Another Community Speed Watch is to be set up on the Shotley peninsula after a parish council agreed to back it.

If it gets off the ground, Shotley, will join other peninsula villages, including Chelmondiston, Woolverstone, Holbrook, Stutton and Brantham as having volunteers monitoring motorists' speed.

Daniel Briscoe-Hughes told Shotley parish councillors his Community Speedwatch had two volunteers so far and accepts the group needs more members and to receive full training.

Mr Briscoe-Hughes, who lives on The Street, near Chapel Fields, suffered serious damage to his VW Polo car which was parked on the main road, where it remains.

Ironically his car, along with others that park at that part of the Street, have brought complaints and criticism due to the delays and safety concerns the perceived inconsiderate parking causes.

He is among a number of residents concerned with drivers exceeding the 30mph along the B1456 from the entrance to the village near the Corner Garage down to the bottom of Bristol Hill.

Community Speedwatch website

The aim is not to catch as many speeding drivers as possible but to reduce speed in areas of concern by monitoring drivers and working with Suffolk police.

Community Speed Watch informs drivers that excessive speed is socially unacceptable and helps to re-educate drivers about the dangers of speeding while addressing concerns from local residents about cars speeding through their neighbourhoods.

How it works:

• Trained volunteers verify and record the registration numbers of offending vehicles.
• These details are forwarded to Suffolk Police who will send offenders a letter.
• A maximum of two letters will be sent to offenders.
• Persistent offenders may be targeted for police enforcement.
• Follow-up work on education and enforcement by Suffolk Police and our partners will also take place when appropriate.
• If you require further information about the scheme, please visit www.suffolk.police.uk

Ten mobile, tripod-mounted, signs have been loaned to 30 Community Speedwatch groups around the county. The signs are used to enhance their existing Speedwatch activities. A group will have a sign for three to four weeks and then pass it on to their neighbouring group.

Community Speedwatch co-ordinators wishing to learn more about the scheme, please contact [email protected]

Suffolk SafeCam

Suffolk SafeCam operates a number of mobile enforcement vehicles, which are deployed across the county of Suffolk.

Since its introduction in 2003, the Suffolk Safety Camera operation has contributed to the reduction of road casualties and collisions throughout the county.

Proactive speed enforcement only takes place in Suffolk at locations or stretches of road where there is an on-going risk of collisions, based on collision data at each site over the past five years – or where there have been substantiated complaints from local people.

As well as mobile enforcement vehicles, Suffolk has two operational fixed camera sites - on the A140 at Coddenham and A12 at Benhall – which protect cross-over junctions on two busy stretches of road.

Locations where proactive speed enforcement takes place will be reviewed regularly by senior officers and are displayed weekly at www.suffolk.police.uk

The Community Enforcement Officer's role will be to visit those more rural locations across Suffolk where data has shown there are accident or speeding issues – the aim of the officer is to prevent speeding by enforcement – thus making the roads safer.

Requests for the officer/van will be taken to a monthly tasking group where deployment is decided upon by priority – based on data and or specific requests from local parish councils/communities.

To contact the Community Enforcement Officers, email: [email protected]