POLICE conducted speed checks outside a Newquay school as students were arriving on the first day of term.

Officers caught out drivers travelling above the 30mph limit at Nansledan School on Monday, January 5. Two drivers are due to appear in court following their excessive speed.

A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police Road Safety Team said: “Despite the weather conditions, some drivers were ignoring the 30 mph speed limit, with some travelling well in excess of the limit. Two drivers will be receiving court summons due to the speed they were doing.

“There is no excuse for excess speed on a road past a primary school, but in the road conditions we have seen today these kind of speeds are totally unacceptable.”

The speed check operation follows Newquay Town Council installing installing speed activated awareness signs along William Hosken Way due to the excessive speeds some motorists travel along he stretch. One motorist was clocked travelling 75mph.