Fourteen fixed penalty notices for excess speed were issued during a major road safety campaign in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area, police have revealed.
Seven advice and warnings were also issued for various offences including vehicle excise and defects in the initiative held last Thursday.
The figures were released by police in Derry this morning.
District Commander Superintendent Mark McEwan said: “We made a number of detections throughout the day for a range of offences including excess speed.
“Just as importantly however we had the opportunity to engage with the public around our road safety messages whether it was through presentations at local primary schools, speaking with parents at the school gate, or taking a few minutes to speak with people going about their day.
“Road safety really is everyone’s responsibility and the more we can do to educate people the safer our roads will be. There will still be that small minority who disregard the speed limits, drink and drive or think its fine to use a mobile phone while driving and Thursday’s operation proves that we will catch you and you will face the consequences.
“On a good day those consequences will be a fixed penalty notice or a trip to court – on a bad day it’s our job to knock on the door of the family of the loved one who was killed in a high speed collision or knocked down because a driver thought it more important to answer a text than focus on the road.
"Sadly, those days are still too regular but the more we can do to raise awareness and change attitudes towards road safety, the fewer doors we will have to knock on.”
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