Buckle up and leave that phone alone.

That is the message from the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership and Kent Police as they attempt to clamp down on motorists caught on camera while using a phone or not wearing a seatbelt.

Officers from both will be on patrol across the area on Friday, February 20 and February 21. Anyone spotted on camera using a phone or not wearing a seatbelt will be pulled over.

A mobile phone offence carries a £60 fine and three points and a seatbelt offence results in a £30 fine. The driver will also be fined if children under 14 are not restrained correctly.

Ch Insp Roscoe Walford, head of roads policing said: “There are four main factors that contribute to collisions that end with serious consequences, they are speeding, being distracted while driving (talking on the telephone), not wearing seat belts and drink driving.”