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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