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Wivelsfield Community<br />
Speedwatch<br />
If people are concerned about the speed<br />
of traffic through the village, perhaps they<br />
would like to help monitor it, and report<br />
any vehicles travelling at excessive speed.<br />
If people are concerned about the speed of<br />
traffic through the village, perhaps they would<br />
like to help monitor it, and report any vehicles<br />
travelling at excessive speed.<br />
We have a Community Speedwatch team in the<br />
village, which has a speed monitoring device<br />
to measure traffic speeds, and can report any<br />
vehicles breaking the speed limits to the police,<br />
who will contact the motorists concerned, and<br />
take appropriate action.<br />
(Motorists will usually be given a warning in the first<br />
instance, but repeated speed violations reported<br />
through the Surrey and Sussex Community<br />
Speedwatch teams can result in prosecution).<br />
The primary aim of the Speedwatch initiative<br />
is to show motorists using the village roads<br />
that we are concerned to monitor speeds and<br />
encourage people to drive safely. The high<br />
visibility yellow jackets worn by the team when<br />
they are monitoring can have a really good<br />
effect in reminding everyone that they should<br />
be observing the official speed limits at all times.<br />
Volunteers are needed to help with the<br />
monitoring, and it does not require a massive<br />
commitment. We simply want people who from<br />
time to time (perhaps once a month) are willing<br />
to spend 30 to 45 minutes or so monitoring one<br />
of the 4 official sites in the village where we are<br />
permitted to operate. (one site on Green Road,<br />
one on North Common Road, one in South<br />
Road and one on Ditchling Road).<br />
We work in teams of three, and it is simply a matter<br />
of registering as a volunteer on the website (http://<br />
www.communityspeedwatch.co.uk/), doing a bit<br />
of training online, and then coming out with one of<br />
the teams to put it into practice.<br />
If you would like to help please contact the<br />
local Speedwatch Co-ordinator, John Wigzell,<br />
(wiggymail@btinternet.com) or the Parish<br />
Clerk (clerk@wivelsfield.net).<br />
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Wivelsfield Parish CounCil Magazine 13
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