Shortly after Juma was killed, tech expert, Andy Paddock, set up a Speedbot which recorded the speeds travelled by drivers across the B3078 using tracking information from their smart phones. In a 24 hour period there were 182 instances in which drivers were travelling at more than 49 miles per hour (the speed limit is 40) - offences committed durng the day, during dawn and dusk, and at night when the roads are pitch dark. Here are just a few examples:

13.41  57.91 mph

15.26 58.25 mph

15.56  57.09 mph

18.11   57.49 mph

19.41  58.42 mph

20.26 (as it was starting to get dark)  58.09 mph

21.26 (dark)  63.04 mph

21.56 (dark)  69.56 mph

23.26 (dark)  74.39 mph

23.56 (dark)  61.03 mph

0.26  (dark)  64.46 mph

0.41 (dark)  57.50 mph

4.41 (dark)  61.44 mph

5.56 (daybreak)  61.55 mph

6.11 58.96 mph

6.26 60.27 mph

6.41  60.79 mph

7.41 62.44 mph

...and the rest of the figures were mainly in the mid-50's - 15 miles per hour above the top speed limit for these roads). 

With the best will in the world, police speed checks cannot be there all the time and neither can they check speeds at night. We need average speed cameras. 

To find out more about Juma and the speed bot, see this weekends' Sunday Times article by Nicholas Hellen. 

Photo: one of the New Forest foals that are born out on the Forest and at risk from these speeding drivers all day and all night.