Two more road safety camera vans are now being used across Hertfordshire, in a bid to address concerns about speeding motorists.
Since March, two of the distinctive camera vans have been targeting stretches of roads across the county, where residents or businesses have highlighted speeding as an issue.
This week, Police and Crime Commissioner David Lloyd revealed there now two more.
Mr Lloyd, whose office has funded the vehicles, confirmed the increase in vehicles at a meeting of the county council’s public health and community safety cabinet panel, on September 9.
And he suggested that this could mean areas within each of the 10 district or borough could be visited twice a week.
He said: "We have got four vans, we have got 10 districts. And it is my wish that we use them as much as we can – and that we try and spread it as much as possible through the districts."
The camera vans are designed to be used on stretches of road where there are concerns about speeding.
These are not necessarily areas with a high rate of recorded accidents, collisions or injuries – but where there is intelligence or public concerns.
The vehicles are being operated as a one-year pilot, paid for by the Police and Crime Commissioner’s road safety fund.
This fund collects money from fines and court costs generated from motorists who have committed driving offences, with the aim to change drivers’ behaviour.
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