PSNI Supports Speed-Enforcement Week

The PSNI is supporting a week-long, speed-enforcement operation across Europe that begins today.

Officers will be deploying various speed detection methods across Northern Ireland all this week.

The initiative is being coordinated by Tispol, an organisation established by the traffic police forces of Europe to improve road safety.

Last year, more than 554,000 detections were made in 25 countries during the week.

"We urge all drivers to challenge their own attitude to speeding," says Tispol President Koen Ricour.

"Anyone who still believes that speeding is a trivial offence needs to think again. That's because excessive or inappropriate speed has a singularly devastating impact on the safety of road users, increasing both the risk of a crash and the severity of the consequences.

"It is estimated that speeding contributes to as many as one third of all crashes resulting in death, and is the most important contributory factor to road deaths and serious injuries.

"All across Europe this week, police officers will be ensuring that drivers respect the different speed limits. In cases where drivers choose to ignore these limits, officers will take appropriate steps to enforce the law."

(IT/JP)