A crackdown on bad driving will not divert resources from everyday work, police have announced.Instead all officers will be obliged to ticket motorists they see breaking the law over the coming months.Inspector Phil Lewis of the Roads Policing Unit said the Selective Traffic Enforcement Programme was launched in response to “obvious increases in bad driving habits over the last year”.He singled out impaired drivers as one of the worst culprits.“We don’t have the exact amount, but I can tell you it’s over 50 percent of serious accidents and fatalities,” Insp Lewis said.He described it as “the number-one issue in the Island for years”.Driving without due care, speeding, and driving while using a cell phone are among the other top offences which police will book without issuing a caution.A gallery of pictures depicting bad driving in action was made public for educational purposes, not to book any motorists, Insp Lewis said.“We wanted to get attention, and we did,” Insp Lewis said.He added that he’d been “amazed” by the comments online suggesting police would have been better off looking for murderers instead of taking pictures of bad drivers.The candid shots were taken by a “frustrated” off-duty policeman who then shared the photographs.Asked whether speed cameras and random breath tests were likely to come soon, Insp Lewis said they were legislative matters that couldn’t be addressed by police.Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley threw in his support, telling The Royal Gazette: “The Police Commissioner has listened not only to the community but to the government.”The public had declared “enough is enough” when it came to bad drivers, he said.Yesterday’s announcement comes in the wake of the Island’s latest serious road collision.A police spokesman said a 28-year-old woman injured in a crash last night remained in “serious condition at the Intensive Care Unit” with head and body injuries.