Following an appeal for volunteers to help combat speeding in the village, the Parish Council are considering purchasing a speed gun.
Six volunteers responded to PCSO Jim Newns' request for local residents to set up a Community Speed Watch Scheme, as "a useful way of educating speeding motorists". They are now hoping that the Parish Council will purchase a speed gun, which will cost under £200.
Cllr Mary Maczkowiak explained that volunteers will use the gun to record the speed a vehicle is travelling, as well as the registration, and a letter will be sent to the owner from the police.
Whilst the speed gun is non endorsable it is hoped that it will collect useful data and help identify problem areas where the speed limit can then be enforced by the police.
Cllr Frank Keegan said "We bought the SID (Speed Indicator Device), put it in various places and recently we have had more SIDs provided by National Grid.
"I didn't like them before but they give very valuable intelligence - at one point the highest speed on Brook Lane was 86mph and quite a few were speeding in the 60's. It was so bad that I calculated that if we had fined all these people we'd have raised £100,000 in that week."
Parish Councillors agreed that given the volunteers have come forward and the cost is less than £200 they would welcome Cllr Mary Maczkowiak raising the issue at the Parish Council finance meeting.
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If £100,000 could be generated with a speed camera box then let's get one installed.
It's no use installing an expensive speed camera box because, as we all know, the speeders slow down for the box, then go speeding off at their leisure once again.
If they had policemen with speed guns hiding round corners, really sneakily and stealth-like, then at least the culprits will be caiught and fined.
Why not concentrate real criminal activity instead of soft easy targets that make the stats look good!!!
Not the vigilante local police volunteers jumping out at you and pointing a speed gun. That is just annoying and doesn't slow anybody down, it just creates more road rage.