THE policing team responsible for the promotion of road safety and speed reduction at Devon and Cornwall Police have issued a plea to motorists to be mindful of their speed outside the Duchy’s primary schools.

Devon and Cornwall Police’s road safety team conducted a speed watch outside of Delabole Primary School during the afternoon of Thursday, January 22.

It was aimed at monitoring the speed of motorists outside of the school during the end of school day ‘pick up time’.

While only three motorists were caught breaking the 20 miles per hour speed limit outside of the school during the time that an officer with the motorcycle speed detection unit conducted their monitoring of speeds, the policing team said it was ‘three vehicles too many’, despite welcoming the encouragement that the relative lack of speeding motorists gave.

Sharing the news of the enforcement, a spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police’s road policing team said it would like motorists across Devon and Cornwall to be “extra cautious” when driving past schools during the times where young children are more likely to be out in the roads.

They also confirmed that they would continue to monitor speeds outside of schools in the policing area as part of their work to reduce speeding offences.

The spokesperson said: “During the afternoon of Thursday, January 22, one of our motorcycle speed detection officers attended Delabole Primary School to check traffic speeds during school pick up time, remaining on site afterwards to cover the after school club pupils leaving later on.

“Only three vehicles were detected above the enforcement threshold, which was encouraging, but still three too many cars going too fast outside a primary school. We will continue to monitor speeds outside schools in both counties, please be extra cautious when young children are likely to be out on the roads.”