Rat run routes focus of an increased police presence
The increased police presence which has seen improvements in driver behaviour at Burnside Primary could be rolled out to other traffic hotspots.
PC Stewart McDonald said a heavy police presence on roads such as the Cathkin Relief Road and Bromieknowe Road may encourage more considerate driving.
The police officer offered the solution at a meeting of Burnside Community Council, where residents raised a number of concerns about speeding and poor driving on both routes. He said visits to the area with the speed gun had not caught many speeding drivers, but agreed the visible police car may have encouraged motorists to slow down on those occasions.
“I walk up and down Bromieknowe Road regularly because we have had calls about it,”he said.“If we are there people will see us and they will slow down.
“Burnside wasn’t built to cater to this number of cars, nowhere in Glasgow is, but I would rather we were there and visible and people slowed down than arrest people.”
PC McDonald said the Rutherglen South problem solving team would continue to target the area and encouraged people to report all motorists who cause concern.
“I can take their registration plate and be at their door the same day,”he said.
People can report poor driving by calling 101 and asking for the Rutherglen South problem solving team.