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SPEEDING motorists are worrying many people in West Oxfordshire - to the extent that it has become a priority issue.

It is the number one cause of concern in the Chipping Norton area, and second in the other four neighbourhood action areas of the district.

No wonder then that the police are now targeting speed on the roads as their latest initiative. Given the apparent success of previous priority targets, burglaries and under-age drinking, there's every chance this one will make something of a difference too.

The hope lies in the empowerment of local neighbourhood constables, as well as police community support officers, to go out there armed with laser guns and speed indicator devices to catch offenders.

This is the first area in the Thames Valley force to have such devolved action, normally reserved for roads policing officers. The local officers will also have 'intelligence' in their pocket, a result of speed data recorders, which are clocking the speeds of vehicles over 24-hour periods to provide data on the most likely times of day to catch motorists.

And so they should be. Research has shown how much just a few mph can have on the impact of a vehicle hitting a child's body.

If, as some data already indicates, the school run is the most likely time to catch motorists, then that should obviously be a key target time.

3:09pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

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