‘HOW would you feel if you had killed me?’... that was the question speeding drivers were asked by 10 and 11-year-old children.
The group of year six pupils at St Francis’ Primary School, Feniscowles, used a speed gun provided by the South West Neighbourhood Police Team to pull over drivers in Cherry Tree Lane on Wednesday morning.
A handful of motorists were stopped for speeding, one of whom was using a mobile phone and another was not wearing a seatbelt.
Headteacher Sharon Thomas said they faced some ‘tough questions’.
She said: “We have a problem, as do a lot of schools, with people driving too fast outside school and parking on the zig zag lines.
“I understand that parents are rushed, but we’ve got to put the children’s safety first. The children asked them how they would feel if they had hit one of their classmates. It has more effect coming from the children themselves.”
Community beat manager Lyndsey Armstrong and PCSOs Amy Wolski and Seppo Murphy oversaw the Operation Pathway initiative.
PC Armstrong said: “The speeding motorists were offered the chance to speak to the children instead of a prosecution.
"The children were quite intimidating! The drivers were very apologetic and promised to take on board what the pupils said.
"They felt ashamed that the children in the area saw their driving mistakes.”
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