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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
National
Olimpia Zagnat

New measures to crack down on speeding in Notts as 'cars veer off road into walls and gardens'

New measures have been taken to crack down on speeding as "cars veer off the road into walls and into the front of people’s gardens" every year. It comes as a 'worrying amount' have been caught speeding on roads in Nottinghamshire thanks to a new police scheme.

The Community Speed Watch is where volunteers can monitor and record the speed of vehicles travelling through their community. Police said a community in Awsworth already have 12 volunteers tackling hotspot areas in the village.

But the new project aims to expand on schemes already established in Nottinghamshire, as well as introducing it in the Sherwood area of the city. Hayley Holt is the coordinator for the Awsworth Community Speed Watch scheme, which was launched this Autumn.

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