article_snippet: The number of prosecutions has plummeted by nearly half.
article_snippet: Despite alarming evidence that growing numbers of motorists are committing the offence, The number of prosecutions has fallen by some 16,000 over three years.
article_snippet: Official figures also showed worrying falls in the number of court cases brought against other driving offences, including those for drink drive offences, and dangerous driving.
article_snippet: Figures also showed worrying falls in the number of court cases brought against other driving offences, including those for drink drive offences.
article_snippet: The new data shows police are using formal powers to prosecute much less often.
article_snippet: In Greater Manchester, the number of prosecutions fell from nearly 2,000 in 2010 to just 329 in 2013.
article_snippet: The alternative to a formal prosecution is a fixed penalty notice, but the number of these handed out is also down by 26 per cent.
article_snippet: Drink drive deaths rose by one fifth from 2011-12 and while the numbers prosecuted for drink driving offences is down nine per cent.
highlights_snippet: The number of prosecutions has fallen by some 16,000 over three years .
  
highlights_snippet: Official figures also showed worrying falls in the number of court cases brought against other driving offences, including drink driving .
  