MORE than 150 vehicles were caught speeding in just three hours along the A338 last week.

Out of the 174 vehicles recorded speeding along Downton Road, a 30mph zone, one motorcyclist was clocked riding at 65mph.

Sergeant Will Ayres, from the roads policing unit (RPU), joined the Wiltshire Police's camera enforcement officer last week, in close vicinity of Longford Primary School, to conduct the operation.

Of the vehicles caught exceeding the speed limit, 149 drivers will be offered a speed awareness course, and 22 will be given a £100 fine and three penalty points.

Three drivers who exceeded 50mph will be reported to court.

Describing road safety as being "at the heart of what we do", Sgt Ayres said: “This type of enforcement adds a different strand to the road safety strategy that roads policing and camera enforcement officers engage in daily on the roads of Wiltshire.

"As an RPU officer seeing the state of the art enforcement technology used and the ease it records evidence was great to see.

“RPU will continue to work and support the activities of the camera enforcement team as it expands.

“Road safety is at the heart of what we do on roads policing and this technology is also able to record and evidence other offences that contribute to the fatal five offences that Roads Policing officers target.”

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