Ernie Clark. Hilperton Division, Wiltshire Council.

If you don't speed through the parish, you've no worries!

Eight local residents attended the training session last week with another two or three 'waiting in the wings' for the next course.

Three sites have now been identified as suitable for the scheme with another two currently being evaluated.

With the demise of the 'speed camera vans' a while ago, these schemes are gaining in popularity (but not, perhaps, with speeding drivers). Locally, both Steeple Ashton and West Ashton are in the process of setting groups up.

The intention is NOT to cause problems for drivers but to ensure that motorists keep within the speed limit; if you aren't speeding you have nothing to worry about.

The team is equipped with state-of-the-art laser equipment, as against the old style radar guns, which work in the dark/poor weather as well as during daylight. They can 'zap' you whether you are going towards the device or away from it. The range is 800 metres...