Police motorbikes fitted with speed cameras are to be used to trap speeding motorists in Bristol and Somerset. Avon and Somerset Police said the three bikes will enable the force, for the first time, to monitor areas its speed camera vans cannot access. The bikes will support nine speed enforcement vans, which catch more than 66,000 speeding motorists a year. Also, a number of road-side cameras across the region will be switched back on in the next few months. They were deactivated in 2011 after the areas safety camera partnership was dissolved. Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens said the move has come because road safety is the most common issue raised with her by local people. Policeman with bike The three new camera bikes will support the regions nine speed vans She said it is only right that her Police and Crime Plan tackles the issues that most affect residents
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 16:19:04 +0000