Pupils quiz bad drivers
Pupils from Ogmore Vale Primary School joined their local Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) and took part in a speed camera exercise during the last week of term.
Speeding traffic on local roads has been identified as a PACT priority by local residents as well as at a recent Road Safety Council Meeting made up of several community groups including the Ogmore Valley NPT, Fire Service and Bridgend Council.
As a result, the speed camera exercise was held within the Ogmore Valley including Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale and Blackmill to address the high speeds at which motorists are travelling throughout the Ogmore Valley.
Trained police officers used a hand held speed camera which accurately records the speed at which motorists are travelling and assists the team to prosecute those who are travelling in excess of the speed limit.
In order to highlight the importance of road safety issues to local children living within the Ogmore Valley, the NPT invited pupils from Year Five at Ogmore Vale Primary School along to take part in the exercise.
Motorists who were stopped for travelling over the speed limit were issued with written warnings and the pupils were given the opportunity to ask motorists why they had been speeding. The children also highlighted to motorists the dangers and consequences that speeding can cause to others.
During the course of the day-long exercise within the Ogmore Valley the speeds over 100 motorists were recorded using the hand held camera within the Ogmore Valley and five motorists were issued with written warnings for travelling above the speed limit.
Neighbourhood Beat Manager Gemma Tibbott said: “The exercise was a great success and a very effective means of highlighting both to motorists and to local children the importance of road safety.
“We will be holding further speed camera exercises throughout the Ogmore Valley in the near future.”