MORE than 200 drivers were caught speeding in just three hours when a safety camera van was used in Bournemouth.

The shocking figure, which included a driver travelling at 64mph in a 40mph zone, has been revealed by Dorset Police following a day of action across the conurbation.

A total of 211 were caught on camera.

Teams of officers went out on to the roads to look for motorists breaking the law.

Eleven people were given £100 fines for failing to wear their seatbelts and four received six penalty points and a £200 fine for using mobile phones behind the wheel.

Four vehicles were seized because they had no insurance. Drivers now face six points on their licences and fines of £300.

Officers also stopped two vehicles with no MOT, two for tinted window offences and one driver was not allowed to drive until he replaced his windscreen due to a significant crack.

The day-long crackdown marked the start of a new campaign designed to tackle motoring offences.

Dorset Police are loosely basing the campaign on the Cards Against Humanity game where participants are given the opportunity to make the right or wrong choice.

It aims to tackle what officers call the fatal five - mobile phone use, failing to wear a seat belt, drink or drug driving, speeding and careless or inconsiderate driving.

Drivers stopped during the day included a van driver who ranted at police after being stopped for using a hand-held mobile phone.

He said: “That is an absolute joke.You’re joking - six points just for using Google Maps?

“It’s unfair. I see millions of people using their phones. There should be a course where you can learn how to drive safely using a phone.”

The campaign is being run by the Dorset Road Safety Partnership which includes Dorset Police, the Police and Crime Commissioner, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council, Dorset Council, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Highways England, Public Health Dorset and the Safewise charity.

Chair of the partnership, Assistant Chief Constable Julie Fielding, said: “We’re now seeing 30 per cent less people killed and seriously injured on our roads each year versus 2012 and this is a positive step. However, we cannot be complacent. It is vital that we continue to find new and innovative ways to prevent casualties on our roads.

“Everyone would like to think they are a considerate driver, but sometimes life gets in the way and one error of judgement can sometimes have catastrophic consequences.

“This unique campaign will hopefully remind us that we are all human and have the ability to make the right choices and show humanity towards each other.”

Campaign messages will be shared on social media, billboards throughout Dorset, roadside signs, advertising trailers on roundabouts and other local authority highways as well as other advertising channels.

Police hope the Cards Against Humanity message will reach more people than more traditional campaigns used in the county