Police issued tickets for not wearing a seatbelt in these Leeds areas on Thursday

Roads Policing Officers issued eight tickets for not wearing a seatbelt in Leeds on Thursday.

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Yesterday, Roads Policing Officers were patrolling the Guiseley, Yeadon & Rawdon areas, tackling offences that make up the #Fatal4 as part of Operation SPARC.

A number of tickets were given out for various issues, police said.

Police issued tickets for not wearing a seatbelt in these Leeds areas on Thursday
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Police issued tickets for not wearing a seatbelt in these Leeds areas on Thursday cc WYPRPU

However, "perhaps most concerning" to police were eight tickets issued for not wearing a seatbelt.

Officers - posting on social media - said: "It takes less than a second to clip a seatbelt into place and can be the difference between life and death in a crash."

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