‘Mini’ speed enforcement van drives road safety

A new ‘smaller’ community speed enforcement van is being used to target speeding motorists in Suffolk.

The small vans will be deployed in areas “where parking the larger camera van is not practical, and specifically placed in areas where there is local concern”, explained Suffolk police and crime commissioner (PCC) Tim Passmore.

The smaller vans are able to access sites that the traditional safety camera vans are too big to enforce – increasing the range of areas that can be targeted. Officers will also be able to use mobile equipment away from the vans when enforcing 30mph, 40mph and 50mph limits.

The vans will focus primarily on those sites across Suffolk where local communities have raised speeding issues – either through complaints, parish councils, Community Speedwatch data or Suffolk Constabulary’s safer neighbourhood teams.

One van is already on the road with a second due this month. The van and the operator are being funded by the PCC and Suffolk County Council with money generated from the Driver Diversionary Fund, which comes from motorists who have taken part in speed awareness courses.