Community Speed Watch Scheme

Are you concerned about speeding vehicles in your area?

Motorists who speed through residential neighbourhoods are very often unaware of the impact their actions have on local residents, or the danger they pose to other road users and pedestrians.

What is the Community Speed Watch Scheme?

Community Speed Watch gives local people the ability to actively get involved in road safety.

A Community Speed Watch can be set up in any village, small town, or urban area, governed by either a 30 or 40 miles per hour speed limit, to discourage drivers and motorcyclists from driving faster than the set speed limit.

Community Speed Watch is a partnership between the Community, the Police, Fire Service, Parish Council, and County Council, with an aim to tackle the problem of speeding motorists, therefore improving the quality of life of the local residents.

A Speed Watch consists of local residents, who are willing to volunteer a small amount of time each week to monitor speeds with speed detection equipment

Persistent offenders will receive a second warning letter, and on a third occasion, offenders can expect further action by police.

At present there are in excess of 100 Community Speed Watch schemes successfully running within the Avon and Somerset area.

Please visit http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/units_and_departments/operations/rpu/speedwatch/index.aspx for more information or contact myself on 101.

If you have information about any crime, phone the police on 101 or you can call anonymously to the independent charity CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111. For general information about Neighbourhood Watch nationally see the www.ourwatch.org.uk website.