Drones, dogs and roadside stops in new West Midlands roads operation

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Police across Birmingham, Solihull, the Black Country, Wolverhampton and Coventry are mounting a force-wide crackdown on dangerous driving under Operation Advance. This report looks at how drones, police dogs and insurance data are being used to target speeding, drink and drug driving, mobile phone use and uninsured cars – and asks whether one day of intense enforcement can really change how people drive on West Midlands roads.

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00:00Dangerous driving has become routine across the West Midlands

00:05with collisions, near misses and reckless shortcuts

00:07turning ordinary trips into something far riskier than they should be.

00:11Operation Advance is now being used to push back

00:14with patrols spread across Birmingham, Solihull, Black Country and Coventry

00:18to target the vital four offences, uninsured cars and vehicles tied to criminal activity.

00:25Marked units, unmarked cars, bikes, drones and police dogs

00:28are working the same corridors at the same time

00:31using insurance data and INPR to pull suspect vehicles straight out of the traffic.

00:37Police either focuses on the behaviours most likely to kill or injure people

00:41and on closing the gap between everyday standards

00:44and the rules meant to protect the public.

00:47The force points to recent falls in deaths and serious injuries

00:51but the numbers remain high and uninsured driving is still among the worst in the country.

00:57Roadside stops also keep turning up stolen vehicles, weapons and drugs

01:02showing how road crime links into the region's broader criminal networks.

01:06A one day surge makes a statement but lasting change depends on steady enforcement

01:12and the sense that unsafe driving will be challenged whenever it happens.

01:16Police argue this is the long term direction with road harm teams, commercial vehicle units

01:22and the motor insurance bureau forming a wider push rather than a single burst.

01:28The test will be whether this pressure is maintained.

01:31If it is, behaviour may shift and adjourners may become safer.

01:36If not, dangerous driving will continue to feel like part of the Edredale landscape.

01:40The aerosoling the air is still a wide way to ensure that it is usable.

01:45The aerosoling is also quite a wide range of levels of non-spotions and the air,

01:49the aerosoling system can become safer and more responsible for a poor body.

01:50The aerosoling is also quite a wide range of tyres.

01:51The aerosoling is quite a wide range of tyres.

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