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Speeding drivers risk £60 fines during blitz in Kettering
A day of action is being planned to catch speeding drivers and motorists who use mobile phones or drive while not wearing a seatbelt.
A blitz on motoring offences will see 60 fines handed out to those caught by police during a crackdown in Polwell Lane, Barton Seagrave, near Wicksteed Park.
Officers will also be in Harborough Road, Desborough; Newton Road, Geddington, and Harborough Road, Dingley.
The locations are being targeted by the Kettering Rural West Safer Community Team following feedback from residents.
The crackdown is set to begin in the next six weeks.
Drivers who are seen to be speeding, driving while on a mobile phone, not wearing a seatbelt or driving with no tax will be pulled over.
Sgt Tony Hopkins, who leads the team, said: "We will be out there, stopping every driver who is committing a traffic offence. It will be a real purge.
"These are the four locations which have been picked by our community panel and they are the roads which we have been told are the worst in terms of speeding and concerns over danger.
"The roads we are looking at are near schools. If a child runs in front of a car and the driver is on the phone, they're not in control."
A campaign to get a Community Speedwatch programme in Barton Seagrave is under way.
More than 400 signatures have been collected from those in favour of residents carrying out speedwatches to monitor traffic.
At least 500 signatures are needed before the scheme can be introduced.
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