Slam the brakes on speeding motorists
Call for camera on busy road
Fed- up residents have called for urgent action to put the brakes on speeding drivers.
Neighbours have slammed fast motorists in the Heathfield area and also in Whitletts Road.
One resident claims an existing speed camera on Whitletts Road currently isn’t in operation and insist vehicles are zooming past her home at speeds of up to 50mph.
She is calling for a speed camera further along the road to curb fast drivers.
The concerned woman has called for the camera between Whitletts Road and Mainholm Road.
Speaking at this month’s North Ayr Community Council, she said: “I am convinced the speed camera in Whitletts Road is not switched on.
“I can hear cars at 6am or 7am travelling at more than 30mph coming into the town and the same going out. “We need a speed camera.” Councillor Ian David said: “I am waiting for a response from the Partnership Panel as speeding in Whitletts Road was mentioned and it will be taken up with the police.”
Speeding was also a hot topic discussed at last month’s Newton and Heathfield Community Council held in Newton Pavilion.
Community councillors highlighted problems with speeding cars in Alderston Avenue and Northfield Avenue, and the problem of these streets being used by drivers as rat run to avoid the traffic lights in Prestwick Road.
One woman said: “( There is) speeding in Alderston Avenue and there are a few children who stay in that street at the corner and the cars are turning right on to Northfield Avenue.”
Police attending the meeting said they would do their best to monitor the situation. A council spokesman said Police Scotland/ Safety Cameras Scotland administer speed cameras: “Safety cameras in Scotland are operated under the rules and guidelines of the Scottish Safety Camera Programme.”
A Po l i c e S c o t l a n d spokesman said: “The speed detection cameras are rotated around camera housing sites and have the ability to be used at any time.
“You can find more information on the Scottish Safety Camera Programme and the location of camera sites by visiting www. safetycameras. gov. scot”
In March, the Post reported that more than 13,000 speed offences have been captured on Ayrshire’s roads over the past three years
Fast drivers were caught 13,103 times racing through the streets at breakneck speeds across the county from 2015 to 2017.
And the highest clocked by a speed camera during that period was in 2016 at 140mph.
Over last three years, a total of 715 speeding offences were detected in Ayr, 227 in Troon, 116 Prestwick, 32 in Maybole, 105 in Girvan and 88 in Cumnock.
I can hear cars at 6am or 7am travelling at more than 30mph coming into the town