TRING SAFER NEIGHBOURHOODS TEAM ACT ON ROAD SAFETY FOLLOWING REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC


TRING safer neighbourhood team conducted an operation on Wednesday (30th June), to educate more motorists in the Tring and Long Marston areas as a result of feedback from residents.

Members of the public raised the issues of speeding and road safety at recent public meetings and surgeries held in the town and surrounding areas.

Police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) from the Tring Safer Neighbourhoods Team gave out one ticket for driving a car whilst using a mobile phone, one ticket for driving without wearing a seatbelt and lots of advice to members of the public regarding their driving speeds by using a Speed Indication Device which flashes up the speed people are travelling as the go past.

The areas targeted were all areas identified by locals as being problematic with speeding and other motoring offences and included Astrope Lane and Cheddington Lane in Long Marston and Tring High Street.

PCSO Lorraine Batson, who organised the operation, said: “People in Tring and Long Marston set speeding in these areas as one of their priorities for us to deal with at public meetings. We have been running these operations since January and have many more planned to tackle this problem in these areas.

“We are committed to working with the local community to help resolve any ongoing issues they may have – we will listen and we will act on things which are causing problems in your area. I would urge people to attend our public meetings and surgeries – details of which can be found on our website www.herts.police.uk or by calling 0845 33 00 222.”

July 2010