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Drivers urged to ditch the phone and belt up!

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 17:20, 19 February 2009

Updated: 16:01, 02 May 2019

Motorists who break the law by talking on mobiles or not wearing a seatbelt could get a swift punishment in a Kent-wide initiative.

The Kent and Medway Safety Camera Partnership is working together with Kent Police to film motorists breaking the law and issue fixed penalty notices.


Watch video footage of reporter Helen Geraghty out with the enforcers at the top of this page


In one 90-minute session at Sandgate, 40 drivers were caught without a seatbelt and a further four were filmed talking on their phones.

Punishment is a £30 fine for not wearing a seatbelt and a £60 fine with three points for using a mobile.

Katherine Barrett, communications officer for K&MSCP said the special one-week filming clampdown would run at safety camera sites until February 22.

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