West Yorkshire Police officers reveal worst bad driving excuses they've heard

West Yorkshire Police officers have spoken on the worst excuses they’ve heard for driving offences committed across the region.

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00:00The worst excuse I've ever heard for an offence is when I've witnessed a vehicle

00:03swerving between lanes and then cutting somebody up on a roundabout.

00:06When I've stopped them they've had a pot of sauce from a fast food restaurant balanced

00:10on the steering wheel and their excuse for bad driving was they didn't want to spill the sauce.

00:14The worst excuse that I've heard for an offence is when dealing with a motorist who was speeding

00:20told me that the reason he was speeding was because he was tired and trying to get home

00:23quickly. The most unusual incident I think I have dealt with personally was a gentleman who thought

00:30it was appropriate to take his mobility scooter onto a motorway with the excuse that it was the

00:35fastest route home for him. So the most unusual incident I've ever dealt with is when I stopped

00:39a vehicle to conduct a vehicle inspection on it. The child was in a seat but not a car seat. The

00:46father had actually strapped the child into a seat that you'd use to put a child in the bath with

00:51and wrap the seat belt around it so it was dealt with for that offence. Probably one of the most

00:55common excuses is that they weren't aware that it was an offence that they committed. Members of the

01:01public can keep the road safe by starting at the very basics. Don't speed, arguably one of the most

01:07common and easiest things to fall foul of but also similarly the easiest thing to make sure that

01:14we're doing right. Don't speed, wear your seat belts, don't drink and drive, certainly don't use any

01:19mobile phones and make sure that we're affording the correct attention to the road whilst we're driving on

01:25these.