Essex has been unveiled as the speeding capital of England and Wales.
Figures show the county accounted for more than ten per cent of all speeding prosecutions in magistrates' courts for the two countries in the year 2002.
These latest available statistics show how Essex Police doled out a massive 17,004 speeding fines, over 5,000 more than the next force in the list, Thames Valley, which prosecuted 11,887.
Essex's total was more than the combined sum of convictions for Wales, Surrey, Sussex and Suffolk put together.
Essex road safety officer Dan Carlin said speeding was an issue throughout the county, especially on the major routes.
He said: "We take speeding very seriously and we are particularly concerned with the problem on the A127.
"If Essex has the highest number of prosecutions and that leads to a reduction in speeding, it has got to be a good thing."
An Essex Police spokesman said the force would continue to maintain its hard line on speeding.
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Published Friday, December 24, 2004
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