MORE than 200 motorists were caught using their mobile phone behind the wheel during a week-long crackdown by officers across Hampshire.

A total of 204 drivers were stopped by police from the joint operations unit between January 28 and February 3, as part of a nationwide initiative to make our roads safer.

The week of action also saw another 17 drivers stopped for being distracted while driving.

Of those stopped, 166 were men, 180 were issued with fixed penalty notices, 132 were driving cars and 61 were behind the wheel of a van.

Most of the stops – 130 – happened on urban roads, with another 55 pulled over on the hard shoulder of the M27, M275 and M271 motorways.