The Parternship has already attended the Balmoral Road Race, Speedfest at Alford Transport Museum and the Fraserburgh Blue Light Festival.

Future events include Turriff and Keith Argicultural Shows and Alfords Vintage Cavalcade.

If you would like NESCAMP to attend an event please email nescamp@grampian.pnn.police.uk. All events will be considered no matter what size or location.

Please be aware that there are many dual carriageways within the City where 30 mph limit applies, namely:-

· Great Southern Road
· North Esplanade West
· Market Street (between Trinity Quay and Victoria Bridge)
· Virginia Street
· Commerce Street
· East North Street
· West North Street
· Beach Boulevard
· Causewayend
· Ellon Road ( from Bridge of Don to North Donside Road )
· Wellington Road ( from QE2 Bridge to its junction near Greenwell Rd )
· Great Northern Rd ( from Printfield Walk to near Deer Rd )
· Auchmill Rd (through Bucksburn )
and this list is by no means exhaustive.

Some people feel these roads are not sufficiently sign posted as 30mph, however there is a constraint laid down by legislation, The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 – Direction 11 (4) in relation to ‘Repeater signs’.

This directs that the 30 mph repeater sign shall not be placed along a road on which there is provided a system of carriageway lighting furnished by lamps lit by electricity placed not more than 185 metres apart in Scotland. It is for this reason that when travelling along many sections of dual carriageway within the city, the speed limit remains 30 mph, unless stated otherwise, (e.g. reinforced by the presence of repeater signs indicating 40 or 50 miles per hour ).

This weekend follows on from their previous three-day initiative in December where almost 40 hours of enforcement took place and 23 offences were detected. 

After the previous initiative, Inspector Scott Mann, who is responsible for Roads Policing in the Moray area said:  ‘A large percentage of our serious and fatal collisions in Moray are caused by excessive or inappropriate speed and the deterrent that NESCAMP provide will undoubtedly help us reduce casualties’.

Enforcement can take place anywhere along these routes which are between 11 and 52 kilometres in length.

Information regarding frequently used camera locations across the routes are still included on the Camera Locations page along with details of the routes fixed cameras.  However please be aware that additional locations can be used without prior notice.

The three routes are listed below:

A90 Peterhead to Fraserburgh

A90 Aberdeen to Northwater Bridge

A96 Great Northern Road to Tyrebagger

Hard-hitting posters and beer mats will be placed in over 100 pubs, reminding people that the speed limit is 30mph for a reason. 

 The advert depicts a crash scene with an ambulance, a police vehicle in the background and the evidence of a night out in the foreground with the slogan  “It’s 30mph for a reason! Don’t risk it.” The advert implies that a car has hit someone whilst on a night out. 

To view poster click here.

Please note:  The posters have been changed to read ‘it’s 20 for a reason’ throughout the city centre of Aberdeen.

NESCAMP Manager, Chris Hume, said: “Under the terms of the Road Traffic Act 1988 business owners have a responsibility to know who is driving their vehicles at any time. Apart from this legal requirement it is good Health and Safety practice for both business owners and drivers to log details of all journeys.

We are offering this free tool for small businesses to use in their company vehicles. Drivers will also benefit from this initiative in that it ensures that they will not be blamed for any irresponsible driving by others.”

The A5 logbook contains:
· Vehicle log sheets to keep a record of each journey
· An A4 speed limit poster for display in business premises
· A vehicle speed limit sticker for the dashboard
· Useful information on stopping distances and tips to avoid speeding

Copies of the logbooks can be obtained by going to www.transportlog.co.uk and completing the online order form.

Arrangements are already in place for the Partnership to attend both Turriff and Keith Agricultural Shows, events at Alford Transport Museum and vintage car rallies.

If you would like NESCAMP to attend an event please email nescamp@grampian.pnn.police.uk. All events will be considered no matter what size or location.

The campaign, which is being run on billboards, bus shelters, bus backs and commercial radio, is intended to get the message across that speed limits apply at all times of day or night and that it is not acceptable to speed just because it may be dark, late at night or nobody appears to be around.

The adverts use the image of a kebab spattered on the road, with a police car and ambulance in the background. Julie Milne of the North East Safety Camera Partnership, explained the purpose of the campaign. “Drivers frequently try to excuse speeding by saying ‘it was late at night’ or ‘the road was empty’. However the speed limits are there for a reason, 24 hours a day, in all circumstances.

“During 2007, throughout Grampian, 162 collisions involved pedestrians. Almost a third of these collisions occurred during the hours of darkness.

Drivers must remember that if they hit an adult pedestrian while driving at 30mph the pedestrian has an 80 per cent chance of surviving. If they hit the pedestrian whilst driving at 40mph, they have a 90 per cent chance of dying.”

Chief Inspector Tom Forrester, Head of Roads Policing for Grampian Police said “Drivers should remember that speed limits are just that – limits. They are the maximum speed that driver should drive at – they are not targets to be achieved at all costs and in all conditions. Everyone using the roads must remember that particularly at night it can be more difficult to see pedestrians. If drivers slow down they will always have more time to react and its too late after you have hit someone to think about the consequences.

Speed limits apply day and night for a reason – to make the roads safer for us all to use so please work with us to make this happen”

It’s 30 for a reason press advert
It’s 30 for a reason radio advert

This notoriously dangerous junction had its speed limit dropped to 50mph in 2005 in a bid to reduce collisions after local residents appealed to the, then Scottish Executive and the fixed speed cameras were positioned in a bid to keep the speeds down. As well as the speed cameras there are 3 count-down 50mph markers, 50mph roundel signs and vehicle activated signs to make drivers aware of the drop in speed limit.

Initial analysis of the offences have shown that just under 90% of those detected where driving under 70mph.

Julie Milne, spokesperson for the Partnership comments ‘it seems like people are either driving just below 70mph their whole journey and not noticing the 50mph zone or are slowing down for the change of limit but not enough. If the first example is in fact true it is worrying that people miss the change as the area is very clearly marked a 50mph limit’.

‘It is hoped that by highlighting this area again to members of the public they will take note the next time they travel down the A90 as the limit is in place for road safety. NESCAMP do not want to catch people out, we want to encourage people to stick to the speed limits and in this instance to slow down at the Marykirk/Laurencekirk Junction.’

In addition to the 40 second radio ads information will be sent to local caravan organisations and hire companies who will hopefully pass the information onto their clients. Advertisements will also run in the Aberdeen Evening Express and Citizen newspaper highlighting the same theme.

Julie Milne, Communications officer with NESCAMP explained ‘people are still unaware that if they are driving a van, such as a Transit, or towing a caravan or trailer they are restricted on single and dual carriageways to 10mph less than the average family car. By running this campaign we are trying to educate the drivers before they get caught or worse, are involved in a collision’.

- Details of speed limits can be found on our ‘top tips’ page or the highway code.