Wiltshire drivers are being warned they cannot get away with motoring offences as the county's police force launches a new operation.

Wiltshire Police has launched Project Zero, an initiative that looks to enforce the Road Traffic Act and cut the number of accidents on Wiltshire’s roads.

They took to the streets of Swindon on Wednesday to launch the project, taking down a number of drivers who had been committing offences.

Among the misdemeanours were driving through a red light, not wearing a seatbelt, and using a phone whilst driving.

Sergeant Will Ayers, from Wiltshire's Roads Policing Unit, said: “Project Zero is the Roads Policing Unit embedding themselves in one particular area of the community in Wiltshire, and working in conjunction with the neighbourhood and response teams to target any form of a road-related offence or offenders.

“Statistically the main offences that contribute to death and serious injury on the road are careless and dangerous driving, excess speed, mobile phones, not wearing a seatbelt and drink/drug driving.”

Many motorists have found out the hard way as officers targeted vehicles in Swindon on Wednesday.

The RPU's Wiltshire Specialist Operations account has been tweeting about the various stops they made throughout the day.

One person’s money went down the drain within five minutes as police took their newly-bought vehicle off the road.

The vehicle was seized as the driver had no insurance and no driving licence.

Despite saying they did not smoke cannabis, a Mercedes driver was arrested on suspicion of drug driving.

The driver now faces a possible ban from the roads.

A van driver is likely to land himself in hot water with their boss after they were caught using a mobile phone behind the wheel of their commercial vehicle.

Officers were left shocked and bewildered after they found a child in the front seat of a car that was not properly restrained.

But even worse was the fact there was a suitable car seat in the back seats of the Mercedes.

Moreover, the driver was on their mobile phone at the time and was reported for all the offences.

Elsewhere, a HGV was pulled over after the driver was not wearing a seatbelt.

They are now likely to face a fine and points on their licence.

A truck driver in Swindon was also reported for an insecure load on the back of the vehicle.

The driver was also spotted using their mobile phone.

Various motorists have faced a long walk home after the roads policing unit seized various vehicles for no insurance and no licence.

In one case a driver’s vehicle was taken away after their licence expired.

The motorist had a Romanian licence which was only valid in the UK for a year

However, the driver had also lived in the UK between five and six years.