“I’m horrified to see drivers reaching twice the legal speed limit on our roads. It’s totally unacceptable and is putting road users, as well as themselves at risk of serious injury or death.”

This comes from our head of roads policing, Adam Pipe, after one of his officers detected 180 offences in just over an hour on Friday 6 June.

While conducting speed checks on the A12 between Chelmsford and Witham the roads policing officer detected a number of motorists travelling at more than 100mph.

One was driving at 140mph, another at 121mph and a third at 110mph.

These offenders will be receiving a court summons.

Mr Pipe added: 

“We’ve seen a number of serious collisions on our roads this year, with people losing their lives.

“We are committed to reducing this and dedicated officers are patrolling the roads network 24 hours a day, to catch irresponsible drivers and keep you safe.

“I urge people to think about the consequences of driving too fast and the irreparable damage that can be caused.

“Don’t resort to speeding, it’s never worth the devastating cost.”

Extra Eyes

Help us reduce road collisions and casualties in Essex and make our roads even safer. Report instances of poor and dangerous driving through Safer Essex Roads Partnership’s Extra Eyes initiative.

More than ever, irresponsible, dangerous and illegal road behaviour is being recorded by road users. Through Extra Eyes this footage can be sent to, and reviewed by, an investigator within Road Policing at Essex Police.

Find out how by visiting Safer Essex Roads Partnership website.

This article originally appeared on Essex Police and was republished with permission.