ANOTHER 150 motorists were snared by police during the latest phase of a crackdown on dangerous driving.

The total for week three of phase two of Operation Steerside included a motorist caught speeding above 80mph in a 40mph zone in Bradford city centre.

Sgt Cameron Buchan, who is leading the operation, said the driver's actions put him in breach of a Section 59 warning and he subsequently had his car seized.

"It was his second qualifying incident in a 12-month period," said Sgt Buchan.

The motorist was one of 42 drivers caught speeding in the district last week. There were also seven motorists caught using a mobile phone at the wheel; 66 caught not wearing a seat belt; 12 vehicles stopped for having no insurance; and 23 snared for other road-related offences. A further nine vehicles were seized.

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Sgt Buchan said: "I keep repeating this, but it is keeping the momentum going. If you pardon the pun, it is motoring on.

"We are going out there and achieving good results."

Phase two of Operation Steerside has seen 443 drivers caught and 30 vehicles seized. That is made up of: speeding 116; mobile phone use 31; not wearing a seat belt 193; no insurance 31; and other road-related offences 72.

Sgt Buchan also encouraged people to send in dangerous driving footage that was of evidential value, including film from dash-cameras and head-cameras.

"I would encourage members of the public, if they feel significantly aggrieved and they have evidence, to provide it.

"I would any member of the public to get in touch. But they must appreciate that anything they have must be of evidential value."

He added that any video footage must have a date and time stamp on it, and that a person providing evidence must be willing to give a statement.

Sgt Buchan said one example of officers successfully following up on video footage provided came from a motorcyclist's head-camera that caught a driver using a mobile phone at the wheel.

Sgt Buchan also said his team of officers are continuing to act on tip-offs about dangerous driving hotspots that they receive from members of the public.

He said they have made visits to The Avenue in Clayton - in marked and unmarked cars - after residents and local councillors claimed the road was being used like a race-track.

They told of drivers using the wrong side of the road to race other cars and insisted the village as a whole had yet to see any benefits from Operation Steerside.

Sgt Buchan said: "It is one of a few places we have been."