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4 days ago
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Politicians want speed cameras on A6 Barton-le-Clay bypass
A councillor and a police and crime commissioner are calling for speed cameras to be installed on a road after police recorded one vehicle travelling at over 150mph (240km/h).Liz Childs, an Independent Alliance member of Central Bedfordshire Council, representing Barton-le-Clay, said cameras might help deter car meets from taking place on the village's A6 Tizard, Labour Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire, agreed, saying: "I think Central Bedfordshire Council could install cameras on the A6 as there is a danger to road users and there is a huge nuisance for local residents."The council has been asked for comment. Tizard added: "I am confident police are taking this seriously and will act appropriately, and I am sorry it has taken as long as it has done." Bedfordshire Police caught 182 drivers speeding on Saturday, including one travelling at 151mph (243km/h).Childs said car meets had been taking place on the A6 bypass for several months."It is disturbing residents and just needs stopping," she said the meets, which were taking place at weekends and bank holidays, were "really horrendous" and that residents had reported being "terrified by the noise"."The racing activity is highly illegal and clearly the speeding is way beyond illegal - it is dreadful," she said."The road needs cameras on it. That is the biggest thing that can happen to help, because then people will be fined." She said she had "bombarded" police with emails on the matter and had received a positive Alex House, of Bedfordshire Police, said: "After the last car meet-up, we issued a total of 66 Section 59 orders to the owner of every vehicle which attended. "This means that if they come to the area again and partake in the same activity, we can immediately seize their vehicle."He said installing speed cameras on the road would be a council decision. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
29-05-2025
- Business
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Flitwick firms feel 'let down' by police response to car meets
Business owners on an industrial estate say they feel "let down" by police over the what they claim is a lack of response to illegal car meets on the said events in which cars were skidded in circles round a ring of fire had been taking place at Lyall Court, Flitwick, Bedfordshire for over three years, with the latest taking place last Friday Palmer, managing director of bus company Grant Palmer, said when nearby residents contacted police to report the events, officers did not turn up, adding: "We have been massively let down."Bedfordshire Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire, John Tizard, have been approached for comment. "The police are completely and utterly incompetent now," said Mr Palmer, 54."This is not just happening here, it is happening everywhere and what are the police doing about it in general?"Ultimately, they [the car drivers] are committing a crime and it needs to be enforced."He said spectators' cars had completely blocked the roads outside the bus company's gates."My biggest concern is the emergency services cannot get to the estate in the event of a fire," he Cooper, 58, who runs Cooper Plastics Machinery, said: "They kick up loads of dirt, broke windows, made a ring of fire and leave bits of tyre everywhere, and we have to sweep it up."When you see it on CCTV they are almost hitting spectators who have to jump out of the way."Someone is going to get killed before too long."He said cars were being damaged and having to be towed away. Nigel Colclough, 61, who runs a fabrication company on the estate, claimed it could take a death before the police took said that while automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras were installed two years ago, he did not believe the information they gathered was acted Colclough said he felt "let down" as firms paid a lot of money in business rates and supported the local economy, adding: "We are not getting anything back."The police need more support, [to] do less paperwork and more actual policing, like it used to be." Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
