MORE than HALF of all motorists on Poynton’s two busiest roads broke the speed limit during a recent cop survey.

On London Road North, 56.4 per cent breached the 30mph restriction, while on Chester Road 54.1pc were over, according to the village’s Community Action Team (CAT).

The figures were collected by an unmanned Speed Indicator Device – known as SID – which tracks every car that passes, and collects data.

SID was placed on London Road North overnight between 3.25pm and 9.16am, during the week.

Of the 2,318 vehicles that passed in 18 hours, a total of 1,307 – 56.4pc – were driving over the 30mph speed limit. And 452 of them were over 35mph.

A similar SID survey on Chester Road – Poynton’s second busiest thoroughfare – took place between 8.58am and 4.05pm on a Saturday.

A total of 1,871 vehicles were tracked in seven hours, and 1,013 hit more than 30mph – 260 of those breaking the 35mph mark.

The village’s CAT report was unveiled at a meeting of Poynton Parish Council on Monday (November 24).

Councillor Laurence Clarke hailed the SID device as "very clever".

Coun Howard Murray added: "When SID isn’t persuading speeding idiots not to kill themselves we can also use it for other things. We could strap it onto a lamppost in the car park, and find out how many cars are going in and out, over a certain period."

Each SID costs £3,000 and weighs 14kg, the parish council was told. The councillors voted unanimously to buy a SID.