A lawman with a Gun

A lawman with a gun rode into town today. It was not the first time. In fact he has been making regular visits.

Contrary to the image those words conjure up he was not a US Marshall - and he was armed with a speed gun.

Several times in the last few weeks this lawman has found a discrete position albeit wearing high visibility clothes and proceeds to checks vehicle’s speed as they travel through the village.

He checks 100 vehicles in a session and that can take hours because of the stops. Out of those 100 he expects around 10 to be exceeding the speed limit.

You may well be wondering to yourselves how much attention some of the motorists travelling through the village are paying if they don’t spot an officer dressed in fluorescent yellow, or do but don’t moderate their speed.

If a speeder is detected, depending on how badly they exceed the limit, the driver might be issued a ticket receiving a fine and getting points on their licence, or be required to take speed awareness advice.

It is not just speeders that get stopped. Recently a car and a motor cycle have been seized by the police during these checks because they were uninsured.

Now I know what you're thinking. "Did he get in 100 checks or 0nly 99?".

Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as he has a whole book full of speeding tickets and the fine can just blow your mind you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" - Well, do ya, punk?