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SPEED WATCH COMES TO SADBERGE

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Community Speed Watch sessions have started in Sadberge.

Photograph of PC Julian Brown and a Sadberge volunteer
PC Julian Brown and a Sadberge volunteer checking speeds on Norton Road

During the first three sessions, the following numbers of vehicles were recorded to be doing at least 5 mph over the speed limit:-

Date Location   Vehicles Caught  
Wednesday 17-Feb-2010   Norton Road (inbound) 11 in an hour
Thursday 18-Feb-2010 Norton Road (inbound) 6 in an hour
Thursday 18-Feb-2010 Hill House Lane (inbound)   15 in 40 minutes

The police will send out warning letters to the owners of the offending vehicles, and Speed Watch sessions will continue over the next few weeks.

The results from the initial Speed Watch sessions will be presented at a PACT meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday 9th March 2010 in Sadberge Village Hall.

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