FRUSTRATED villager Gordon Crosbie is so fed up with speeding through Glentham that he has installed his own 'speed camera' in a bid to slow drivers down.
His actions are already working and if highways officials testify to its success it could stay.
Mr Grosbie was so fed up with drivers hurtling along the A631 through the village - identified as one of the country's most dangerous roads - that he built the replica Gatso using a plastic board and some reflective tape.
He claims that it has been 'a 100 per cent' success - cutting speeds from a common 60 or 70mph, closer to the 30mph speed limit.
The 63-year-old oil worker said his 'camera' was so effective at slowing cars down that the villagers could once again cross to the shop without fear of being mown down.
"You can see it working and if it saves just one child's life then it's more than worth it."
The road is part of a route highlighted by the AA as Britain's 17th most dangerous A roads.
With the number of serious and fatal accidents on it being three times the national average, it is hailed as the worst road in the East Midlands.
But Mr Crosbie's campaign to have fixed speed cameras installed in the village has fallen on deaf ears.
"I've spent 25 years complaining about the traffic to the police and highways and all they do is come out checking the road but nothing gets done."
"The Road Safety Partnership has put signs at each end of the village saying there are speed cameras here, openly admitting that there's a speeding problem. But there's only ever been one police check that I know of," said Mr Crosbie.
"It can't be right that there have to be fatalities here before we can have a proper speed camera, so I decided to do what I could to stop there being fatalities and it's working. You can see and hear the cars and bikes slowing up as they see the camera."
Shrewdly he has used it as a sign to his house too, making it difficult for officials to remove.
Joanna Smith from the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership said her agency's initiatives along the A631 had already cut speeds and there was 'no longer a problem' in Glentham.
The village did not meet the criteria set down by Government for a fixed speed camera - of three deaths - or one death and several injured for a mobile unit.
Speed would continue to be monitored and highways officials would be looking at Mr Crosbie's 'camera'.
"If it is not causing a distraction or danger in itself but is in fact contributing to road safety and can be seen to be working then I don't see a problem with it being there," she said.
Do you think Gordon has taken matters too far or is he right to have used his own initiative?
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