News Town council renews bid for cameras
'Vague'§ figures issued by Humberside Police to illustrate how a neighbourhood policing team has been monitoring and combating speeding in Snaith and Cowick have made town councillors even more determined to see speed cameras placed around the town.
Following recent claims that Snaith by night was beginning to resemble a race track, the Town Council contacted Humberside Police to request that a fixed or mobile speed camera be brought to the town to cut speeding levels.
Inspector Michael Bower recently responded to the Town Council's plea, claiming that the neighbourhood policing team does not determine where speed cameras are placed.
He said, in a letter to the Town Council, that although speed enforcement work does not lie within the policing team's core area of business, staff have carried out speed checks in the Snaith and Cowick areas on various occasions in the 'last year or so'. During that time one report for summons had been issued, 22 fixed penalty notices had been given out and there had been 27 verbal warnings.
"I find these figures very blasé, as we aren't told when these offences happened," said Cllr Tom Johnson at the November meeting.
Acting Town Mayor Richard Bridge added: 'I am finding these numbers very low, to say they have been carried out in the last year.
"I feel sure that if the police parked up for an hour, they could have got more."
However, Insp Bower has assured members of the Town Council that their request for local speed cameras has been passed on to the Humberside Safety Camera Partnership for consideration.
Cllr Steve Jones said: "It's at odd times of the day when a car speeds through at about 90mph, and it's these drivers that shouldn't be on the road, not those driving along in the general flow of traffic.
"These figures are very vague and I would like speed enforcement to cover irregular times of the day."
Published on 29th November 2007 in News.
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