A NEW device has been introduced to a parish with data showing one in six cars were going at over 10 miles an hour above the speed limit.

Norton and Lenchwick Parish Council have spent £4,000 on a speed indicator device in an effort to reduce speeding along the Norton road.

Parish councillors have campaigned for action on the road for the past two years after complaints from residents.

Trevor Battersby of the parish council, said: "The campaign started with complaints from residents living in Norton village late in 2015.

"It is a ‘B’ road through the village where people walk children to school, to catch the bus, walk their dogs in the park etc. The parish council took up the campaign.

"We took our own data from our old speed warning machine showing high speeds in the 30 mph limit and contacted the police for advice, who connected us with the Safer Roads Partnership.

"SRP took their own official data which showed one car in six driving above 41 mph in the 30 limit and speeds above 60 mph were recorded. This was too fast to allow us to join Community Speedwatch so, after discussion,the SRP have passed it to the Police for Enforcement.

"The parish council has bought an SID (Speed Indicator Device) at a cost of over £4000 - a huge cost for a small parish like ours.

"This will show the actual speed of an approaching car and we are told this is more effective than other types of sign, as it reminds people of their speed and the need to drive more slowly.

"Our intention has always been ‘prevention not punishment’ - we want to stop accidents happening due to excessive speed. We hope this new device will help people to respect the speed limit and drive carefully through our village."

Prior to installing the device, the council wrote to regular road users such as taxi and bus companies and updated signs, repainted and additional road markings as well as village entry gates but no improvement had been seen.