SPEEDING motorists are being warned to slow down or face being prosecuted.

Speeding crackdown
SPEEDING motorists are being warned to slow down or face being prosecuted.
Armed with a laser speed gun, Clitheroe Police are maintaining high visibility in areas across the Ribble Valley in a bid to crack down on speeding drivers.
Sgt Graham Marshall, of Clitheroe Police, said raised community concerns have led to the police taking firm action. He is urging motorists to put the brakes on fast driving or run the risk of being stopped and even prosecuted.
He said: "We are simply responding to complaints raised by members of the public at parish council meetings. Concerned residents have complained about motorists who dash down their narrow country lanes exceeding the legal speed limit.
"Over the next few weeks, a police officer accompanied by a team of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs), will target key areas in Clitheroe, Whalley, Mellor, Chatburn, Sabden and other villages to cut speed on the rural roads.
"The operation is also designed to reduce accidents and enforce highway safety. We have already stopped drivers accelerating on Pendle Road and Chatburn Road, in Clitheroe. We are warning people that anyone caught driving between 34 and 41 m.p.h in a 30 m.p.h speed zone will be stopped and may even be prosecuted."
Sgt Marshall added that an unmarked enforcement vehicle is also out and about on the rural roads targeting anti-social drivers.
07 February 2007