Auto Insurance Going Up

Community Speed Watch (CSW) teams are cracking down on fast drivers, and those caught will not only pay fines and risk prosecution but they will also be looking at higher auto insurance rates as well. Surrey is tired of the number of speeders in their town and have decided to do something about it.

The CSW has been set up by the Surrey Police and is working with them as well as trained volunteers to use speed monitoring equipemtn to catch speeders. Once they have identified a speeder, they will send out letters to the offenders.

There will be two types of letters sent out, one will be yellow and will be a warning to drivers to clean up their act. They will be warned of the consequences of continuing to speed, and if they continue to speed they will get a red letter. The red letters warn them that they are going to be prosecuted by the Surrey Police for failing to stop speeding, and that their car insurance will go up as a result of it.

There have been more than 3,500 letters gone out over the past year and a half, and Surrey Police are more than pleased with the work they have done. They have seen the number of speeders drop since the team started, and it has spawned other communities to do the same.

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