MORE than 100 people have been stopped by police for driving offences since the start of a crackdown on speeding.

Most of the drivers stopped by police have been advised about their driving while 25 tickets have been issued to drivers since the start of Operation Dolphin.

Operation Dolphin started on Monday April 11, with police conducting speed checks along known speeding hotspots in South Worcestershire to educate drivers about speeding.

Yesterday the Worcester News went out to see police carrying out speed checks in Hastings Drive, Warndon Villages, and Worcester Road, Droitwich.

Drivers were stopped for travelling at around 37mph in a 30mph zone and advised about their driving.

Sites are decided by suggestions from the public in collaboration with the Safer Roads Partnership and police officers will patrol sites on most days depending on policing resources.

Officers are only to be taken off Operation Dolphin duty if there is a 'pressing need'.

Many of the areas are around residential zones or schools so the public can be protected in the best way possible.

Sergeant Alex Derwas, who helped set up the operation said: "We have ran speeding campaigns before but the difference is that this one is running for an indefinite time period and will continue for the foreseeable future.

"At the moment the focus is very much on educating the public and if we can we will try to advise rather than to issue tickets.

"We want people to drive safely not to issue lots of tickets.

"The sites are flexible and if we feel a different site is dangerous or we are not helping at an existing site we will respond accordingly."

The campaign was started after an increase in dangerous driving in South Worcestershire in 2015.

172 people were injured in serious collisions in South Worcestershire in 2015 compared to 153 in 2014 with 17 fatal collisions in 2015 as opposed to 12 in 2014.

Police use speed laser guns to measure the vehicle's speed.

An officer will stand in the road to a stop a car that they find to be travelling over the speed limit.

They will then decided whether to issue a ticket or give a warning and information leaflet to those who break the law.

The changes have come as a relief to the vice-chairman of Warndon Villages Parish Council Ray Morris who said that his statistics show Plantation Drive has seen more than 50 per cent of drivers going over 35 miles an hour measured using a vehicle activated system.

Warndon Villages is one of the areas that has been targeted by Operation Dolphin officers.

Mr Morris said: "The changes come as a welcome sight as there is a huge record of speeding in this area particularly on Plantation Drive and Hastings Drive.

"We requested that something was done about it.

"I have already noticed changes being made. We will not know for sure the impact until we do our monthly check into how much it has helped."