Durham Pcc Commits To Safer Roads With Raft Of Initiatives

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham is committing to safer roads by promising more mobile speed cameras and new awareness and education campaigns to promote safe driving.

Joy Allen told the Northern Echo newspaper: “People continuously contact me with concerns about speeding vehicles and safety for all road users.  It is a fact that too many people are killed or seriously injured on the roads.”

In an article she shared on her LinkedIn page, she’s quoted as saying: “We know from our extensive engagement work the public want to help us make our roads safer, whether that is by submitting dashcam footage, being part of a local community speed watch scheme or most importantly using our roads and shared spaces responsibly and abiding by the laws of the road.”

She also talked about public education around drink-driving, with her quoted as saying: “Drink or drug driving is a selfish and inexcusable act. It is vital our justice system sufficiently punishes those who recklessly gamble with people’s lives and cause these devastating tragedies to prevent them from harming other innocent people in the future.”

In January, Ms Allen, who is Association of PCCs joint lead on policing and transport told a Project EDWARD event in Parliament: “Last year’s operation involved 44 police forces across England and Wales and nearly 50,000 breath tests, almost 10% of these tested positive, failed or refused,” she said.  “Nearly 7,000 drug tests were conducted, with nearly 50% of these testing positive, and our police officers, thankfully made thousands of arrests as a result, drivers who put themselves and other road users in danger through alcohol and drugs deserve to pay a high price for their recklessness and selfishness.”

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