Staveley Community Speed Watch Needs You!
Do you worry about the speed of traffic through our village?
Have you got two to three hours a month free time?
Community Speed Watch (CSW) is a scheme run by a team of village volunteers in association with North Yorkshire Police. Many of you will have seen a small group of us, clad in high visibility jackets monitoring traffic in various parts of the village at different times of the day. CSW is an official scheme and is designed to support local communities to improve road safety and address speed concerns in their community.
The main purpose is to draw attention to speed restrictions and encourage motorists to adhere to them and in this we believe we are having some success. Speeding vehicles are reported to North Yorkshire Police and the registered owners receive a letter advising them of their speed.
We would now like to recruit some more volunteers in order to increase the frequency our activities and to ensure better cover for watch sessions when people are unable to take part for whatever reason.
If you would be interested and would like to know more, then please :
- let any of the volunteer team know or,
- call John Thornton on 01423 340358 or Neil Horton on 07447 712109 or,
- email us at csw@staveleyandcopgrovepc.org.uk
All volunteers will receive training in the scheme together with support from the other volunteers. There is more information on our CSW website here.
So if you worry about speeding traffic in our village and have just a little free time – please volunteer now !!
