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Never before have so many on-the-spot fines | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
been issued in Britain. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:05 | |
We're going to be following the men and women who hand out over | 0:00:05 | 0:00:09 | |
£30 million worth of tickets every month. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
-Oops. -Round here, they are an absolute blight. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
I am up to 104 now. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
Wow. That is disgusting. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
Just walk away. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
'For behaviour that's downright dangerous...' | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
That was stupid for these sort of conditions, wasn't it? | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
'..simply selfish...' | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
Look at the mess you've created in the street. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
How is that our fault? | 0:00:30 | 0:00:31 | |
-Or just... -What is he doing? | 0:00:31 | 0:00:32 | |
Well, plain silly. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
What a doughnut. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
'We'll be revealing the cost of their bad behaviour...' | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
£100 fine. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
Pays £260. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
Ouch. '..and how this could affect you.' | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
-I'll give him a punch. -Do you want to see me kick off? | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
The police are on it... | 0:00:49 | 0:00:50 | |
-What the...?! -Sir! | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
..the parking wardens are on it... | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
They should be thanking us for being here. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
'..and I'M on it.' | 0:00:56 | 0:00:57 | |
Careful, it's a 30mph limit here. | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
I'm Dom Littlewood, | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
and I'm On The Spot. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
This time... | 0:01:03 | 0:01:04 | |
..there's no hiding place in the battle of the bins. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
I'm trying to give you a fixed penalty now or it will go to court. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:13 | |
I'm on the spot with the speed cops... | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
I'm reporting you for consideration of the question of | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
prosecuting you for speeding. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
..as they find and fine the speeders. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
Quite shocking, really. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
And there's something nasty waiting for the litter patrol. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
There were three needles that were exposed, | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
so that kid could have easily picked it up. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
It's market day in Romford in Havering. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
But Kam Paul isn't shopping for fresh fruit and veg. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:46 | |
She's in the market for something else. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
Parking fines. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
Obviously, if an entire car park in | 0:01:52 | 0:01:54 | |
the middle of a town centre is closed, | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
all the vehicles that would normally park there are going to | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
find an alternative, and it will be | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
the surrounding area that gets busier. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
Kam is a traffic warden in North East London. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
With so many vehicles and so few spaces, | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
Kam is armed with the power to issue £130 on-the-spot fines | 0:02:14 | 0:02:18 | |
to any driver guilty of making the parking problems worse. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:22 | |
You're going to get into more confrontation with people, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
which is something you really don't want. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
Um, you just want to get through the day smoothly and peacefully. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:32 | |
Because that alone is a miracle in this job. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
If you ever have one of those days | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
where none of the drivers come back and you don't get abuse from anyone, | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
it's a weird feeling. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
You're like, "Oh, my God, I didn't get abused by anybody today!" | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
And with all those shoppers and traders flooding in, it's car wars. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:54 | |
Parking is at a real premium. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
Kam has spotted a car squeezed into a loading bay. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
The question is - will this be a fine? | 0:03:04 | 0:03:07 | |
This car has taken the loading space, | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
which has forced the van to go further into the footway. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
So, what's the story? | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
That space is supposed to be off-limits to cars. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:21 | |
It's only good for larger vehicles who are loading. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
Round the rear, Kam spots the car's owner - a builder. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
-Got ten minutes on that. -No. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:32 | |
Sorry. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
Why? | 0:03:34 | 0:03:35 | |
Because you're not a van, boss. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
Only vans and HGVs are allowed to load and upload in the loading bays. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
-Is it? -And obviously, with your vehicle there, | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
it's forced that vehicle to come more into the footway. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
There's only the one spot for loading. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
It's clearly an offence, but will it be a fine? | 0:03:49 | 0:03:54 | |
That's definitely a legit ticket. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
Parking on a footway with a car, the builder with the BMW | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
gets a penalty of £130. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
Unloading my tools, changing the awning. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:06 | |
Got a ticket. Now and again, they get us, | 0:04:06 | 0:04:08 | |
now and again, they don't. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:09 | |
You can't argue with them. It's not worth arguing. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:11 | |
Just pay it. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:12 | |
The reality is that, in this part of Havering, | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
wardens must always give an offending car ten minutes' grace. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
Regardless of whether they're two, three or four hours overdue, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
as long as they've bought a ticket. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
And it's not long before Kam spots another potential offender. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:30 | |
My friend here has bought a ticket until 10.30. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
It is now 11.30. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
So it's already had an hour's grace. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
But I'm still going to stand here, like the saddo that I am, | 0:04:38 | 0:04:42 | |
and I'm going to give him another ten minutes. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
I should be able to issue this instantly, because he's had an hour. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:49 | |
But he's going to get another ten minutes. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
Because that's the rules. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
Kam waits, the clock is ticking. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
The driver returns, but will he find a fine waiting for him? | 0:05:01 | 0:05:06 | |
I'm not getting a ticket, am I? | 0:05:06 | 0:05:07 | |
Well, yeah. You're an hour expired, boss. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
-Why's that? -Look at the time. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
10.28, and now it's 11.41. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
I got two hours. I put a pound in. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
No, you've got a free ticket. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
My ticket's here. I put a pound in... | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
..and I got two pieces of a ticket. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:29 | |
I thought that was the part that I have to show, because it's got my | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
registration on. The other part is just the receipt, wasn't it? | 0:05:33 | 0:05:36 | |
No, that is a full ticket. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
That is what would come out of the machine, sir. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
I put a pound in, I swear to God, darling. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
You can ask the lads in there. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:44 | |
Honestly. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:45 | |
So, is this driver an hour over the limit after getting a free ticket, | 0:05:47 | 0:05:52 | |
or an honest purchase gone wrong? | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
He could be facing an on-the-spot fine. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
-So you're giving me a ticket? -No, if you move now... | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
-Yeah, I will move it now. -That's fine. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
Kam's given him the benefit of the doubt. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
Maybe it's because of those muscles. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
That driver obviously claims to have put a pound in, | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
he's claiming that the machine's just taken his money and only | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
given him the half-hour free ticket. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
I'm not totally convinced, | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
but he did come back within two minutes of my observation finishing. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
A lucky one there. Lucky escape. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
The market is doing a roaring trade on the site of the town's car park, | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
so, with 160 less parking spaces today, the locals look elsewhere. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:38 | |
But here, it's permit holders only. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
The person can't get confused. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
So, if you don't have a permit, | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
your car is not meant to be here. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
And Kam's found an old friend. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
This vehicle has a habit of not buying a ticket. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
I can assure you, I have probably issued this car about | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
five times in the last two months. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
Wow! This driver could have amassed over £600 in fines. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:05 | |
That's ridiculous. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
But what about this new offence? | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
They parked in a permit holders only car park. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:13 | |
This repeat offender will have to cough up another £130. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
Even Kam is amazed by the cheek of this driver. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
I think it was yesterday. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
The driver was actually in the vehicle and I gave him the option | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
to move on and he said, "I'm not going to move, | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
"you might as well just give me a ticket." | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
Hold your horses. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:36 | |
What's this? | 0:07:36 | 0:07:38 | |
This is yesterday's ticket to this vehicle that I issued, | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
it's got my badge number, it's got the date and then, at some point, | 0:07:43 | 0:07:47 | |
it's left his windscreen and ended up on the floor. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
The question is, whether the wind took it, | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
or was it discarded in disgust? | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
And this is another ticket from the same day to the same car... | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
..so the driver's actually had two tickets from yesterday. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
For him to have had two tickets, | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
he must have been removing them from his windscreen. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
The person would not get a second ticket in the same location. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:14 | |
In two days, he's managed to get three fines, | 0:08:16 | 0:08:21 | |
which normally wouldn't be possible, unless you had it over three days. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
So he's basically got three days' tickets in two days. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
So he is on a record-breaking spree here. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
Three £130 fines? | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
At that price, the driver must have pretty deep pockets. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
And, closer to town, the parking issues keep on coming | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
for eagle-eyed Kam. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
We're watching you from over there. The vehicle has been here a while. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:47 | |
So let's take a look at this piece of car crime. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
Parked right bang in the middle of a loading bay. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
Could this mean an instant £130 fine? | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
See, this is absolute appalling parking, | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
cos, not only has the driver gone right in between the loading bay, | 0:09:00 | 0:09:05 | |
he's forced the van behind to not park legally | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
and not left enough space in front for anyone to park legally. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:12 | |
So he has taken the entire bay. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
And the driver's nowhere to be seen. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:17 | |
Will the owner return to find a fine waiting? | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
I should give it a ticket, but because the lady is calling | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
the driver, I'm going to give it a couple of minutes. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
Time's ticking. In fact, time's running out for this car. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
The owner miraculously appears. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
Is this you, boss? | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
You're in a loading bay. It's for vans and HGVs only. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
Kam's being incredibly lenient this time. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
No fine. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:41 | |
HORN BEEPS | 0:09:44 | 0:09:45 | |
Almost caused an accident on his way out. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
Do you remember that phrase Keep Britain Tidy? | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
It was a message that did get through to a lot of people, | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
but unfortunately, there are some out there | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
who think it's fine to dump your rubbish anywhere that suits you | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
and let someone else clear it up. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
You know? Perhaps an on-the-spot fine might make them | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
think twice about it next time. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
I feel irritated when I see litter. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
I feel very annoyed. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
It's not a nice thing to do, it's a bad habit. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
I don't understand why people do it. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
It can upset me. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:26 | |
In Cardiff, waste enforcement officer Steph is on the prowl, | 0:10:31 | 0:10:35 | |
looking for residents who can't be bothered to | 0:10:35 | 0:10:37 | |
dump their rubbish responsibly. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:39 | |
Steph has the power to issue an £80 on-the-spot fine, | 0:10:41 | 0:10:46 | |
but it seems that some are still willing to take that risk. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
Earlier, Steph spotted a pile of rubbish | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
dumped where it shouldn't be. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
So that could lead to a fine. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
On the way over to here now, we saw some dumped waste in black bags. | 0:10:56 | 0:11:01 | |
It looks a bit of a mess, actually, so, um... | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
I'm going to search the bags. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:07 | |
As if trying to match rubbish with its owner | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
wasn't enough of a headache to deal with, | 0:11:10 | 0:11:13 | |
Steph's contending with another apparently common problem. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:17 | |
We also get a problem with bag slashers at this time of the year. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
Bag slashers, you say? | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
So where people come round and they'll see a lot of bags, | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
they'll just slash through them to see what they can find. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
So those are OK there, but then, you've got this mess here. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
Which is completely... | 0:11:32 | 0:11:33 | |
..gross. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:35 | |
Looks like a ransacked jumble sale. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
Good luck with that, Steph. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
If Steph can find evidence in the pile | 0:11:43 | 0:11:45 | |
linking the junk to a property, | 0:11:45 | 0:11:47 | |
then she could be able to issue the occupants with an on-the-spot fine. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:51 | |
Just clothes, no evidence, so they're clothes from a family. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:55 | |
They could have taken it to a clothes bank | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
or weighed them in and got money for it. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:00 | |
There's a bag here, there may be something in here. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
Oh! | 0:12:05 | 0:12:06 | |
Despite the mess, | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
Steph's search for evidence towards a fine must continue. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:13 | |
Fly tipping isn't just like tonnes of waste | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
in a lane, builder's waste. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
I'd class this as fly tipping as well. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:24 | |
No, it's just all children's clothes and shoes and... | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
Eugh! It stinks. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
If you could have one wish right now, Steph, what would it be? | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
I'd love to find some evidence now. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:42 | |
I'm just going to knock their door and issue them... | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
It's disgusting. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:46 | |
I've got a feeling you're in luck. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
With evidence linking the mess to an address... | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
-What number are we on here? -..a fine is looking more likely. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
And I know why they've done it. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:02 | |
And Steph thinks she knows the motive. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
And they've done it, because I sent them a letter to clear the frontage, | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
because their front garden was just full of waste, | 0:13:09 | 0:13:11 | |
so they've picked it up and they've dumped it around the corner there. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
I'm going to knock the door... and take a pen. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:16 | |
So Steph thinks the owner of the rubbish has just moved the problem | 0:13:16 | 0:13:20 | |
elsewhere and that's still a fine, but will the resident own up? | 0:13:20 | 0:13:25 | |
Are they even in? | 0:13:34 | 0:13:35 | |
DOOR OPENS | 0:13:46 | 0:13:47 | |
Hiya, Cardiff Council Waste Enforcement. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
DOOR SLAMS Charming(!) | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
But Steph isn't put off that easily. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:53 | |
Hiya. Cardiff Council Waste Enforcement. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
Just about the dumped waste around the corner there. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
Yeah, I found evidence to your property. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:03 | |
Do you want to come and have a look? | 0:14:03 | 0:14:05 | |
This camera-shy fellow isn't taking Steph's word for it. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
Do you want to get a brown envelope off the back? | 0:14:09 | 0:14:12 | |
You'll receive a fixed penalty for that, all right, | 0:14:12 | 0:14:14 | |
-for dumping the waste. -Where is it? | 0:14:14 | 0:14:16 | |
It's in the back of the van in a brown envelope. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:19 | |
Yeah, you have. I've also got... | 0:14:19 | 0:14:21 | |
Well, come on, then. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
Yeah, he's gone to get it. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
All right, I'll show you the photographs and then I've got the... | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
All right? | 0:14:32 | 0:14:33 | |
Steph is primed to issue a fine, but it's proving easier said than done. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:40 | |
All right? So all that there, OK. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:42 | |
It's from this property here. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
Yeah, it is, yeah. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:45 | |
Because I sent you a letter to clear the front garden and now you've | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
dumped it all around there. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:49 | |
I've got a photo of all the evidence. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:51 | |
I can either give you a fixed penalty now or it will go to court. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
So, let's remind ourselves of what that evidence is. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
Black bags dumped around the corner, | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
a letter found amongst it, pointing to a house | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
that Steph previously wrote to, | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
asking the owners to clear out their front garden. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
He's saying it's not his waste. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
It obviously is. I'm going to have a search through the rest of it | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
cos there's still some left to search. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:19 | |
But he will get a fixed penalty for it. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
So, he's not admitting to dumping his rubbish. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:26 | |
But if the court disagrees, he could be looking at a much bigger fine. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
Do you know what would be great? If I have a look at the photos - | 0:15:30 | 0:15:34 | |
the one I took of his front garden - and, if that's in there, | 0:15:34 | 0:15:38 | |
I've got him bang to rights, really, haven't I? | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
Pull that down a bit. I asked him why it was there, | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
he said he didn't do it. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:47 | |
Well, who else would have taken his waste, though, you know? | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
But he won't pay the fixed penalty, and it'll go to court. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
So I'll just... I'll just show the judge what I found, | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
and then it's up to him, then. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
So it'll probably end up in court, this one. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
But it will be a fixed penalty issued. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
In Gloucestershire, I'm on patrol | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
with traffic cops PC Shelley Holloway | 0:16:12 | 0:16:15 | |
and PC Olly Buxton. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:16 | |
'We're heading to a regular haunt for the local speed demons, | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
'right in the heart of this rural idyll. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
'And it might surprise you to find out it's very near a school.' | 0:16:23 | 0:16:27 | |
Presumably, this is somewhere where it's a bit of a hotspot for people | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
-offending, is it? -Yes, so quiet village location, a 30mph zone, | 0:16:31 | 0:16:36 | |
as there's a local school nearby, and people don't pay any attention | 0:16:36 | 0:16:40 | |
to the 30mph limits. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:41 | |
That's a particularly bad area for people to be speeding. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:44 | |
Obviously, there's a school by there. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
Yeah, we've had complaints from local residents. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
They can't get on and off their driveways safely | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
without fear of being run down by a speeding car. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:55 | |
'Anybody caught speeding today could be looking at an on-the-spot fine of | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
'£100 and three penalty points on their licence.' | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
OK, so this is the road that we'll be doing the speed check on. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
We've just passed the village primary school back there, | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
and it's a 40mph zone. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:10 | |
It's changing to 30 now as we enter the built-up area. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
'Outside a school? Well, it doesn't bear thinking about.' | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
I'm assuming you've been to some horrific scenes | 0:17:19 | 0:17:21 | |
that have been caused by | 0:17:21 | 0:17:23 | |
people either being on the phone or speeding or texting or whatever, | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
-have you? -Yeah, most definitely. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
How do you feel about that? How does it affect you? | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
I've got images in my head that will | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
stay with me for the rest of my life. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
-Yeah. -Um, from scenes of fatal road traffic collisions, | 0:17:36 | 0:17:40 | |
where distraction or speed | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
or something like that has been involved, | 0:17:42 | 0:17:45 | |
-and I worry for my children growing up. It's quite upsetting. -Yeah. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:49 | |
Because, underneath the uniform, | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
every police officer in the country has got a soft side. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
-You're only human, aren't you? -Yeah, we're not robots. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
'Time to get to work. Shelley's speed gun uses a narrow beam, | 0:17:58 | 0:18:02 | |
'which bounces off the approaching vehicle and can give | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
'an accurate speed reading from up to a mile away.' | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
Now, if you do see somebody approaching from either direction | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
and they are speeding, what will you do? | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
So, if they're doing in excess of 33, we'll pull them in. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
Anything over 40, then we'd be looking at prosecuting them. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
Fair enough. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:20 | |
'It's only a matter of minutes | 0:18:22 | 0:18:24 | |
'before Shelley spots her first offender.' | 0:18:24 | 0:18:26 | |
-Hello. -Hello. -Thank you for stopping. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
'Could this be her first fine of the shift?' | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
Do you know why I've stopped you today? | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
-No. -Do you know what the speed limit is on the road? | 0:18:35 | 0:18:39 | |
30. I thought I was doing about 30. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
-You were doing 39, actually. -Was I? | 0:18:41 | 0:18:42 | |
The speed limit starts way further back. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
It's painted on the road in red as well. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
As you came over the brow of the hill, approaching the cyclist... | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
-Yeah. -..you were doing 39mph. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
OK, so let's have a look at the facts of this one. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:58 | |
This guy was doing 39 in a 30 zone. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
Bearing in mind there's a school just a bit further along this road, | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
is it to be a summons, a fine or just a stiff warning? | 0:19:05 | 0:19:09 | |
So that's why I've stopped you. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
All right? Now, at that speed, | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
it's below the threshold for me to give you a ticket, | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
but it is a 30mph limit. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
9mph over is not acceptable really. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
-OK. -OK. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:22 | |
'This chap's escaped a £100 fine. It must be his lucky day.' | 0:19:22 | 0:19:27 | |
Can I ask you an honest opinion now? | 0:19:30 | 0:19:31 | |
How do you feel about speeding fines? | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
I think you have to have them. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
You know, I mean, none of us like them. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:39 | |
None of us like to get caught, | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
particularly if we're only doing a few miles over, | 0:19:41 | 0:19:44 | |
but if we didn't have them, it would be chaos. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:47 | |
You said you were 78. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:49 | |
-Yeah. -Why is it that the older generation are the ones who | 0:19:49 | 0:19:51 | |
are not doing the job properly? | 0:19:51 | 0:19:53 | |
-Probably because it's so long since we were at driving school. -OK. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:57 | |
-You've fallen into bad habits. -Yes. -OK. | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
All right, you've learnt your lesson, haven't you? Thanks, Brian. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
'But I'm not sure the next driver | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
'Shelley's clocked, doing 37 in a 30 zone, can use the same excuse.' | 0:20:06 | 0:20:11 | |
-Obviously, you got pulled over there. -Yeah. -Tell me the reason why? | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
I was going just above the speed limit in a housed area. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
OK, a residential area. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
-When you say just above the speed limit, what were you doing? -37. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
In a... Yes, exactly, so it | 0:20:22 | 0:20:23 | |
-was a little bit more than just above, wasn't it? -Yeah, no, yeah. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:28 | |
How do you feel about the officers | 0:20:28 | 0:20:30 | |
who just pulled you over for doing that speed limit? | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
I think, I don't know, like, if your parents tell you, | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
you listen, but if someone else tells you, it kind of like... | 0:20:35 | 0:20:39 | |
-it hits home more. -Yeah. -So, yeah, no. I understand. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:43 | |
-Were you aware you were doing 37? -I didn't realise I was that over. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:47 | |
-I knew I was a little bit. -You knew you were speeding. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
I didn't realise that much. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:52 | |
It's easy to do. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:53 | |
Had they been a little bit harder with you and they could have been... | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
I know they obviously could have been. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:58 | |
If you'd got points and a fine, how would you feel? | 0:20:58 | 0:21:00 | |
A bit gutted. I don't think my mum would have been too happy. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:03 | |
Will it change the way you're going to drive, not just today, | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
but for the considerable future? | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
It has made me think a bit more, I feel. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
So, yeah, definitely. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
She was obviously the youngest driver you pulled over today, | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
only 18 years old. Because she's such a new driver, | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
she's only had her licence less than a year now, | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
the penalties could be a lot more severe, couldn't they? | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
Yes, so, as a new driver, if you accumulate six points within | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
the first two years of driving, your licence gets revoked | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
and you have to take your test again. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:31 | |
And you hear it's very hard to get booked in for a test, | 0:21:31 | 0:21:34 | |
finding a space these days, let alone pass it first time. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
So it could cost them a lot of money. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
If they then rely on their licence for work, they could lose their job. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:43 | |
From her point of view, I don't think | 0:21:43 | 0:21:45 | |
she realises just how lucky she was, does she? | 0:21:45 | 0:21:47 | |
No, and you often find these young drivers, | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
they get into the car, | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
they've got this new-found freedom, and they just take for granted | 0:21:51 | 0:21:55 | |
-modern technology... -Yeah. -..the condition of the vehicle, | 0:21:55 | 0:21:59 | |
but they are the most impressionable people that we meet. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
And I think she will learn something from this experience today. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
'Let's hope so. But when it comes to speeding, | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
'there doesn't appear to be an age limit.' | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
There seems to be an awful lot of people today | 0:22:11 | 0:22:13 | |
who are doing in the high 30s, between 30-39, | 0:22:13 | 0:22:18 | |
I'd say it's probably about one in every ten cars. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
It's quite shocking, really. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
43. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:26 | |
PC Buxton has caught another speeder. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
Let's look at the facts of this one. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
This driver has gone way over the threshold, doing 43 in a 30 zone. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:38 | |
Could this mean an on-the-spot fine, or worse? | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
I'm reporting you for consideration of the question of | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
-prosecuting you for speeding... -Right. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:47 | |
..for speeding at 30 with manned equipment. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
do not mention now something which you later rely on in court, | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
and anything you do say may be given in evidence. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:56 | |
'He's been done. | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
'It could be a court summons and a possible driving ban.' | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
Is there anything you want me to report as your reply | 0:23:01 | 0:23:03 | |
-as being reported for speeding? -No, nothing at all. Bang to rights. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
-Simple as. -Will what's happened today | 0:23:06 | 0:23:08 | |
-affect the way you drive from here on? -Probably not. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:12 | |
So you'll continue to push your luck whenever you can? | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
It's not a case of pushing my luck. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:17 | |
Like I've said, I've just come out of the dentist | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
and not feeling too brilliant and all the rest of it | 0:23:20 | 0:23:22 | |
after my treatment. I just couldn't wait to get home. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
Just distracted. So I don't think I'm a bad driver in general, | 0:23:24 | 0:23:27 | |
just the situation of today. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:29 | |
And that was that. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:30 | |
Should you receive a fine now and/or another three points, | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
-how would you feel about that? -Pay it and that's it. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:36 | |
'He might think differently if he knew that a young person is | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
'seriously injured on the UK's roads every ten minutes.' | 0:23:40 | 0:23:44 | |
Cheerio. Bye-bye. Now, there is someone who has just received | 0:23:44 | 0:23:47 | |
what's called a NIT, which is a Notice of Intended Prosecution. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
He is almost certainly going to end up with a fine and points. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:54 | |
I can't predict that 100%, of course. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
43 in a 30, with a school coming up. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
It was a bit naughty. Didn't seem that bothered at all. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:03 | |
Horses for courses, I suppose, as they say. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:06 | |
In Crawley, West Sussex, | 0:24:10 | 0:24:12 | |
the council are determined to combat antisocial behaviour in the town. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:17 | |
We just had a call from the police that there's an abandoned caravan, | 0:24:18 | 0:24:24 | |
I believe. Someone's using it to use needles, | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
and they leave quite a lot in there. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:28 | |
It's on private land, so it's quite hard to get rid of this caravan. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:33 | |
But someone is using it. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:35 | |
Sam Lucas and Naveed Ur-Rehman are council community wardens. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:40 | |
They've been called to a report of an abandoned vehicle | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
being used as a drug den. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:45 | |
We get the reports from the people living around there | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
that there's needles in there again. So.. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:51 | |
Sam and Naveed's priority is to reduce antisocial behaviour, | 0:24:52 | 0:24:56 | |
including anything that might pose a risk to the public. | 0:24:56 | 0:25:00 | |
Needles are obviously hazardous waste. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:04 | |
And they can carry lots of diseases, so, we try to... | 0:25:04 | 0:25:07 | |
..respond within half an hour, really, | 0:25:09 | 0:25:10 | |
when we get a needles call to pick them up as soon as possible, | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
because we don't want anyone touching them. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
But it's not the vehicle they were expecting. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:21 | |
Guessing it's this one. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
Yes, it's this. It's not a caravan. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:27 | |
It's got needles underneath, | 0:25:28 | 0:25:30 | |
so I need to go and get our equipment | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
to get them removed, basically. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
-It's not a caravan. I swear it was a caravan. -An abandoned car, or... | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
-Do you want to do it? -Yeah. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:40 | |
If Sam and Naveed can find the owner of this car, | 0:25:42 | 0:25:45 | |
then a hefty fine for abandoning it could be on its way. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:50 | |
-Do you live here, sir? -Yeah. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
Right, we just had a call regarding there's used needles in the area. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:56 | |
-Yeah. -Have you seen people coming here taking drugs | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
or, like, drinking, other stuff? | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
Most of the people are drinking when I see them. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:04 | |
-OK, yeah. Where do they drink? Right over here? -Over there. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:08 | |
It's not nice, because I can see you've got a child there. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
If like there's needles over here, so that's really dangerous. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
What I can do is, I'll give you a warden's card... | 0:26:14 | 0:26:16 | |
May as well, because if you want to speak to me. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:18 | |
If you see them taking drugs or smoking drugs, just ring 999. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:22 | |
-OK. -OK? Thank you, sir. -Thank you. -Have a good day. Cheers. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
This abandoned car is being used as a drugs den right underneath | 0:26:25 | 0:26:29 | |
a block of residential flats, but with kids around, | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
it's urgent that Naveed and Sam make the area safe. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
When we arrived, there was a parent with his child walking along. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:40 | |
And, at even a few feet away, | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
there were three needles that were exposed, | 0:26:42 | 0:26:44 | |
so that kid could have easily | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
picked it up and stabbed himself without his dad looking. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:50 | |
So it is a safety risk to the residents. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
And the state inside the car is not very nice either. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
There's condoms. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:02 | |
There's loads of packets of syringes. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:04 | |
-But there's none actually in there, I don't think. -Empty. -Yeah. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
It gets worse. The car is unlocked, | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
so the drug paraphernalia could easily end up in the wrong hands. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:16 | |
-Right, done. -The fact is, abandoning a vehicle is an offence, | 0:27:22 | 0:27:26 | |
but was the car ditched or stolen and dumped? | 0:27:26 | 0:27:29 | |
They've noted the registration. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
If the car's been dumped and not stolen, | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
they can track the owner through the DVLA, | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
and a £200 fine could be on its way. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:42 | |
I will make a note and just pass it over to the abandoned vehicles. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:48 | |
-It's on private land, though. -Yeah. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
They've got the power to remove the vehicle from private land. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:53 | |
Now that Naveed and Sam have made the vehicle safe, | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
the council clean-up team can get to work, | 0:27:56 | 0:27:58 | |
which is good news for the residents. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
That's all for today. Join me next time, | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
when I'll be with the men and the women on the front line of fines | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
with more Dom On The Spot. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:10 |