Maiden Erlegh Residents’ Association (MERA) is urging residents to consider volunteering to join their local Speedwatch scheme.
Speedwatch is a national initiative which enables volunteers to assist in policing the speeds of vehicles in their area. It has proved to be very effective in helping to reduce the number of speeding vehicles nationwide.
A spokesman said: “Speeding has reached epidemic proportions and there are calls for a shift in the way we tackle it. That shift must include a change in the perception and management of community volunteers’ involvement with road safety.
“For many understandable reasons, enforcement and broad-stroke campaigning have made little progress over the past decade, and focused, large-scaled education is currently only organised efficiently in the shape of Speed Awareness Courses after an offence is detected. Modern preventative educational methodologies like Speedwatch have yet to been utilised to its fullest extent. Now is a good time to change that.”
If you wish to join Speedwatch as a volunteer wherever you live, go to www.communityspeedwatch.org for details.
