More than 3,000 offences were committed by drivers during Police Scotland’s latest crackdown on bad driving.
Throughout the four-day operation last week, more than 2,000 drivers were stopped for speeding, 12 offenders were charged with dangerous driving, a further 57 charged with driving carelessly and more than 1,000 detected committing other offences by patrolling officers.
Drivers detected speeding include a number travelling at twice the speed limit outside schools, a motorcyclist speeding at more than 100mph and the driver of an articulated lorry who was driving at speeds of almost 70mph in a 50mph speed limit.
A 27-year-old Perthshire man was also found to be driving while disqualified and without insurance as part of the investigation. He had removed his electronic tag.
A quantity of cash and a small quantity of drugs were also found in the vehicle he was driving. The cash was seized and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
Head of road policing for Police Scotland, Superintendent Iain Murray, said: “It is regrettable that so many drivers have not taken heed of our road safety messages, despite all of our warnings, and have been detected during this initiative.
“Driver behaviour of the kind we have seen during this week can result in serious or fatal consequences and we cannot tolerate such selfish and inconsiderate actions on our roads.
“It is encouraging that members of the public agree and are prepared to report these drivers to the police. They have our assurance that we will continue to work with them to make our roads safer.
“Although this particular initiative has passed, Police Scotland will continue to be proactive 24 hours a day in respect of road safety providing education and enforcing legislation where appropriate.
“The message is clear don’t risk it.”
The initiative was also supported by all eight safety camera partnerships.