BURY police are putting the brakes on speeding motorists.

The police's tougher stand coincides with the hard-hitting national "Kill Your Speed," campaign which was launched this week. The aim is to make speeding socially unacceptable

Insp John Sargeson, head of Bury's divisional traffic unit said: "All speeding is totally unacceptable and dangerous. Any motorist caught speeding will be at risk of prosecution."

The traffic unit will be especially targeting residential areas.

Statistics show that more than half of all injury road accidents happen on urban roads with a speed limit of 30mph and research shows that more than 70 per cent of all drivers on these roads exceed the limit.

He added: "Motorists will be stopped even if they are not exceeding the speed limit but are driving without paying attention to the road conditions.

"Officers will explain to them that it is dangerous to go at 30mph if there are parked cars or children playing nearby."

Over the past year a number of traffic-calming measures have been implemented in Bury. And Insp Sargeson stresses the drive to cut down speeding in the borough will continue all year round.

"The scheme is not a one-off thing - we will continue to target speeding motorists all year round.

"Our aim is for the people of Bury to choose not to speed. There are far more people killed on the roads than are murdered, yet there is a huge outcry when someone is murdered.

"We want people to feel the same when someone is killed by a speeding motorist, and make speeding socially unacceptable," concluded Insp Sargeson.

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