Speeding is everyone's concern

Speed kills, end of story. Speeding is antisocial, and collisions caused by driving too fast for the circumstances are wholly avoidable.  People die needlessly in avoidable collisions caused by inattentive or antisocial drivers.

Speedwatch activity is not about interfering with neighbours' behaviour; it is a proactive solution to improve the safety and quality of life for everyone in their local community.

Enforcement

Although Speedwatch is exclusively an educational scheme, it does provide for initial steps to be taken towards enforcement if all attempts prove futile at making a repeat offender comply with the law through education. Statistics based on years of collated national Speedwatch data show us that the educational approach to changing driver behaviour works in the vast majority of cases.

CSW data can also be used by Surrey police to collate an audit trail of a vehicle automatically checking with the DVLA in regards to TAX, MOT, and SORN (Statutory Off-Road Notification) status. Cars recorded speeding (and hence observed driving on a public road) under any of these compulsory conditions neglected are also flagged up by the system for targeted enforcement by the police.  The automatically generated vehicle specific audit trail collated and attached to every recorded offence makes it much easier to identify the driving pattern of the offenders who choose to make our roads dangerous for others to use.

We are always looking for volunteers to take part in the South Godstone Community Speedwatch.  To volunteer or to find out more,  please complete the contact form below and we will be in touch as soon as possible.