Speedwatch Campaign

Are you concerned with Speeding traffic through the village?

Your Village needs YOU.

Many people in the village have complained about the speed of some motorists as they drive through the village. Speedwatch is a small group of volunteers who have been trained by the local Police, and who are able to check speeds of vehicles using an official radar speed gun. We are able to go, when we are able, to locations which have been assessed as safe, and to note the details of cars or other vehicles travelling above a speed threshold. These motorists will then receive letters from the Police.

The two villages of Eight Ash Green and West Bergholt work jointly on this and our locations include the A1124 (Halstead Rd), Spring Lane, B1508 (Colchester Rd), sharing people and equipment. Any session requires a minimum of two volunteers but extra people are helpful to collect details. If you could spend a hour or so, when convenient to you, and would be interested in joining us, then could you let me know as soon as possible. If we receive enough volunteers, then we can arrange another training session with the local police.

We are not anti-motorist, most of us are motorists ourselves. We aim to get all to obey the speed limits, for the safety of all road users. There are many places with restricted views in these villages, one motorist well in excess of the limit at one of these motivated me to get involved with this project.

If you are interested and would like to join us, please contact me as soon as possible by phone on (01206) 571910 or email [antibot mailto=”[email protected]”].

Anthony C Robin

October 12, 2012March 17, 2016

Are speeders driving you nuts?

Community Speedwatch in action

… then why not get involved in cutting this scourge down. A Community Speedwatch foray near the Brewery yesterday morning captured details of 4 excessive speeders in the space of 50 minutes, all of which were passed to Essex Police, earlier in the month even more were caught on the A1124.

The more volunteers we have to mount these random speedchecks the more uncertainty we can put into the minds of frequent offenders who clearly have no qualms in breaking the speed limits on a regular basis. If you would like to join those already helping to make our roads safer then please contact Anthony Robin ([email protected]) and he will arrange training for you. If you would like to find out more about it first then please visit http://www.drivingcasualtiesdown.org/pages/enforcement/community-speedwatch/

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net

October 18, 2011March 17, 2016

Speeders beware…

Essex Police showing youngsters
how the equipment works

Liz Harrington, Parish Councillor and Community Speedwatch Coordinator, is pleased to report that the Community Speedwatch team have run a good number of sessions and, as a result of their reports, the police have been out to monitor and issue tickets.

More volunteers are always welcome though and, if you are interested, you would first attend an initial training session. Once trained you would then join the team, helping to make it plain to all that we will not tolerate speeding vehicles in the village, making it a safer place for all. The emphasis is firmly on educating drivers to slow down. Anyone interested in joining, please contact Liz directly – her contact details are on our website here.

This material has been developed for the West Bergholt Village Website at http://www.westbergholt.net