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DROP IN SPEEDING MOTORISTS
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08:00 - 12 January 2008



The number of drivers clocked speeding on Lincolnshire's roads has hit a six-year low.

And new figures also suggest that not only are more drivers wearing seltbelts but fewer are talking on mobile phones at the wheel too.

Motorists paid 21,924 fines for speeding in 2006/07, compared to 29,252 in the previous financial year.



Road safety professionals say the reduction is due to more people slowing down at the speed camera sites they are familiar with.

And in the majority of cases, speeding drivers pay their fines as soon as the letter arrives, with relatively few cases challenged in the courts.

Lincolnshire Police last year issued 3,714 £30 fines to drivers caught not wearing seatbelts, compared to 5,955 fines the year before.

And in 2006, 2,900 motorists were given £30 fines for driving while using handheld mobile phones.

Even though the penalty rose to a £60 fine and three points last year a total of just 1,738 drivers were caught in 2007.

Despite this, 79 people died as a result of crashes on Lincolnshire's roads last year - 20 per cent more than in 2006.

So far this year two people have been died due to collisions.

Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership spokesman Steve Batchelor said that local knowledge of speed camera locations was likely to see more motorists slowing down.

"We get more letters from people concerned about people speeding through their villages and wanting speed cameras than we do complaints criticising them," he said.

For the full story see Saturday's Lincolnshire Echo.

Despite this, 79 people died as a result of crashes on Lincolnshire's roads last year - 20 per cent more than in 2006.