Police crackdown on speed to cut accident rates

Grimsby Personal Injury

STICK to the limit - not your foot to the floor.

That's the message from road safety chiefs who have launched a campaign to cut accident rates.

Speed is a killer and figures show one of the main causes of many fatal and serious road collisions is excessive or inappropriate speed.

Throughout August police will be ensuring drivers use 100 per cent concentration and will enforce speed limits on North East Lincolnshire's roads.

Around 70 per cent of motorists exceed speed limits during every day journeys in urban speed limits.

Chief Inspector Darren Downs, of Humberside Police operations branch, said: "The majority of motorists who are caught exceeding the speed limit do not do so intentionally.

"They become distracted and are often unaware of the speed they are travelling at. The issue is about reminding drivers to refocus their concentration and that is what we aim to do through this campaign and ultimately reduce collisions and casualties on our roads."

Chief Superintendent Colin Andrews, added: "Speed awareness is not the only aspect of road safety we want the public to think about at this time of year as it is vital we all play our part in order to make our region's roads safer, so I would ask not only motorists but also the families of drivers and bikers to urge them to slow down and concentrate when venturing out onto our local roads.

"It is vital at this time of year that motorists and parents alike play their part in reducing the number of casualties on our roads by allowing more time for your journey, driving sensibly in accordance with the road conditions and nature of the road itself and also making sure your children are aware of the safest places to cross the roads around where you live or by preventing them from being able run out on their own."

People stopped for speeding throughout the course of the month-long campaign will be dealt with in the most appropriate manner.

Most will be offered the chance of attending a speed awareness course.

There are about 2,000 motorists every month in Humberside now opting to attend various diversion scheme courses as an alternative to prosecution.

source: thisisgrimsby.co.uk