The speed trap set by your neighbor

STEVE DOUGHTY
Mail Online
November 24, 2008

Motorists will face amateur speed traps run by local volunteer groups in towns and villages across the country, it was revealed yesterday.

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Under rules to be sent to police forces in the new year, bands of volunteers will be supplied with speed detection equipment and asked to use it to identify drivers exceeding limits in their area.

The guidelines, prepared by the Association of Chief Police Officers, will set a national pattern for schemes which have been trialled in some areas – often with controversy.

Drivers caught breaking limits by ‘community speed watch’ groups have their numberplates checked on the police national computer and are sent warning letters by police forces.

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This article was posted: Monday, November 24, 2008 at 1:10 pm

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