The Community Speed Watch (CSW) scheme, under the management of North Yorkshire Police (NYP), has now been running in Staveley for a full year. During that year, the 15 team volunteers have given up 235 hours of their time, monitoring the speed of 3,241 vehicles at 10 different locations on different weekdays and times around the village. The details of 326 vehicles exceeding the speed limit threshold have been passed on to NYP. The threshold is the speed limit + 10% of the speed limit + 2.
Approximately 10% of all the vehicles monitored were exceeding the speed limit threshold, though there is a marked difference as 18% exceeded in the 20 mph zone and 5% in the 30 mph zone. All the results of the watch sessions and other scheme details are available on the CSW website at here.
The main aim of the scheme is education and making us all aware of the dangers of travelling too fast in built-up areas. The Staveley CSW team is always open to new members. If you would be willing to give a couple of hours each month, it would really help. Please email csw@staveleyandcopgrovepc.org.uk for more details. The more team members there are, the more watch sessions can be held and the more the message can be spread!
