Two mums have decided to take matters into their own hands after feeling increasingly terrified for their children's safety.
Penny Hughes said she decided to keep watch on drivers who "fly past" per home in Dolwyddelan, Conwy, Wales, despite the fact that the speed limit in the area is only 30mph. She claims that drivers regularly break the legal limit on the stretch of the A470 which goes past her house.
There have even been accidents outside of Penny's house, which has left local residents scared, North Wales Live reports. Speaking of the incident and its effect on the community, Penny said: "There was a motorbike crash right outside my house in the summer holidays and it's really frightening that somebody could knock our children down."
She continued: "There are children who play on the drive and in the front garden where the crash happened and crushed the wall, so it's really worrying because cars just fly past. The road goes from a 60mph to 30 I just don't get why people feel the need to overtake in a 30, it's really dangerous.
"We can't have speed bumps because it's the A470 but we need something here to make it safer because it's really worrying as it is."
She added: "We do feel like we have been forgotten and something has to happen for the police to come out. After the motorbike crash they did come out about a week later but now they've stopped coming again."
Alongside another local mum, Rhian, Penny decided to take matters into their own hands and signed up for North Wales Police's Community Speed Watch Scheme so they can catch dangerous motorists in the act. The pair, armed with a speed gun, managed to clock 17 drivers breaking the speed limit within their first two hours on the job.
Penny continued: "We've had people shout abuse at us from their cars as they go past. Some people just stare but we had one person shout "you're a f****** disgrace" as they drove past.
"But at the end of the day it's a problem for us who have kids and something needs to be done about it. We'd like more volunteers to sign up to help us because it's quite difficult with just the two of us.
"We're hoping that people will start to take notice and stop speeding because they know they'll get caught."
Community Speed Watch volunteers are given training and equipment by North Wales Police which allows them to monitor vehicle speeds and log the details with the police. To find out more, please visit the Community Speed Watch Scheme website.
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