Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

Some timely information below (with thanks to Greenwich Cyclists) on police action against motorists.

From: MPS Press Bureau [mailto:mpspressbureau@btconnect.com]
Sent: 25 May 2012 11:59
Subject: Operation Cubo: 555 cars seized - latest from NSY

In the latest day of action against uninsured drivers in London a further 555 cars were seized and 85 people arrested.

The ninth Operation Cubo, which took place on Thursday 24 May again featured hundreds of officers across London targeting uninsured drivers to disrupt criminal activity. As with all the previous days of action, boroughs were supported by Traffic, Territorial Support Group, Safer Transport Command and other teams in the co-ordinated series of operations, which included road-side check points.

This forms part of a commitment by the Commissioner in October last year to target criminals and disrupt their activities. Since the first Cubo over 4,500 vehicles have been seized, in addition to the thousands of cars which are removed from the streets during day to day business. Hundreds of people have also been arrested for a range offences since the renewed push on uninsured drivers began.

Uninsured drivers are more likely to be involved in criminal activity, five times more likely to be involved in collisions and less likely to have vehicles in a road-worthy condition. A number of the arrests and seizures made yesterday demonstrate how Cubo is disrupting criminal activity. There were arrests for a range of offences, including four suspected gang nominals in Enfield for possession of CS spray; theft of vehicles, possession with intent to supply heroin, crack and cannabis. There have been a number of disqualified drivers arrested during the operation.

Operation Cubo 'Silver', Chief Superintendent Rob Jones, from Newham said: "The ninth Operation Cubo achieved excellent results, with many boroughs - including Safer Transport Command, Ealing, Hackney, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Bromley, Croydon, Tower Hamlets, Havering, Greenwich and Newham achieving over 20 seizures. Hammersmith and Fulham had their highest ever seizures with 19. All over London, teams worked very hard in the heat, with arrests for a range of offences, including suspected gang suspects in possession of CS Spray.

"Over four and a half thousand vehicles have now been seized on Cubo operations, removing uninsured vehicles from our streets. Cubo is a very visible tactic that deters criminals and reassures law abiding people. Traffic OCU played a leading role in the planning of this Cubo operation, and their support to boroughs was key to our success."

Operation Cubo was launched in October 2011. There have been nine days of action since then and the total number vehicles seized during these days is 4547; arrests: 767.

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