The current twelve volunteers for Warninglid Speedwatch continue their year-round operations to discourage speeding in Cuckfield Lane. They do this on behalf of the Community and particularly for the residents who live on that road.

We have two police authorised operating sites. The first is close to the Hollingbury 30mph limit sign from where we monitor eastbound traffic as well as the original operating location at the bus shelter where, over the years, our creature comforts have been enhanced by a concrete surface, bench and cushion storage courtesy of villagers. A coffee machine and winter heating are keenly awaited . . .

We hold hourly sessions and each week we plan to hold as many as the number of available volunteers will allow, the average is 4- 5 but sometimes we can achieve 8. We try to balance the sessions so that our activities reflect the volume of speeders. Experience shows that the worst speeding emanates from the Cuckfield direction so we arrange to do more sessions at the bus stop to reflect this. We are only out on duty for a fraction of the hours in a week and those who live on Cuckfield Lane will be all too aware of the true level of cavalier speeding abuse they suffer. The Community has sought to get traffic calming measures installed, but West Sussex Highways claim the absence of serious accidents (by which they appear to mean no one has been killed) precludes the expenditure on such installations.

Some years ago we purchased the SID machine, which is at present installed facing the eastbound traffic, which records all traffic movements in that direction 24 hours a day. This data is recorded and evaluated by the Warninglid Community, West Sussex Highways and the Police. A couple of years ago we recorded one case of an eastbound vehicle doing 70mph and in one session two 55mphs were recorded. Consider the risk some villagers have to take just leaving their properties…