Derbyshire police issue £50 fines to those using permit only road to cut through traffic

Derbyshire police has issued a number of £50 fines to drivers using a permit-only road as a cut-through. After numerous reports from residents in the surrounding area of the Kedleston Road, Derbyshire police deployed officers to issue fines to those who used the road to cut through traffic.

The Kedleston Road service road, that acts as unauthorised cut-through, was used by non permitted road users in order to skip out queuing traffic going onto A38 Queensway.

However officers from the Allestree Police SNT deployed a van on Wednesday morning, November 13 to enforce the 'no motor vehicles' sign that is in place at either end of the service road.

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The number of tickets issued amounted to double digits in a single morning, with one source stating that the fines cost disobeying motorists £50.

A spokesperson for Derbyshire police said: "After numerous reports from residents, about drivers using the road as a cut through to save a couple of seconds, PCs BULL and LAKIN have been out this morning on Kedleston Road during the morning rush hour, enforcing the No Motor Vehicle signs along the side road.

"The team will be out again soon in the area to reinforce the traffic signs and educate to drivers."