Police make 11 stops in Headcorn after residents concerns over speeding
15:00, 22 August 2021
updated: 15:24, 22 August 2021
Police stopped 11 vehicles as they targeted speeding motorists in a village where residents were becoming concerned.
Officers from the Maidstone Community Policing Team carried out speed checks in Mill Bank, Headcorn, on the morning of Wednesday, August 18.
It comes after residents raised concerns about speeding motorists at a community meeting.
In total, 11 vehicles were stopped by officers and five drivers were reported for driving over the 40mph limit. A further four were given words of advice.
A 29-year-old man from Maidstone was arrested on suspicion of driving with a drug level about the specified limit.
Sergeant Tony Nolan, from the task force, said: "Local officers noted the concerns raised at a recent community meeting regarding vehicles failing to slow down as they entered the village.
"Children, pensioners and other pedestrians regularly cross the road in the centre of Headcorn and drivers should remember they have a responsibility to keep other road users safe.
"The enforcement activity today should send a clear message to those who fail to slow down sufficiently that the manner of their driving has consequences. Motorists can expect further checks in other rural areas."
