The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
A campaign to make motorists slow down has been hailed a success after speeding fell dramatically.
Recent figures released show that average speeds have fallen since reactive speed signs and a camera van started monitoring in Long Sutton.
The scheme, a partnership between Long Sutton Parish Council and the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership, has been running for just over a year.
It sees reactive speed signs, which inform drivers of the speed they are travelling, moved to various areas around the village as well as a speed camera van located in London Road.
In the latest report to the parish council, Lincolnshire Police Casualty Reduction Officer, Gary Chance said: “As you are aware, London Road is now a camera van site but on a recent check with an Archer Survey (whilst your Reactive Sign was out) the 85percentile was 34.5mph, whereas a year ago, it was 40.1mph!
“Even more interesting, the Reactive Sign was facing Sutton Bridge (for vehicles travelling into Long Sutton). On the ‘Vehicles exceeding the limit’ figures, in September 2014, 60.6 per cent were speeding, whereas in November 2015, only 32.4 per cent were speeding.”
A spokesman for Long Sutton Parish Council thanked councillor and Long Sutton fire officer Richard King for downloading the data and recharging the reactive signs.
She added: “The scheme and the use of the video car have seen a huge decrease in speeding cars.
“Hopefully these latest figures will promote the effectiveness of the scheme and make people aware of the results.”
