04/10/2026
🚨 CCTV VAN OUT AND ABOUT IN TIVERTON 🚨
You may have spotted our CCTV van in various locations around Tiverton on Saturday 3rd October. A big than you to Charles Cross Station for letting us borrow it 👏🏻
The van was primarily out to observe ASB involving vehicles, but it also gave us a useful extra pair of eyes (or several, actually 👀) when it comes to general ASB.
We spent some time at the following locations:
📍Fore Street- facing Bampton Street and Gold Street
We spent around two hours here and observed many laps of the town being taken by some rather noisy cars.
Suffice to say, the van appeared to have a remarkable effect on driving behaviour…🤔🫣 Cars seemed to stick very firmly to the speed limit while the van was in sight, only for the sound of pedal to the floor to echo through the streets once they thought they were out of sight! 😂
Just to clarify- these cameras do not record actual vehicle speeds, so there’s no sneaky money-making scheme going on here 😉
They do, however capture registration numbers, and warning letters will be sent where appropriate.
📍 Moorhayes Community Centre- facing both directions of Lea Road
We spent around an hour here and again observed plenty of loud vehicles. Warning letters will be sent where necessary.
📍 Post Hill- facing vehicles coming off the 361 and coming from Blundell’s Road.
It was relatively quiet here. The traffic lights may have had something to do with that though- not quite so much opportunity for a free-flowing grand prix! 🏎️🚦
📍 Tesco Car Park
Sadly, no drag racing or spectacular donuts were witnessed this time around! 🍩🏎️😂 We’ll consider that a win for responsible driving…for today anyway!
📍Old School Road Car Park
Ahhh, yeah, this is where it happens! 👀
We had one camera racing towards Great Western Way and the other looking across the roundabout towards Heathcoat Way.
There was quite a bit of noisy activity observed from this location, and warning letters will be issued where required.
📢 A little message for the boy racers…
We appreciate you may take great pride in your noisy, back firing vehicles. We also appreciate that driving around aimlessly must be costing you a small fortune these days with fuel prices being what they are! 💴⛽😂
But please spare a thought for everyone else living and working in the surrounding area.
What might sound like an impressive BANG! to you can sound rather more like a gunshot to someone sitting at home. When it happens repeatedly, it can be extremely disruptive to residents who haven’t chosen to attend your impromptu motoring sound-and-light show. 💥🙉
Enjoy your cars, enjoy driving them- but please have some consideration for the people around you. Not everyone shares your enthusiasm for the noise.
We know there are many other areas across Tiverton experiencing similar problems. unfortunately, there aren’t quite so many places where we can safely park a rather conspicuous CCTV van!
That doesn’t mean those areas are being forgotten. Regular patrols continue, and further work is also taking place behind the scenes.
So, to those who managed to behave impeccably well while the van was watching…👀
…we see you. And we also see what happens afterwards! 😏
