Both UK road policing officers, atop horseback, pursued and stopped the driver of a car who they suspected to be on a call while driving.

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By India Today World Desk: Two mounted police officials of the United Kingdom’s National Police Chief’s Council chased down a man spotted holding his mobile phone while driving.

Both officers, atop horseback, pursued and stopped the driver of a car who they suspected to be on a call while driving. In the UK, the police have been designated the task nationwide to check the number of drivers using a phone while behind wheels.

Taking to Twitter, Avon and Somerset Police’s road safety unit ASPolice Roads Policing (RPU) shared the incident wherein two officers on horses were seen chasing down a silver car. Upon stopping the driver, the police told him, “You know you shouldn’t be using your phone.”

To which, the driver replied, “No, no music. I have a problem.” The officer then replied, “But you’re driving and you’re on the phone and I can see there’s a phone call ongoing.”

“Officers from ASPoliceHorses have been supporting OpTelecom, our operation to clamp down on the risk posed by drivers who use their phone at the wheel. This driver was sighted and stopped on East Reach, Taunton Drivers face 6 points and £200 fine if caught using a phone,” the road policing unit wrote on Twitter.

The UK authorities also said that a violator would be issued with a traffic offence report and they would be issued with a £200 fine plus six points on his licence, or the violator could take up the matter to court.

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ASPoliceHorses shared images of mounted police officers, patrolling different locations.

Avon and Somerset Police also said that the video was filmed on March 7.