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50 speeding drivers caught in clampdown

4:00pm Saturday 15th September 2007

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FIFTY motorists were caught speeding in two hours in a village near York.

Police said Operation Siren, a joint road safety campaign organised by local emergency services and the Hambleton Community Safety Partnership, was taken to Sutton-On-The-Forest.

The campaign was launched after an increasing number of drivers were caught speeding through the county's villages.

Results showed that more than two thirds of drivers entering Sutton were travelling at speeds averaging 46mph, despite the village having a 30mph limit.

Drivers caught speeding by police during Operation Siren were given two options to help them see the error of their ways: the standard £60 fixed penalty ticket, with three points added to their licence or the alternative of spending 20 minutes being educated on the dangers of bad driving.

A spokesman said that, over a period of two hours, 50 drivers were caught breaking the limit through Sutton and the vast majority opted for the educational route, with only six choosing the fixed penalty.

Local officers from each of the emergency services gave talks about their experiences of dealing with the consequences of breaking the speed limit. A film was also shown depicting graphic images of road accidents which added to the shock value of the campaign.

Almost 100 drivers have been caught speeding during Operation Siren over the last month. Police are hoping the crackdown will discourage anti-social driving.

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Nonsense, York says...
4:08pm Sat 15 Sep 07

Nice one. Well done. It is one of the worst roads for speeding. Shame only a few points were given out but good nontheless.

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ALD, York says...
5:08pm Sat 15 Sep 07

These mobile speed trap are a very good idea and much more effective than fixed cameras.
I agree there should be more than a few points given to offenders. At least 6 points and then if they are caught twice they would loose his/her licence for say aT LEAST 6 months.

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Bemused, says...
6:43pm Sat 15 Sep 07

An earlier report suggests that deprivation of driving licence for an indeterminate period is being unlawfully imposed by the police.

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Geoff, says...
7:11pm Sat 15 Sep 07

Drivers caught speeding by police during Operation Siren were given two options to help them see the error of their ways: the standard £60 fixed penalty ticket, with three points added to their licence or the alternative of spending 20 minutes being educated on the dangers of bad driving.


They should be given the option of a fine and points or education and points.
Sitting through a 20 minute lecture alone is little more than a slap on the wrist!

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Me, Selby says...
7:25pm Sat 15 Sep 07

Bemused wrote:
An earlier report suggests that deprivation of driving licence for an indeterminate period is being unlawfully imposed by the police.
They still are able to drive even if the police have the licence. The majority of people don't take their licences when they drive. They may have the ID bit but not the counterpart, so where is the problem?

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No News Is Good News, York says...
7:56pm Sat 15 Sep 07

Shipton by Beningbrough should be the next port of call for the speed cameras, the A19 that runs through is like a race track for wagons.

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read-all-about-it, Haxby says...
8:02pm Sat 15 Sep 07

Once again I have to say sorry to all the cop bashers out there in Press land but I'm with them again on this one.

With one exception - and that is ALL speeding offenders should be given a fixed penalty ticket.

And so what if it takes a little longer for their endorsed licence to be returned?

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viper, says...
8:21pm Sat 15 Sep 07

I agree , they should be dishing out the points and not offering alternatives. Haviing points on your licence is a **** good deterrent not to re-offend ( well at least for 3 years) a 20 minute lecture will be forgotton the next day. We wern't talking a couple of mph over here - an AVERAGE of 46mph that's 50% over the speed limit. Dish out the points.

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Me, Selby says...
9:00pm Sat 15 Sep 07

What some people can not realise is that travelling at 45mph in a 30mph limit is the same as doing 105mph on the A64!

Us humans are only made to travel at 5mph max. Our brains can not really comprehend anything higher, hence the amount of collisions we are invovled in.

Points all the time coupled with a fine, which is % of your earnings. They do that in Finland, hence when Kimi the racing driver got pulled last year he had a whopping fine. Those Merc/BMW drivers would slow down then!!!

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Bemused, says...
9:43pm Sat 15 Sep 07

so where is the problem?

In relation to anything where you are required to produce a driving licence such as hiring a car, or even to drive abroad.

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gixer750ws, York says...
1:11am Sun 16 Sep 07

I must say i think the police have handled this very well for a change and a few motorists will have gone away thinking about what the concequences of their actions could have been instead of that the police had nothing better to do than raise a few more coffers for thr jar,and lets face it speeding was never much of a priority until they were allowed to keep the proceeds raised by cameras.
As for 45mph in a 30mph been as serious as 105mph on the A64,i would have thought any rightminded motorist would see it as much more serious after all no child is going to step out on front of you on the A64.100+mph is quite safe on such roads as the A64 in the right conditions as anyone who uses our motorway network on a regular basis will agree,but hey if you want to go for the heavyhanded approach we could always lock em up and throw away the key.

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Nil-desperandum, Calcaria says...
1:53am Sun 16 Sep 07

Bemused, you are an ill informed, narrow minded, ignorant ****. Historically, you moan about the police, the council, the nhs, the world. You care not about the honest, hard workers within these organisations. So long as you get to air your point, your happy. Do something positive. Support them. Speak to thier bosses. The M.P's we vote. Do it.

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Bill Payer, says...
11:49am Sun 16 Sep 07

I am writing this on my laptop whilst speeding round the bypass and talking on my mobile.
Oh, and I am eating sunday roast too.
What a miserable bunch of b*stards on this thread.
Bet your all bloody cyclist's.

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plastic terry, heworth 4th ave says...
12:37pm Sun 16 Sep 07

Bill Payer wrote:
I am writing this on my laptop whilst speeding round the bypass and talking on my mobile. Oh, and I am eating sunday roast too. What a miserable bunch of b*stards on this thread. Bet your all bloody cyclist's.
LOL love that last comment,,
anyways sutten on derwent is awesome, esp the approach in,, there is some beautiful bends, and curves to power round,worst thing u can do is lift off the gas,, best to keep the hammer down,,and feel the g forces

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Sharon, York says...
1:10pm Sun 16 Sep 07

I must say that the lad who drove into the partygoers in the other story looks extremely remorseful!!!!

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Bemused, says...
1:29pm Sun 16 Sep 07

Posted by: Nil-desperandum, Calcaria on 1:53am today
Bemused, you are an ill informed, narrow minded, ignorant ****.

Having to resort to personal abuse are you? looks as if I'm on the right tracks.
You care not about the honest, hard workers within these organisations.

Quite correct, if they were doing their jobs I'd have no complaints. I (and millions of others) pay their wages and not unreasonably expect them to be up to their jobs.
So long as you get to air your point, your happy. Do something positive. Support them. Speak to thier bosses. The M.P's we vote. Do it.

Have you ever tried complaining to the police, the council, the NHS, and our bloody useless waste of a vote MP?

Thought not, or you'd realise there's more than one way to skin a cat, and comments on forums such as this can really hit home.

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Nimby, York says...
3:09pm Sun 16 Sep 07

What planet is plastic terry on? clearly not the same as this one. The report was about Sutton on Forest and he refers to Sutton on Derwent? and where the heck does he get HIS hair done, Mars?

A cracking advert for staying away from wherever it is...

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gixer750ws, York says...
5:40pm Sun 16 Sep 07

Bill Payer wrote:
I am writing this on my laptop whilst speeding round the bypass and talking on my mobile. Oh, and I am eating sunday roast too. What a miserable bunch of b*stards on this thread. Bet your all bloody cyclist's.
Don't accuse me of being a bloody cyclist,i have a car to cart the wife and kids about in otherwise i ride a 750cc suzuki often at speeds the bike was designed for and not what some knowitall decides i should ride it at.
I don't use a mobilephone on my bike because i can't get it in me helmet.

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Littlepoo, Washington, DC (ex pat) says...
11:13pm Sun 16 Sep 07

Man, I love reading the comments on here, it's the only reason to read the paper!

gixer750ws - you may be able to get a hands-free headset that will fit quite comfortable under your helmet.

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Littlepoo, Washington, DC (ex pat) says...
11:34pm Sun 16 Sep 07

p.s. on the story of the 3 drug dealers - there is no way that Caroline Brolly is a woman, you can not in a million years convince me that he is!

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sr, york says...
12:04am Mon 17 Sep 07

Littlepoo wrote:
p.s. on the story of the 3 drug dealers - there is no way that Caroline Brolly is a woman, you can not in a million years convince me that he is!
See what drugs do for you! what a good advert for keeping off them. That pic should be posted all over town!

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ranger21, big gaff near york says...
10:43am Mon 17 Sep 07

46 in a 30? Been a tad lenient arent we boys?.Next time the road is targetted-report everyone captured now the PR exercise has been run.Wonder what % were locals who are the first to complain about 'speeding down our road'.

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Ian, york says...
10:59am Mon 17 Sep 07

Like ranger I would like to know the percentage of locals caught speeding in sutton on the forest.I also think that anyone of those caught doing 40 or over should have had a ticket straight away AND forced to have the educational talk.Speeding in the villages is a big problem

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Dexter, says...
2:58pm Mon 17 Sep 07

ALD wrote:
These mobile speed trap are a very good idea and much more effective than fixed cameras.
I agree there should be more than a few points given to offenders. At least 6 points and then if they are caught twice they would loose his/her licence for say aT LEAST 6 months.
They would have to be more effective - especially since there are no fixed cameras in North Yorks.

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oaklander, York says...
3:06pm Mon 17 Sep 07

i think we need more of these speed traps everywhere in the country, as the economy begins to faulter our government must find new ways of taxing the average folk.

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Littlepoo, Washington, DC (ex pat) says...
5:31pm Mon 17 Sep 07

sr wrote:
Littlepoo wrote: p.s. on the story of the 3 drug dealers - there is no way that Caroline Brolly is a woman, you can not in a million years convince me that he is!
See what drugs do for you! what a good advert for keeping off them. That pic should be posted all over town!
You are VERY right!!!

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