DANGEROUS drivers in Glasgow are being targeted by cops in a bid to cut carnage on the city's roads.

 

Police are waging war on speeding motorists across the city as part of a nationwide crackdown.

Chief Constable Sir Stephen House ordered the blitz after declaring "more people are killed on our roads than are murdered each year".

The Evening Times joined road traffic officers out on patrol as the operation got underway.

PC Grant Neilston and PCStewart Taylor were sent to known speeding and accident hotspots, and to areas where problems have been flagged up by members of the public.

Yesterday, they were deployed to Edinburgh Road, in Carntyne, which is notorious for speeding.

The officers pull up by the roadside with a laser speed gun and within minutes they had clocked one car doing 50mph.

Inspector Craig Linton said: "It's well known that speeding is a contributory factor in many serious and fatal road traffic collisions and yet people still risk lives by not adhering to the legal limited.

"The public has made clear that speeding is major concern for them and that's why we are focusing our efforts on targeting irresponsible drivers speeding on Scotland's roads.

"We want to reduce the number of casualties on the country's roads and we are directing our resources to where they need to be in order to achieve this.

"It's not just motorways where drivers speed, many motorists drive too fast in built up urban areas.

"Driving over the speed limit in these areas can result in serious injuries or death for pedestrians."

Police told how one driver was caught doing more than 100mph in a 30mph zone in Glasgow.

The culprit was clocked in busy Edinburgh Road, before the launch of the new crackdown.

Speeding drivers are one of the Scottish public's top three concerns, according to Sir Stephen.

The findings from a poll of 43,000 people came as Scotland's top cop said the number of there were 158 road deaths between April 1 and December 31, compared to 45 murders in the same period.

He said: "It's one of the top concerns consistently raised in the public feedback we get from communities.

"That's why it's one of my top priorities for Police Scotland.

"More people are killed on our roads than are murdered each year. To me, this is unacceptable and to many of our local communities it is unacceptable.

"The impact on families and our communities is nothing less than devastating.

"By listening to the concerns of Scotland's communities, we can ensure those views inform our policing priorities."