0:00:02 > 0:00:03Never before have so many on-the-spot fines
0:00:03 > 0:00:05been issued in Britain.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09We're going to be following the men and women who hand out
0:00:09 > 0:00:12over £30 million worth of tickets every month...
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Oops!
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Round here they are an absolute blight.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17- I'm up to 104 now.- Wow!
0:00:17 > 0:00:19That is disgusting.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Just walk away.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21HE GROWLS
0:00:21 > 0:00:23..for behaviour that's downright dangerous...
0:00:23 > 0:00:26That was stupid for these sort of conditions, wasn't it?
0:00:26 > 0:00:27..simply selfish...
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Look at the mess you've created in the street.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31- How is that our fault? - ..or just, well...
0:00:31 > 0:00:32What is he doing?
0:00:32 > 0:00:34..plain silly.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36What a doughnut.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39We'll be revealing the cost of their bad behaviour...
0:00:39 > 0:00:41£100 fine.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43- Pays £260.- Ouch!
0:00:43 > 0:00:46..and how this could affect you.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48- 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 > 0:00:52What the...? Sir!
0:00:52 > 0:00:53..the parking wardens are on it...
0:00:53 > 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 > 0:01:02and I'm on the spot.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Today, there's conflict on the streets.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10- Wipe that- BLEEP- smile off your face.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12I'm going to smile as long as I want to.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14I'm not going to need your permission or anyone else's.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16I'm on the spot with the traffic cops...
0:01:16 > 0:01:18They've asked us to attend to assist them.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20..attending crash scenes...
0:01:20 > 0:01:22That looks messy.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23..and dishing out fines.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- I've got a ticket.- Ouch!
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- BLEEP- off, really.- Yeah.- Gutted.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Parking.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32I mean, we all know what a nightmare it can be
0:01:32 > 0:01:34and we're all constantly aware of the fact
0:01:34 > 0:01:35that if we don't quite park legally,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38we could end up with a very hefty penalty-charge notice.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41But let me tell you something.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45In 1950, there was about four million cars on the road.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Nowadays, there's nearly 37 million.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51That is an awful lot more cars.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Being a traffic warden can be tough but with more and more cars
0:01:59 > 0:02:03on our roads each year, it's a job that certainly needs doing.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09They do a good job and it's a hard job but I just think sometimes
0:02:09 > 0:02:11people are gunning for the traffic warden
0:02:11 > 0:02:12and you just need to step back a bit.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Do you like CEOs? Traffic wardens?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19No, because sometimes I think that they are just out there
0:02:19 > 0:02:24just to get the tickets and to get their commission and their money,
0:02:24 > 0:02:25so, no, I don't.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Does anybody like them?
0:02:27 > 0:02:28Well, it's a good point.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31OK. What would you do if we didn't have traffic wardens?
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Yeah, we need them.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34It is a difficult job.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38I can imagine the public can be very tiresome sometimes
0:02:38 > 0:02:39and very problematic.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Do you think, though, to a certain extent,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45we do need to be having tickets issued and parking...?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Can you imagine what it would be like if they weren't there?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Oh, it would be ridiculous, yeah. Yeah, it would be.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55In Havering, parking enforcement officer Kam is on patrol.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00I'm here until 10:30 today. Woohoo!
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Life doesn't get any better than that!
0:03:03 > 0:03:07So far it's a quiet day, but things can change quickly
0:03:07 > 0:03:09when you're a parking enforcement officer.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Kam has spotted three vehicles possibly parked illegally
0:03:14 > 0:03:16outside a property.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Although this is a driveway, it's a yellow line.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21It looks like they've got the builders in.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23And that's until 6:30, as well.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31So where it's just a dropped kerb,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33we would need permission from the resident.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35But if it has a yellow line going through it,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37we don't need permission from the resident.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41During those times, no-one is allowed to park there.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45If they overstay their 20-minute waiting time,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48they can be hit with a £40 on-the-spot fine each.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54But luckily, it looks like someone is on the premises to move them.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- This you, boss?- I've just pulled up, just taking in some bolts.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- That's fine. Are you moving?- Huh?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- Are you moving?- Am I moving? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06These vehicles are parked on a time-limited single yellow line.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09It doesn't matter if the vehicles are connected to the property
0:04:09 > 0:04:11they're in front of, they still need to move.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15But things are moving slowly and Kam is beginning to lose patience.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Right, if this van is nothing to do with her, which it obviously is,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- because it's her builders... - I'm a builder.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Right, then there's nothing stopping you moving the van
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- and having her park in her drive... - Yeah, it's fine.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27..rather than having a go at me, cos I've just turned up
0:04:27 > 0:04:30and found three vehicles on the yellow line that shouldn't be there.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- OK, no problem.- Yeah? Right, thank you.- Have a nice day.- You too.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Do you want to move, sir?- I'm moving.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44He'll now go and park everywhere else because I'm here.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Things can get heated very quickly,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49especially when a fine is on the cards.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY
0:04:51 > 0:04:53They've moved, yeah. You've got 20 minutes to load, sir.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I'll do it in two minutes.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- That's fine.- Don't be stroppy.- I'm not being stroppy.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58I'm telling you how long you have.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- What you giving all that for?- Right, I'm telling you how long you have.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Right, we've got 20 minutes. You've done what you've had to say,
0:05:04 > 0:05:05- now- BLEEP.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09It's a tough job and this one has got to her.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Disappear.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14You told us 20 minutes and you're still smirking.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- Just walk away, walk way.- Yeah, because I'm supposed to ask people
0:05:17 > 0:05:21when I smile. I'm supposed to ask people when I talk.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Do they not realise that we have freedom as well?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26If I want to smile, I'll smile.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29No fines here but not a great start to the day.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Let's hope things get better in town.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Oh, you're such a cutie-pie. Look at him!
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Tut-tut-tut-tut.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44We get a lot more friendly contact with animals in this job
0:05:44 > 0:05:46than we do with people.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Hang on a minute, I don't believe it. It's the man from earlier.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Still causing trouble again.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- No, we're doing our job.- BLEEP
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Yeah.- Put that on your Dick And Dom.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I really hope he's back within ten minutes,
0:06:09 > 0:06:10cos I will give him a ticket.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Fight aside, this has now turned nasty.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19SHE LAUGHS
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Oh, God.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28But at least this time it looks like he's buying a ticket.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Oh, now he's getting a ticket, straight after I've observed him.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32No worries.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Yeah, cos he knows I'm watching his vehicle.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38I hope he takes longer than he's taken money for.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- Wipe that smile off your face.- I'm going to smile as long as I want to.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53I'm not going to need your permission or anyone else's.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Yeah, we've got a picture of his vehicle anyway,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57so it won't take them long to get hold of him.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59He shouldn't be winding me up smiling when...
0:06:59 > 0:07:01He's not winding you up, he's just standing there.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Don't keep smirking.- You're getting wound up yourself, mate.
0:07:04 > 0:07:055-3-5 to control. Are you receiving?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Yeah, control, one of the film crew has been threatened by a driver.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Can we have a police car at Market Place, please?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Market Place car park, outside the Lidl.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25You might as well wait now, the police is on its way.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- BLEEP- They can come and find me, can't they?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Yeah, well, I've got your registration,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31so they'll come knocking at your door, yeah?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- What are you going to do me for? - Are you serious?
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- Put that on the telly.- He's bought a ticket and now he's drove off...
0:07:39 > 0:07:41because he knows he's in the wrong.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Who buys an hour's ticket and then drives off?
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Well, that was a tense situation.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50It just shows how a regular shift can turn nasty very quickly.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Like you just saw,
0:07:52 > 0:07:57it doesn't have to be you having a go at them.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59He's come from a totally different location
0:07:59 > 0:08:02but the incident we've already had with him is still in his head
0:08:02 > 0:08:05and he's come back and reacted in a similar fashion.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Boss, you need to get a ticket.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Ticket. Yeah?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Erm...so, yeah, you can imagine,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15every time we see him in the borough now,
0:08:15 > 0:08:17we're going to have conflict with him,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20cos that is how he's going to behave, no matter what.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Personally, we try and avoid things like that,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27especially with residents, businesses...
0:08:28 > 0:08:30..people who we're going to bump into on a regular basis.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Cos if you're going to see someone every day, come on, let's face it,
0:08:33 > 0:08:37we'd much rather be on a good term with them.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39You know?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42And we do try. We're still trying.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Well, I hope these types of shifts are few and far between
0:08:46 > 0:08:48but at least Kam is able to put it behind her.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Next, I'm on the beat in Wiltshire with traffic cop Jay Clifton.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58On an average shift, Jay can expect to hand out on-the-spot fines
0:08:58 > 0:09:01for anything from speeding to hogging the middle lane.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04But before he can get anywhere close to pulling out his penalty pad,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07something much more serious comes through on the radio.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14At the moment, there has been what's called a road traffic collision -
0:09:14 > 0:09:16they're not accidents any more, they're RTCs -
0:09:16 > 0:09:20and Jay is basically waiting to find out whether he's needed or not.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22So he's just staying local to this area,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25waiting to hear whether they suddenly say, "OK, get over there."
0:09:25 > 0:09:27So in the meantime, he's just keeping mobile
0:09:27 > 0:09:30but he's tending to stay in one particular area.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32So, really, we don't know what's going to happen
0:09:32 > 0:09:33in the next five, ten minutes.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36It could be blues and twos all the way there quickly
0:09:36 > 0:09:37or just cruising round the town.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I can tell you, though, it's roasting hot.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45He's got stab vests on and all these high-vis jackets.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I mean, it's a really uncomfortable position to be in.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- Let's go, guys.- OK. What's happening?
0:09:50 > 0:09:55The update is that this is potentially a serious collision now.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58They've asked us to attend to assist them
0:09:58 > 0:10:00so we're going to go take a look at what we've got from
0:10:00 > 0:10:02the perspective of roads policing,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05see if we can help them out.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06Right.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Cor! That looks messy.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19I really hope everyone's OK.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23RTCs like this one are far too common and often linked
0:10:23 > 0:10:25with unsafe driving.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28In this case, the passenger has been thrown from the car because
0:10:28 > 0:10:30she wasn't wearing her seatbelt.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Whilst the paramedics attend to her,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Jay interviews the driver in the ambulance.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Have you ever done a breath test before?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41On the end of the tube, one nice, long breath outwards
0:10:41 > 0:10:43until I tell you to stop. Off you go.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Good. Nice one.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48You've blown zero. I'm happy with that.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49'I've breathalysed the driver.'
0:10:49 > 0:10:52That's come back as a zero. I'm more than happy with that.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54There is an intimation that the driver's had
0:10:54 > 0:10:57a medical episode prior to the collision and the collision
0:10:57 > 0:10:59is as a result of the passenger
0:10:59 > 0:11:01trying to stop the car from having a collision.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02And to do that,
0:11:02 > 0:11:07she had to undo her seatbelt in an attempt to reach the controls.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09So, in this case, no caution required.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14The passenger is going to be taken away to a local hospital.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- We've got a few queries about a back injury.- She's conscious, is she?
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- Conscious and breathing.- OK.- Not life-threatening, not life-changing.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23- This is all precautionary.- Yeah.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Doing everything we can to make sure she's comfortable and safe
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- and then she'll be taken away. - OK.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32So basically there's nothing more to say about this, is there, really?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33She's off and you won't know till later on.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36No, I'll make a few phone calls later on to make sure
0:11:36 > 0:11:38everything's OK and go on from there but, as it is,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40this is just what being police work is about.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42We could be looking for one thing and, next thing we know,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45we're dealing with something which could potentially
0:11:45 > 0:11:46change someone's life.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- It's an unfortunate accident. - It's an unfortunate accident.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51So thankfully we'll get everything sorted out.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52The road's going to be closed for some time.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55It does annoy members of the public that we do that but we do it
0:11:55 > 0:11:58for safety, not only ourselves but everyone we're working with.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59I noticed that. I was sitting there,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02just waiting to see what happened, and there was a couple of drivers
0:12:02 > 0:12:04turned up there, they're going...
0:12:04 > 0:12:08I'm thinking, "Come on, mate, you can see the Fire Brigade there, you've got
0:12:08 > 0:12:11"police cars, there's a car on its head and those people working round.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13"What are you screaming and shouting about?"
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- Because we're blocking their way home, they want to get home.- Yeah.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Unfortunately, that's the way it is.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22We just switch off to it and carry on with what we've got.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26- That is our priority right now. - Yeah, OK. All right.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30- Shall we crack on and do something else?- Let's do it. Yeah.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Obviously that lady had a very good reason why she wasn't wearing
0:12:34 > 0:12:38her seatbelt but under normal circumstances not wearing one
0:12:38 > 0:12:39is a fineable offence.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43We've only just left the scene of the accident when we come
0:12:43 > 0:12:46across someone who doesn't look like he's using his.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Passenger doesn't appear to be wearing his seatbelt at the moment.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- That's the first observation I've got.- OK.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57So what I'm going to do, I am going to cause the vehicle to stop but
0:12:57 > 0:12:59while I'm doing it I'm going to be constantly watching the passenger.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04Driver's wearing his but that passenger seatbelt doesn't
0:13:04 > 0:13:06appear to be being worn at the moment.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10'I sense the first on-the-spot fine of the day.'
0:13:10 > 0:13:12I can actually see the seatbelt hanging down
0:13:12 > 0:13:14so that's definitely not being worn.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18So we'll have a chat and, unless this driver's got some sort of
0:13:18 > 0:13:19medical exemption...
0:13:21 > 0:13:23At this point, I suppose, obviously people start to put their
0:13:23 > 0:13:24seatbelts on normally, do they?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Yeah, which is why I'm just having a quick look,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30keeping an eye on it, looking at what he's doing.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I'll tell you what, his instincts were right, because you can
0:13:32 > 0:13:36very clearly see now the guy hasn't got his seatbelt on.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37- Hello, sir.- How are you doing?
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- Actually, you're the reason why I've stopped.- Oh, right?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42You do know it's an offence to be a passenger in
0:13:42 > 0:13:44a motor vehicle whilst not wearing a seatbelt?
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Mind yourself as you get out.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- It won't do up anyway. - Won't do up? OK.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50His excuse is that in this car
0:13:50 > 0:13:53the seatbelt is simply not big enough to go round him.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57I've got a... When I drive the lorry, I've got the...
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- An extension.- Yeah. - OK, so if you're in another vehicle,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01you should be carrying that extension with you.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02I just got picked up to go
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- drop the lorry off and left it in the lorry.- OK.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06I don't want you to be involved in a collision,
0:14:06 > 0:14:07which may not be your driver's fault,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10it may not be anyone's fault, but if you're not wearing a seatbelt...
0:14:10 > 0:14:12We've literally just come away from a collision where
0:14:12 > 0:14:14a lady's been ejected from the vehicle.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Admittedly, she took her seatbelt off to try and help the person
0:14:17 > 0:14:19who's become unwell in the car but, as a result of that,
0:14:19 > 0:14:23she's been ejected from the car and become injured.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I would never wish that upon you. OK?
0:14:25 > 0:14:28If that goes into a wall, it's going to be quite horrible.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Jay's doing a wonderful job there.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32He's keeping the road safe and, you know,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35I quite admire the fact that he's so dedicated to what he's doing.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37I look at someone like that guy there and
0:14:37 > 0:14:39he can't wear the seatbelt because of his size and he's
0:14:39 > 0:14:44forgotten his extension, and I... personally, I find that very hard.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Let's have a look at the facts.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48This gentleman's reason for not wearing
0:14:48 > 0:14:51a seatbelt is that it's not long enough to go round him.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54But is this reason enough for Jay to let him off a fine?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57The way I'm going to deal with it is by way of a fixed penalty notice.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Like I say, a £100 fine payable within 28 days.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01I'm afraid not.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05It's a £100 on-the-spot fine and, to be honest, after what we've
0:15:05 > 0:15:09seen this morning, I wouldn't want to risk not belting up.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13I suppose if you don't do it, people don't change their ways.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15I got a ticket. £100 fine.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- Ouch.- Yeah.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19How do you feel about it?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- BLEEP- off, really. - Yeah.- A bit gutted.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25- Yeah.- We were only going 200 yards down there as well.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27- That's where the yard is, on Redmond Road.- Is it?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Just turning into the yard.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31What will you tell the missus when you get home?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- Don't know. I'll have to think about that.- How will she take it?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- Will she be a bit annoyed?- Yeah.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38It's money we ain't got.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- It's ruined your weekend, hasn't it?- Yeah.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46I felt sorry for him. That's where I would never make a good copper,
0:15:46 > 0:15:49because if I felt sorry for someone, I'd let them off.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I totally appreciate you've got a job to do.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55What he did was wrong, it's illegal, and what you've done is right.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I'd have gone, "Oh, go on, don't do it again."
0:15:57 > 0:16:00But I suppose people don't learn their lesson then, do they?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01We can use education.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05We can say to someone, "Here's a lesson, you've got to learn it."
0:16:05 > 0:16:08But on that instance, I think, "No, you are a professional..."
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Again, he's a lorry driver, he's a professional driver,
0:16:10 > 0:16:12he's got the stuff. He should know better.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Ah, this green and pleasant land that I love so much...
0:16:26 > 0:16:29..is under attack from fly-tippers.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30We've all seen it.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32The flat tyre on the side of the road,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35the rusty fridge in a hedge,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38or the smashed-up TV in a lay-by.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41I go out into the countryside and I see mattresses,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43I see plastic bottles, I see food bags,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45and I don't like it.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Fly-tipping should be, like, fined on the spot.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50It's a good way to discourage people immediately from what they're doing.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Somebody's dumping their rubbish for somebody else to have to clean up
0:16:53 > 0:16:57- and I don't like it when I see that.- No. I agree.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00I think they should be fined if they could be caught, yes.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06In Nelson, Pendle Council has stepped up the campaign to
0:17:06 > 0:17:07clamp down on fly-tippers.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12For those caught doing the deed,
0:17:12 > 0:17:14the penalty may be up to £50,000...
0:17:15 > 0:17:18..or, for some offenders, up to a five-year stint in prison.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Despite the threat of prosecution, some would still rather take
0:17:24 > 0:17:28the risk than pay a small charge to the local tip like the rest of us.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35Taking on the fight against the fly-tippers is Lesley Brooks...
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Somewhere in this mess,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39there's going to be an address.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44..and her comrade in the battle against illegal dumping, Jon Yurek.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46This is the irony of it,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49is, "Made with household waste saved from landfill,"
0:17:49 > 0:17:50and it's been fly-tipped.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Today, they're out on the prowl.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Sharing biscuits...
0:18:05 > 0:18:06..and a van.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- RADIO PLAYS - What the hell?
0:18:09 > 0:18:10This could be a long day.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19A local resident has given them a valuable tip-off.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Two bags have been dumped by two men
0:18:23 > 0:18:25that pulled up in a van this morning.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Binmen have taken one bag but the other bag of rubbish is still
0:18:30 > 0:18:33outside the rear of this property.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37If they're able to prove it's been fly-tipped then there could be
0:18:37 > 0:18:39a fine on the way for the culprit.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42The good citizen that called it in is Shafqat.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Right, do you want to show me...?
0:18:45 > 0:18:49So, in the morning I came out, we normally put our things out here,
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- and next to our bins there were two extra bags.- Right.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53And I just wondered what it was.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56I checked my CCTV and there was a van that pulled up over there,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- a blue van.- Yeah. - There were around four men in there.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I've got the CCTV, I've got a camera just fitted two weeks ago.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- There and one there.- So...- I can show you the CCTV if you want me to.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11- Right, yes. Yes, please. Yeah. If I can see that.- Yeah, no problem.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14It was only recently I noticed my car was getting scratched
0:19:14 > 0:19:19so just two weeks ago I had the CCTV cameras installed, just
0:19:19 > 0:19:22basically to make sure the car wasn't damaged
0:19:22 > 0:19:25by any people walking past.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Well, first I thought, I mean, "Why are they dumping rubbish?"
0:19:28 > 0:19:30And they knew exactly where they were dumping it.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34So first I didn't even look at the bags because I didn't know
0:19:34 > 0:19:36what was in them. So I rang the council up
0:19:36 > 0:19:39and they said just leave them there for evidence.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42So it was a bit strange, really, cos they just dumped
0:19:42 > 0:19:44the rubbish and then zoomed off.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Hopefully if they get caught and fined it'll stop other people
0:19:47 > 0:19:49from doing this kind of stuff.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53- Do you want me to take my shoes off? - If you don't mind.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Glad to see you using your manners, Lesley.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- OK, so I've got the CCTV footage here for you.- OK.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Oh, lovely.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02OK, so here they are getting out of the van.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Right, OK.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Goes to the back...
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- He knows exactly what he's doing. - Yeah, yeah.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16He's not looking around.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Shafqat's caught the whole sorry tale on camera...
0:20:21 > 0:20:23..and there he is with two bags of rubbish.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Could this mean a fine for fly-tipping?
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- Can you see him coming behind? - Yeah.- This is my bin here...
0:20:33 > 0:20:36..and here he comes and he just dumps them there.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44And he goes back.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- So there he's got some... looks like pillows.- Yeah.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54The other guy's now coming with the cushions.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58He's coming back and you'll see him come over here and then dump them.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- You'll see, watch. - Into the garden. Yeah.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03And they're off.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05But it doesn't stop at CCTV.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10This budding Sherlock made sure he got the van's registration plate.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13It's all evidence that could add towards a fine.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- So you can see the guy...- Yeah. - ..sitting in the van there.- Yeah.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- And then I got a good picture of the registration.- Oh, right, brilliant.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23Now, you'd think Shafqat couldn't be any more helpful,
0:21:23 > 0:21:24but hold your horses.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- You can...- Do you have an e-mail address? I can send you...
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- Yeah, yeah.- I've got the video footage already in an e-mail.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31- I can send it to you. - Oh, brilliant, yeah.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Have you got... a piece of paper? Okey doke.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Perfect. Thank you very much. I'll be in touch, then.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- I'll go and sort it out there. Thank you.- Thank you.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Thank goodness there are some upstanding citizens around.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46More often than not, people see stuff and then we just have
0:21:46 > 0:21:49to search through it and find the evidence but on this occasion
0:21:49 > 0:21:52we've obviously got the story from start to finish, if you will.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54But before they can proceed with that fine,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57they've got to bag and tag the crime scene.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00It's a filthy job... but you know what they say.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02What will happen with this,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05we'll link it to the offender,
0:22:05 > 0:22:07either from the person from the vehicle
0:22:07 > 0:22:11or if there's any evidence amongst the fly-tip.
0:22:11 > 0:22:17So Jon's just searching it and I'm taking photographs.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20It's surely only a matter of time before Jon and Lesley catch up
0:22:20 > 0:22:25with these fly-tippers, and when they do, they could face a £400 fine...
0:22:26 > 0:22:30..or as much as a massive 50 grand.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33The alternative isn't any better either.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Anyone fancy a five-year jail sentence?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37I found a photo frame.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42A baby!
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Spare us the family photos, Jon.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46OK, happy with that?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Yeah, happy with that. Right, OK, thank you. I'll be in touch.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50See you later. Bye.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55I think it's time we had a look at the facts.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Bags of rubbish dumped in an alleyway,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59a van registration,
0:22:59 > 0:23:01and the villains caught on CCTV.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04OK, Lesley, what's the verdict?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Fly-tipping fixed penalty would be a £400 fine.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11So it's a £400 fine for fly-tipping.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12But that's not all.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15They were working as drivers for a well-known charity...
0:23:15 > 0:23:16but not any more.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20They've said that they won't tolerate this sort of behaviour
0:23:20 > 0:23:22and their contracts have been terminated.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24So, fly-tippers, be warned.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Next up, I'm in Wiltshire...
0:23:30 > 0:23:32..with traffic cop Warren Knight...
0:23:35 > 0:23:38..the scourge of the county's speeders, drink-drivers,
0:23:38 > 0:23:40uninsured motorists
0:23:40 > 0:23:41and tubby truckers.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44Tubby truckers?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Surely you can't get a fine for that.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- He's overloaded on his rear axle. - What? This front on the tractor?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56- Drive.- Drive axle, yeah.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Oh, I see. The truck is overweight.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Actually, it's a serious business.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05More than half of fatal accidents on motorways involve HGVs.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10This driver has been pulled on a routine check at a weighbridge -
0:24:10 > 0:24:13a large metal platform with scales underneath
0:24:13 > 0:24:16on which he has to park his truck.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20So is this beast of a truck going to land its Polish driver
0:24:20 > 0:24:23in a whole load of bother in the shape of an on-the-spot fine?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Sadly, it's not just overloading
0:24:26 > 0:24:28that has trucks like this inspected these days.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- Do you ever look in the back of these vehicles?- Yeah, yeah.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- Often we will do, yeah.- Yeah.- Yeah. - Have you ever spotted the obvious?
0:24:34 > 0:24:40- You know, people in there.- Yeah, we had one about six weeks ago.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41This was an interesting one.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- This had a human-trafficking marker on ANPR.- Oh, OK.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47So it came up to say it was involved in human trafficking.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51We brought it into the weighbridge, it was overloaded,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53the driver was a foreign national,
0:24:53 > 0:24:57he had no driving licence, he had no insurance, and in the back of
0:24:57 > 0:25:02this very overweight vehicle, I noticed something moving, and
0:25:02 > 0:25:05there were three people underneath all the goods in the back.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- What happened to that person? - He got arrested.- Right.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Yeah, he got arrested.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12I don't think this driver is facing arrest but
0:25:12 > 0:25:15he could be staring down a pretty hefty fine.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18On a lorry, each axle has its own weight limit
0:25:18 > 0:25:21so, for a multi-axle vehicle, it can really add up.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Are you aware you're about to receive fines and penalties
0:25:28 > 0:25:32for being overweight, possibly in the hundreds of pounds?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- It's a very big penalty. - Very big penalty.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Yeah, but this is your law, yeah?
0:25:38 > 0:25:43This is your rules and you have to be OK, yeah?
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Yes.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47If we come to England, we have to...
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- You have to abide by the law. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Did the officer tell you how much it's going to cost you?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- Yeah.- Possibly £400 or £500. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00That's an awful lot of money in fines.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Unfortunately.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06The vehicle there, it's massively overweight.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09The handling of the vehicle, the handling characteristics,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12where the load shifts and moves about, obviously it just doesn't
0:26:12 > 0:26:16manoeuvre the same way because the acceleration changes and the braking
0:26:16 > 0:26:19is impacted because the vehicle isn't designed to carry that weight.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21The brakes are designed for certain efficiencies.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24It won't brake in the same way if it was a normal weight.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27So he'd have to allow a far greater distance
0:26:27 > 0:26:31and if he's not paying attention and he's not got enough time,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33he'll just plough into the back of somebody.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35So let's weigh up the facts.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39As they say at diet clubs, apparently the scales don't lie,
0:26:39 > 0:26:41and that is one heavy truck.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43So what's the damage?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Now what's happening here?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48My colleague's going to issue him with a fixed penalty notice.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50- It doesn't attract points, this type of offence.- Yeah.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52But it will attract a fine which,
0:26:52 > 0:26:57because he lives outside the UK, that fine is payable now, basically.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58Come here, buddy.
0:26:59 > 0:27:04This fine, you know, has got to be paid tonight. Did you know that?
0:27:04 > 0:27:06- Yeah, yeah, yeah.- Yeah?
0:27:06 > 0:27:10- Everything is OK, yeah. - Oh, good! I hope it is.- Yeah.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14It turns out he was only overweight on two axles
0:27:14 > 0:27:17so it's a £200 on-the-spot fine,
0:27:17 > 0:27:21and when I say on-the-spot, this time I mean on-the-spot.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25What happens if his card doesn't go through, which I think is going...
0:27:25 > 0:27:28that's what's happening now, and he hasn't got enough?
0:27:28 > 0:27:30He would get arrested, taken to the police station,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- put before the court in the morning. - Oh, wow.- Potentially, yeah.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38If he can't pay. If he can't pay... He has to pay his fine,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- because if we let him go, he'll never pay his fine.- Yeah.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Unlike in the UK, where we would send a summons to the UK address,
0:27:44 > 0:27:48we can't do that with the EU, because it's very difficult...
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- Of course.- ..to serve the summons in the first place.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53So the fine will have to be paid.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01His problems are not over yet because his credit card's not
0:28:01 > 0:28:04going through and he's trying to get his bosses in Germany to pay the bill.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05If it doesn't get paid,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Paul from Poland is going to be spending the night here.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09It's cold, it's wet, it's miserable,
0:28:09 > 0:28:12it's a Sunday evening and the football's on.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14He might be staying here - I'm certainly not.