Police stopped more than 150 drivers as they carried out two days of patrols and road checks on the A96 Aberdeen and Inverness earlier this week.
The Aberdeen and Dingwall trunk road patrol groups were joined by divisional road policing colleagues from Highland and Islands Division, Aberdeenshire and Moray Division and Aberdeen City Division.
More than 150 vehicles were stopped during the operation on Monday and Tuesday with a variety of offences being detected.
Eleven drivers were reported for using mobile phones while driving and various vehicles were found to have defects or expired MOTs.
One vehicle was seized and another was prohibited for being driven due to vehicle defects.
Sergeant Steve Manson, from the trunk road policing group, said: “Officers carried out dedicated patrols and roadside checks in marked and unmarked vehicles along the length of the road, with the support of safety camera vans.
“Road policing officers will continue to work together carrying out similar operations over the next few months in an effort to reduce casualties on Scotland’s roads and positively influence driver behaviour.”
