Parents vow to slow street speeders

Jul 1 2009 By Polly Manser

Beaconsfield mums campaigning to reduce speed

MUMS who say children's lives in are danger from speeding motorists in residential roads have taken to the Beaconsfield streets to catch offenders.

Every day last week they set up a speed indicator device in a different street in Beaconsfield and recorded number plates of every car travelling too fast in a 30mph zone.

Motorists caught will shortly receive letters from Thames Valley Police advising them they are breaking the law.

Buckinghamshire Advertiser reporter Polly Manser joined three of the mums in Gregories Road.

Katy Bell, of Gregories Road, said: "Gregories Road is used like a motorway. Drivers are very inconsiderate. In a couple of years my children (eight and nine) will want to cycle or walk to their friends' houses and I am worried about the speed that some of the cars are doing.

"You see children trying to cross the road on the red section (by Station Road) and cars don't stop, they are very aggressive. They are all in a hurry."

Julia Gregson, of Gregories Road, whose children are four and eight, said: "At the weekend I've seen cars driving along this road at what must be 60mph and you feel quite unsafe walking along the pavement. It's only a matter of time before there's an accident."

As Mrs Gregson was speaking, a car sped past us at 45mph.

Sarah Wallace, of Wattleton Road, said that last year a speeding car had crashed and lurched towards her garden where her three children play, and was only prevented from entering it when it hit a tree.

The speed enforcement week was organised by the Neighbourhood Action Group with the help of Beaconsfield Police.

PC Iain Torbet said: "We now have suitable resources at Beaconsfield, along with the appropriate equipment, to carry out speed enforcement more frequently and will be doing so."