Mar 5, 2009
Lib Dem Success in Fight Against Speeding Drivers
Reading’s Lib Dems have campaigned for many years for action to tackle the problem of speeding on many of Reading’s roads.
Local people in 7 of the 16 Police Neighbourhoods in the town have identified speeding as a priority for police action.
Lib Dems on Reading Borough Council campaigned successfully to get the Labour-run Council to invest £10k as part of the 2009-10 Budget in speed guns to help local communities record speeds in their areas and get action taken.
The use of mobile speed guns where speeding is a problem will mean that motorists will need to take heed or risk points on their licences and fines.
Lib Dem councillor for Tilehurst and spokesperson for transport, Cllr Ricky Duveen welcomed the move.
Cllr Duveen said: “In Tilehurst, like many areas, the local Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) registered speeding as its second key priority after anti-social behaviour.
Without any enforcement action motorists simply ignore speed limits and the biggest contributory factor on most road accidents is speed.
Up until now, NAGs have been unable to take action on speeding due to the lack of equipment but now local Police Teams will finally get the tools to enforce speed limits on our streets.”
Cllr Gareth Epps, Lib Dem Group Leader on Reading Borough Council and Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Reading East added: “Finally we can provide local neighbourhood police teams with a method of enforcing speed limits. This is an excellent result that stems from Lib Dems pushing for more action on local priorities.”
