These acronyms may or may not mean anything to you at the moment. However, Camber Parish Council is hoping these will soon be familiar to each and every one of us.
NHW stands for Neighbourhood Watch, a national volunteer-led crime prevention charity in England and Wales which has recently been promoted in Camber, with quite a few residents signing up. There are currently over 2 million supporter households signed up to the scheme across the country.
On a local level, such as in Camber, groups are run by local volunteer co-ordinators who work in a variety of ways including sharing crime prevention advice and information, running awareness campaigns, and leading community projects such as litterpicks.
CSW stands for Community Speed Watch. There have been several attempts over the last couple of decades to form a CSW group in Camber, including a protest march through the village centre to slow traffic down. In September, Camber Parish Council invited the CSW co-ordinator to attend the Parish Council meeting to talk to the public about setting up a scheme in Camber. The meeting was well attended and some residents signed up to volunteer.
As these two new schemes evolve and become established, we hope to report on both each month.
This month, we focus on an issue that is common to both organisations – speeding.
According to the Police, speeding is one of what they call the ‘Fatal 5’ in terms of road traffic collision deaths. (The others are: careless driving, drink and drug driving, not wearing a seatbelt, and using a mobile phone.)
Rother NHW News
Speeding is one of the Fatal 5, but sometimes we find drivers not just exceeding the speed limit. On Thursday (12th September) in Rye, two vehicles were stopped for speeding. One driver was also found to be driving without insurance, while another was discovered driving with only a provisional licence, not displaying L-plates, and without a supervising driver present.
Both vehicles were seized, and both drivers have been summoned to court.
