Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / August 2007

I hate Plod week.

Operation Helical has today been launched by North Yorkshire police.

Intensive police action will target dangerous, careless and
irresponsible
road users, and officers warn that they will take firm, decisive action
against offenders.

These include drivers using a hand-held phone while driving, crossing
double
white lines, and speeding. Drivers and passengers not wearing seatbelts
are
also a priority target.

Expert analysis has highlighted 39 stretches of road with poor accident
records, but Deputy Chief Constable Adam Briggs warns: "It is not roads
that
cause accidents - it is drivers and riders. We will be concentrating
resources on those 39 identified routes and we will act positively
against
anyone we see endangering other road users."

The reality is that the police will employ a zero-tolerance approach and
even those travelling just 2 or 3 mph over the limit will be targeted.
For
the first time in NY, the police will be using:-

. Autovision. This gives irrefutable evidence of speeding individuals
and
which can be deployed on any road at any time. Autovision records the
speed
and registration number of passing vehicles - together with a picture of
the
driver's face.

. Automatic Number Plate Recognition system to read and check the
numbers of
passing vehicles. Computers instantly check whether each vehicle is
taxed or
insured and its owner has a driving licence; the vehicles may be seized.

Western Area
Craven District
1 A65 Skipton to Gargrave Road. Skipton Bypass A59 junction to Gargrave
2 A59 Beamsley Bank
3 A65 Austwick to Settle
4 B6479 junction of the B6255 to Austwick Road

Harrogate District
5 A61 North Harrogate to Ripon
6 A59 Travellers rest to Fewston
7 A6055 Knaresborough to Boroughbridge
8 A658 Harrogate Bypass - A661 to A61

Richmond District
9 A66 Scotch Corner to Newsham
10 A684 Patrick Brompton to Leyburn
11 A6108 Leyburn to Middleham
12 A684 Hawes to Aysgarth

Eastern Area
Scarborough District
13 A170 Wykham to Scarborough
14 A171 Egton to Whitby
15 A171 Fylingdales to Cloughton
16 A165 Scarborough to Reighton

Ryedale District
17 B1257 Malton to Helmsley
18 A169 Malton Bypass to Low Marishes
19 A170 Kirbymoorside to Pickering
20 A169 Pickering to Saltergate bank

Hambleton District
21 A684 Northallerton to A19
22 B1257
23 A684 Northallerton to A1
24 A167 Northallerton to Great Smeaton

Central Area
York District
26 A64 Copmanthorpe Top - Hopgrove Roundabout
27 A64 Hopgrove Roundabout to Sandhutton
28 A1237 Copmanthorpe Top to Hopgrove Roundabout
29 A59 Boroughbridge Road from A1237 to Moor Monkton
Crossroads
30 A1079 Grimston Roundabout to Kexby Bridge
31 A166 Grimston Roundabout to Gate Helmsley
32 A19 Fulford Interchange to Escrick (Skipwith Road)

Selby District
33 A64 Bramham to the A1237 York Bypass
34 A19 Escrick (Skipwith Road) to Selby Bypass
35 A19 Selby Bypass to Whitley Bridge
36 B1222 From the A1 to the A162
37 B1222 From the A162 to Cawood
38 A162 from the A64 to Brotherton
39 A63 From the A1 up to and including the Selby Bypass