where it shouldn't be.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56So that could lead to a fine.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01On the way over to here now, we saw some dumped waste in black bags.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05It looks a bit of a mess, actually, so, um...
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I'm going to search the bags.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10As if trying to match rubbish with its owner
0:11:10 > 0:11:13wasn't enough of a headache to deal with,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Steph's contending with another apparently common problem.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20We also get a problem with bag slashers at this time of the year.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Bag slashers, you say?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25So where people come round and they'll see a lot of bags,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28they'll just slash through them to see what they can find.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32So those are OK there, but then, you've got this mess here.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Which is completely...
0:11:34 > 0:11:35..gross.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Looks like a ransacked jumble sale.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Good luck with that, Steph.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45If Steph can find evidence in the pile
0:11:45 > 0:11:47linking the junk to a property,
0:11:47 > 0:11:51then she could be able to issue the occupants with an on-the-spot fine.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Just clothes, no evidence, so they're clothes from a family.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58They could have taken it to a clothes bank
0:11:58 > 0:12:00or weighed them in and got money for it.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05There's a bag here, there may be something in here.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Oh!
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Despite the mess,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Steph's search for evidence towards a fine must continue.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Fly tipping isn't just like tonnes of waste
0:12:20 > 0:12:22in a lane, builder's waste.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24I'd class this as fly tipping as well.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30No, it's just all children's clothes and shoes and...
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Eugh! It stinks.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40If you could have one wish right now, Steph, what would it be?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42I'd love to find some evidence now.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45I'm just going to knock their door and issue them...
0:12:45 > 0:12:46It's disgusting.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I've got a feeling you're in luck.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55With evidence linking the mess to an address...
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- What number are we on here? - ..a fine is looking more likely.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02And I know why they've done it.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05And Steph thinks she knows the motive.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09And they've done it, because I sent them a letter to clear the frontage,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11because their front garden was just full of waste,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14so they've picked it up and they've dumped it around the corner there.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16I'm going to knock the door... and take a pen.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20So Steph thinks the owner of the rubbish has just moved the problem
0:13:20 > 0:13:25elsewhere and that's still a fine, but will the resident own up?
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Are they even in?
0:13:46 > 0:13:47DOOR OPENS
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Hiya, Cardiff Council Waste Enforcement.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51DOOR SLAMS Charming(!)
0:13:51 > 0:13:53But Steph isn't put off that easily.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Hiya. Cardiff Council Waste Enforcement.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Just about the dumped waste around the corner there.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Yeah, I found evidence to your property.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Do you want to come and have a look?
0:14:05 > 0:14:09This camera-shy fellow isn't taking Steph's word for it.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Do you want to get a brown envelope off the back?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14You'll receive a fixed penalty for that, all right,
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- for dumping the waste.- Where is it?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19It's in the back of the van in a brown envelope.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Yeah, you have. I've also got...
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Well, come on, then.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Yeah, he's gone to get it.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32All right, I'll show you the photographs and then I've got the...
0:14:32 > 0:14:33All right?
0:14:35 > 0:14:40Steph is primed to issue a fine, but it's proving easier said than done.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42All right? So all that there, OK.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44It's from this property here.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Yeah, it is, yeah.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Because I sent you a letter to clear the front garden and now you've
0:14:48 > 0:14:49dumped it all around there.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I've got a photo of all the evidence.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I can either give you a fixed penalty now or it will go to court.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01So, let's remind ourselves of what that evidence is.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Black bags dumped around the corner,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06a letter found amongst it, pointing to a house
0:15:06 > 0:15:09that Steph previously wrote to,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12asking the owners to clear out their front garden.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15He's saying it's not his waste.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17It obviously is. I'm going to have a search through the rest of it
0:15:17 > 0:15:19cos there's still some left to search.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22But he will get a fixed penalty for it.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26So, he's not admitting to dumping his rubbish.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30But if the court disagrees, he could be looking at a much bigger fine.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Do you know what would be great? If I have a look at the photos -
0:15:34 > 0:15:38the one I took of his front garden - and, if that's in there,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40I've got him bang to rights, really, haven't I?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Pull that down a bit. I asked him why it was there,
0:15:46 > 0:15:47he said he didn't do it.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Well, who else would have taken his waste, though, you know?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52But he won't pay the fixed penalty, and it'll go to court.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55So I'll just... I'll just show the judge what I found,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57and then it's up to him, then.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59So it'll probably end up in court, this one.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01But it will be a fixed penalty issued.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12In Gloucestershire, I'm on patrol
0:16:12 > 0:16:15with traffic cops PC Shelley Holloway
0:16:15 > 0:16:16and PC Olly Buxton.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20'We're heading to a regular haunt for the local speed demons,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23'right in the heart of this rural idyll.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27'And it might surprise you to find out it's very near a school.'
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Presumably, this is somewhere where it's a bit of a hotspot for people
0:16:31 > 0:16:36- offending, is it?- Yes, so quiet village location, a 30mph zone,
0:16:36 > 0:16:40as there's a local school nearby, and people don't pay any attention
0:16:40 > 0:16:41to the 30mph limits.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44That's a particularly bad area for people to be speeding.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Obviously, there's a school by there.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Yeah, we've had complaints from local residents.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52They can't get on and off their driveways safely
0:16:52 > 0:16:55without fear of being run down by a speeding car.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00'Anybody caught speeding today could be looking at an on-the-spot fine of
0:17:00 > 0:17:04'£100 and three penalty points on their licence.'
0:17:04 > 0:17:06OK, so this is the road that we'll be doing the speed check on.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09We've just passed the village primary school back there,
0:17:09 > 0:17:10and it's a 40mph zone.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14It's changing to 30 now as we enter the built-up area.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17'Outside a school? Well, it doesn't bear thinking about.'
0:17:19 > 0:17:21I'm assuming you've been to some horrific scenes
0:17:21 > 0:17:23that have been caused by
0:17:23 > 0:17:26people either being on the phone or speeding or texting or whatever,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- have you?- Yeah, most definitely.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30How do you feel about that? How does it affect you?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34I've got images in my head that will
0:17:34 > 0:17:36stay with me for the rest of my life.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- Yeah.- Um, from scenes of fatal road traffic collisions,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42where distraction or speed
0:17:42 > 0:17:45or something like that has been involved,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- and I worry for my children growing up. It's quite upsetting.- Yeah.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Because, underneath the uniform,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53every police officer in the country has got a soft side.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- You're only human, aren't you? - Yeah, we're not robots.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02'Time to get to work. Shelley's speed gun uses a narrow beam,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05'which bounces off the approaching vehicle and can give
0:18:05 > 0:18:08'an accurate speed reading from up to a mile away.'
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Now, if you do see somebody approaching from either direction
0:18:11 > 0:18:13and they are speeding, what will you do?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16So, if they're doing in excess of 33, we'll pull them in.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Anything over 40, then we'd be looking at prosecuting them.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Fair enough.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24'It's only a matter of minutes
0:18:24 > 0:18:26'before Shelley spots her first offender.'
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Hello.- Hello. - Thank you for stopping.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33'Could this be her first fine of the shift?'
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Do you know why I've stopped you today?
0:18:35 > 0:18:39- No.- Do you know what the speed limit is on the road?
0:18:39 > 0:18:4130. I thought I was doing about 30.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42- You were doing 39, actually.- Was I?
0:18:42 > 0:18:45The speed limit starts way further back.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48It's painted on the road in red as well.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51As you came over the brow of the hill, approaching the cyclist...
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- Yeah.- ..you were doing 39mph.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58OK, so let's have a look at the facts of this one.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01This guy was doing 39 in a 30 zone.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Bearing in mind there's a school just a bit further along this road,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09is it to be a summons, a fine or just a stiff warning?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11So that's why I've stopped you.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13All right? Now, at that speed,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16it's below the threshold for me to give you a ticket,
0:19:16 > 0:19:18but it is a 30mph limit.
0:19:18 > 0:19:219mph over is not acceptable really.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22- OK.- OK.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27'This chap's escaped a £100 fine. It must be his lucky day.'
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Can I ask you an honest opinion now?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34How do you feel about speeding fines?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37I think you have to have them.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39You know, I mean, none of us like them.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41None of us like to get caught,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44particularly if we're only doing a few miles over,
0:19:44 > 0:19:47but if we didn't have them, it would be chaos.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49You said you were 78.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- Yeah.- Why is it that the older generation are the ones who
0:19:51 > 0:19:53are not doing the job properly?
0:19:53 > 0:19:57- Probably because it's so long since we were at driving school.- OK.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- You've fallen into bad habits. - Yes.- OK.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02All right, you've learnt your lesson, haven't you? Thanks, Brian.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06'But I'm not sure the next driver
0:20:06 > 0:20:11'Shelley's clocked, doing 37 in a 30 zone, can use the same excuse.'
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- Obviously, you got pulled over there.- Yeah.- Tell me the reason why?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I was going just above the speed limit in a housed area.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19OK, a residential area.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- When you say just above the speed limit, what were you doing?- 37.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23In a... Yes, exactly, so it
0:20:23 > 0:20:28- was a little bit more than just above, wasn't it?- Yeah, no, yeah.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30How do you feel about the officers
0:20:30 > 0:20:33who just pulled you over for doing that speed limit?
0:20:33 > 0:20:35I think, I don't know, like, if your parents tell you,
0:20:35 > 0:20:39you listen, but if someone else tells you, it kind of like...
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- it hits home more.- Yeah. - So, yeah, no. I understand.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- Were you aware you were doing 37? - I didn't realise I was that over.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- I knew I was a little bit. - You knew you were speeding.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52I didn't realise that much.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53It's easy to do.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Had they been a little bit harder with you and they could have been...
0:20:56 > 0:20:58I know they obviously could have been.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00If you'd got points and a fine, how would you feel?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03A bit gutted. I don't think my mum would have been too happy.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Will it change the way you're going to drive, not just today,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08but for the considerable future?
0:21:08 > 0:21:12It has made me think a bit more, I feel.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14So, yeah, definitely.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16She was obviously the youngest driver you pulled over today,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19only 18 years old. Because she's such a new driver,
0:21:19 > 0:21:21she's only had her licence less than a year now,
0:21:21 > 0:21:24the penalties could be a lot more severe, couldn't they?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Yes, so, as a new driver, if you accumulate six points within
0:21:27 > 0:21:30the first two years of driving, your licence gets revoked
0:21:30 > 0:21:31and you have to take your test again.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34And you hear it's very hard to get booked in for a test,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37finding a space these days, let alone pass it first time.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39So it could cost them a lot of money.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43If they then rely on their licence for work, they could lose their job.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45From her point of view, I don't think
0:21:45 > 0:21:47she realises just how lucky she was, does she?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49No, and you often find these young drivers,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51they get into the car,
0:21:51 > 0:21:55they've got this new-found freedom, and they just take for granted
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- modern technology...- Yeah. - ..the condition of the vehicle,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01but they are the most impressionable people that we meet.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05And I think she will learn something from this experience today.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08'Let's hope so. But when it comes to speeding,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11'there doesn't appear to be an age limit.'
0:22:11 > 0:22:13There seems to be an awful lot of people today
0:22:13 > 0:22:18who are doing in the high 30s, between 30-39,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I'd say it's probably about one in every ten cars.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23It's quite shocking, really.
0:22:25 > 0:22:2643.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30PC Buxton has caught another speeder.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Let's look at the facts of this one.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38This driver has gone way over the threshold, doing 43 in a 30 zone.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Could this mean an on-the-spot fine, or worse?
0:22:42 > 0:22:45I'm reporting you for consideration of the question of
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- prosecuting you for speeding... - Right.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49..for speeding at 30 with manned equipment.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you
0:22:51 > 0:22:54do not mention now something which you later rely on in court,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56and anything you do say may be given in evidence.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58'He's been done.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01'It could be a court summons and a possible driving ban.'
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Is there anything you want me to report as your reply
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- as being reported for speeding? - No, nothing at all. Bang to rights.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Simple as. - Will what's happened today
0:23:08 > 0:23:12- affect the way you drive from here on?- Probably not.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15So you'll continue to push your luck whenever you can?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17It's not a case of pushing my luck.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Like I've said, I've just come out of the dentist
0:23:20 > 0:23:22and not feeling too brilliant and all the rest of it
0:23:22 > 0:23:24after my treatment. I just couldn't wait to get home.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Just distracted. So I don't think I'm a bad driver in general,
0:23:27 > 0:23:29just the situation of today.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30And that was that.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Should you receive a fine now and/or another three points,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- how would you feel about that? - Pay it and that's it.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40'He might think differently if he knew that a young person is
0:23:40 > 0:23:44'seriously injured on the UK's roads every ten minutes.'
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Cheerio. Bye-bye. Now, there is someone who has just received
0:23:47 > 0:23:50what's called a NIT, which is a Notice of Intended Prosecution.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54He is almost certainly going to end up with a fine and points.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I can't predict that 100%, of course.
0:23:56 > 0:23:5943 in a 30, with a school coming up.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03It was a bit naughty. Didn't seem that bothered at all.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Horses for courses, I suppose, as they say.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12In Crawley, West Sussex,
0:24:12 > 0:24:17the council are determined to combat antisocial behaviour in the town.
0:24:18 > 0:24:24We just had a call from the police that there's an abandoned caravan,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I believe. Someone's using it to use needles,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28and they leave quite a lot in there.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33It's on private land, so it's quite hard to get rid of this caravan.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35But someone is using it.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40Sam Lucas and Naveed Ur-Rehman are council community wardens.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43They've been called to a report of an abandoned vehicle
0:24:43 > 0:24:45being used as a drug den.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48We get the reports from the people living around there
0:24:48 > 0:24:51that there's needles in there again. So..
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Sam and Naveed's priority is to reduce antisocial behaviour,
0:24:56 > 0:25:00including anything that might pose a risk to the public.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Needles are obviously hazardous waste.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07And they can carry lots of diseases, so, we try to...
0:25:09 > 0:25:10..respond within half an hour, really,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13when we get a needles call to pick them up as soon as possible,
0:25:13 > 0:25:15because we don't want anyone touching them.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21But it's not the vehicle they were expecting.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Guessing it's this one.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Yes, it's this. It's not a caravan.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30It's got needles underneath,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33so I need to go and get our equipment
0:25:33 > 0:25:35to get them removed, basically.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- It's not a caravan. I swear it was a caravan.- An abandoned car, or...
0:25:38 > 0:25:40- Do you want to do it?- Yeah.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45If Sam and Naveed can find the owner of this car,
0:25:45 > 0:25:50then a hefty fine for abandoning it could be on its way.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Do you live here, sir?- Yeah.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Right, we just had a call regarding there's used needles in the area.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- Yeah.- Have you seen people coming here taking drugs
0:25:59 > 0:26:01or, like, drinking, other stuff?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Most of the people are drinking when I see them.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- OK, yeah. Where do they drink? Right over here?- Over there.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11It's not nice, because I can see you've got a child there.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14If like there's needles over here, so that's really dangerous.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16What I can do is, I'll give you a warden's card...
0:26:16 > 0:26:18May as well, because if you want to speak to me.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22If you see them taking drugs or smoking drugs, just ring 999.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- OK.- OK? Thank you, sir.- Thank you. - Have a good day. Cheers.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29This abandoned car is being used as a drugs den right underneath
0:26:29 > 0:26:32a block of residential flats, but with kids around,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35it's urgent that Naveed and Sam make the area safe.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40When we arrived, there was a parent with his child walking along.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42And, at even a few feet away,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44there were three needles that were exposed,
0:26:44 > 0:26:46so that kid could have easily
0:26:46 > 0:26:50picked it up and stabbed himself without his dad looking.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53So it is a safety risk to the residents.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00And the state inside the car is not very nice either.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02There's condoms.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04There's loads of packets of syringes.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- But there's none actually in there, I don't think.- Empty.- Yeah.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12It gets worse. The car is unlocked,
0:27:12 > 0:27:16so the drug paraphernalia could easily end up in the wrong hands.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26- Right, done.- The fact is, abandoning a vehicle is an offence,
0:27:26 > 0:27:29but was the car ditched or stolen and dumped?
0:27:31 > 0:27:34They've noted the registration.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36If the car's been dumped and not stolen,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39they can track the owner through the DVLA,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42and a £200 fine could be on its way.
0:27:42 > 0:27:48I will make a note and just pass it over to the abandoned vehicles.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- It's on private land, though.- Yeah.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53They've got the power to remove the vehicle from private land.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Now that Naveed and Sam have made the vehicle safe,
0:27:56 > 0:27:58the council clean-up team can get to work,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00which is good news for the residents.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05That's all for today. Join me next time,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08when I'll be with the men and the women on the front line of fines
0:28:08 > 0:28:10with more Dom On The Spot.