Police crackdown as drivers clocked in over 150 speeding offences

Call for action after over 100 accidents reported in three months

- ANDREW GALLOWAY

Monitoring the roads Three months ago, it was reported that 140 speeding offences had been prosecuted over four months

Police recorded more than 150 speeding offences by motorists in Helensburgh and Lomond in little more than three months, a report has revealed.

Officers detected a total of 157 speeding offences across the area between July 1 and the week commencing October 6, while more than 100 road accidents were also reported.

Three months ago, it was reported that 140 speeding offences had been prosecuted in Helensburgh and Lomond over four months while, in May, 100 had been detected in three months.

The latest figures feature in a report which will go before Argyll and Bute Council's Helensburgh and Lomond community planning group on Tuesday, November 11.