Andrew Griffith, the Arundel and South Downs MP, spent the Easter Bank Holiday with the Sussex Roads Policing Unit to mark the launch a national operation to tackle dangerous drivers on rural roads.
Operation Apex, funded by the Department for Transport, builds on the leading work of Sussex Police’s Operation Downsway which aims to reduce dangerous driving, collisions and deaths on Sussex roads.
Sussex Police relaunched their efforts to tackle those abusing Sussex roads over the Easter weekend, responding to the concerns of communities around driving and riding behaviours of dangerous drivers.
The police are seeking views from communities about issues on the roads around them to help inform their operation. You can submit views at: http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/WC7VDL
Mr Griffith spent the launch day with traffic officers in an unmarked car, observing dangerous drivers across Sussex and the prosecution of perpetrators by Sussex Police.
Commenting on the operation, South Downs MP Andrew Griffith said:
“I am pleased that Sussex Police are dedicating resources to keeping our rural roads safe.
Riding along with the Roads Policing Unit on Easter Monday, I saw first hand a worrying level of dangerous driving, which the police tackled effectively, that could have easily led to horrible consequences.
No one should be using the West Sussex countryside as a racetrack – Sussex Police has my full support has they enter another year taking on dangerous drivers.”
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Photograph 1 - Andrew Griffith MP with PC Steve Bucksey, Motorcycle KSI Reduction Officer, Sussex Police Roads Policing Unit.
Photograph 2 - Andrew Griffith MP with PC Chrissy Romero at the traffic noise ‘hotspot’ of A272 in Wisborough Green, West Sussex.
Photograph 3 - Andrew Griffith MP with visiting police motorcyclists from other forces as part of ‘Op Apex’ over the Easter weekend.
