Three new speed indication devices have been obtained for use by Community SpeedWatch Schemes (CSW) on the Isle of Wight.
The Isle of Wight Council purchased the devices for local schemes to borrow, and one has already been received by the CSW co-ordinator in Shorwell.
CSW enables members of the public to volunteer their time alongside Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary to identify vehicles which exceed the speed limit.
The work of CSW volunteers is educational only, and aims to compliment the police’s enforcement work.
The information volunteers obtain feeds into the wider roads policing work more broadly under Operation Mile.
Op Mile is a collaborative effort to tackle dangerous driving habits and involves input from Neighbourhoods and Response Policing colleagues, alongside the existing work of the Roads Policing Unit (RPU) officers, and dual-skilled Roads Policing and Armed Response Vehicle officers (RP/ARV).
The CSW scheme in Freshwater is already seeing results, with the local co-ordinator commenting that motorists noticeably slow down upon seeing volunteers in their high-visibility jackets.
A total of 16 volunteers have been trained up for Freshwater, and in their first year they ran 116 monitoring sessions on 12 roads, checking the speeds of more than 13,000 vehicles.
Lewis Campbell, Road Safety Officer for Isle of Wight council, said:
“The CSW scheme is a great way for local communities to monitor traffic speeds within their area, complimenting the enforcement activity undertaken by the proactive Roads Policing Unit, and I’m pleased that we can support local groups with our new speed equipment.
“Speeding is simply not worth the risk, and educational approaches like CSW help to share that message."
If you are interested in setting up, co-ordinating and leading a CSW scheme in your local area, email [email protected]
The Coordinator role includes:
- Recruiting a team of volunteers – the scheme requires a minimum of 6 volunteers.
- Arranging the loan of speed equipment from the IOW council.
- Suggesting roads for monitoring activity – please be advised some roads will not be suitable for CSW activity.
- Organising the CSW sessions and submitting the collected data to our central team.
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