Officers will ensure motorcyclists and other drivers abide by the 50mph limit on the A537, between Macclesfield and Buxton, from Saturday, as they take advantage of the lighter evenings.
Using the Cheshire Police aeroplane and mobile speed cameras, they will be out every weekend during the spring and summer in a bid to halt the toll.
The road, named after the Cat and Fiddle pub near its highest point, was branded Britain's most dangerous two years ago because of the number of people - the vast majority of them bikers - who died on it.
Since 1999 - when 15 people were killed or seriously injured on the road - police have campaigned to make it safer.
There were eight people killed or seriously hurt in both 2000 and 2001, then in 2003, no one was killed, although five were badly injured. One died during 2004 and four were seriously injured, while in 2005, three were badly hurt and no one was killed.
Cheshire Police have unveiled a safety campaign for the A537 and neighbouring A54, promising to crack down on dangerous driving as well as educating bikers about the road's dangers.
Police motorcyclists as well as officers in unmarked cars will patrol the road, while mobile speed cameras will also be used. Sgt Carl Bailey said: "This campaign is based on enforcement and education.
"We have been carrying it out for the past five years and we know it is effective. The fact that the A537 has lost its tag of being Britain's most dangerous road is directly linked."
He added: "We will be checking that road users observe the 50mph limit on the A537 and the 60mph limit on the A54, and looking out for people crossing the solid white lines, which are on long stretches of these roads.
"The lines are there because visibility is limited, or the road itself creates a potential hazard."
Police and firefighters will set up safety presentations on the car park of the Cat and Fiddle and encourage riders to sign up for `Bikesafe' courses. Tweet
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"POLICE are to increase patrols on Cheshire's infamous Cat and Fiddle road at the weekend to protect bikers"
?, why do i think their real motives are to get into the motorcyclists wallets?
If they dont speed then they've nothing to worry about
I have yet to see a road kill anyone. There's no such thing as a dangerous road, only a dangerous road-user. If everyone behaved sensibly, there wouldn't be a need for extra policing. Sadly, though, a minority don't behave sensibly, and everyone else has to suffer as a result.
What i could never get my head around was why build bigger and faster bikes each year when the top speed limit is 70MPH? why build a roadbike that tops 200MPH when you cannot drive it on the road at that speed?.
It seems so appropriate that you see the words 'Fiddle' and 'Speed Cameras' in the same story.
As well as never seeing a road kill anyone, I have never seen speed kill anyone either.
Ace, as a motorcyclist I must take you up on your comments.
The most obvious retort being - some cars can also top 200mph as well you know, should these be banned also?
At the end of the day the bike will only travel as fast as the rider wishes it to do - it it as perfectly capable of obeying speed limits as it is of breaking them.
Do not tar all motorcyclists with the 'speeding lunatics' badge my friend!
OK, so speed or roads don't kill. But middle age execs on 200mph superbikes obviously do.
I have nothing against motorbikes or experienced and responsible bikers. However, blokes having a midlife crisis should find a better way to deal with it than splashing out on a Ducatti that they have no idea how to ride properly.
Obviously people do the same thing with cars, especially now that rally cars like the Subura impreza are realitively inexpensive. So it's by no means a bike specific problem.
Robbo - those types you speak of are easily spotted due to the 2-inch wide chicken strips on each side of the rear tyre & the fact they do less than 1000 miles a year....
most bikers don't really have a problem with the police presence, having spoken with them at the weekend they really are only looking at two offences, speed and white lining, to question the performance of the machines is nonsense and shows a distinct lack of knowledge about bikes, fact an inept/inexperienced rider would through himself through a dry-stone wall on a 250cc machine as easily as a 1000cc machine. The biggest problem with the Cat is riders who do not ride it often enough or at all, and are not prepared for the bends tightening up, I ride the cat all year round and know every corner, camber and surface change on the road, even though I know this I'm still prepared for the un-expected each time I scratch on it, by the way perhaps those who don't know the cat should get uo there and watch the volume of cars that can't keep four wheels on their own side of the road, I limit straight line speed on the cat, the corners are where the fun is, I know my bike, I know what my tyres are doing and I know how far I can push it up there, the real issue is not speed but inexperience of the road and perhaps the rider.