Schoolkids tackle speeders

Ellen Fisher and Reagan Gunderson, both 11, monitor drivers. Picture / Wairarapa Times-Age

Pupils at a Wairarapa school have launched their own campaign to get drivers to slow down.

Children at Mauriceville School borrowed a speed gun from police and clocked one driver doing 78km/h in the 50km/h zone.

They then got hold of a speed trailer which shows drivers their speed and, if over 55km/h, tells them to slow down.

They have noted that trucks in particular are slowing down as a result.

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