A new speed camera monitoring scheme begins in Pembrokeshire this week.

The scheme is part of a new partnership scheme developed between Pembrokeshire County Council and Dyfed Powys Police.

Part of a Wales-wide initiative, it involves vehicle speed monitoring at serious accident sites using speed cameras set up in specially customised vehicles.

The vehicles are small Transit-style vans, painted white. The vehicles will carry distinctive logos.

In Pembrokeshire, the vehicle will have a speed camera logo painted on the rear of the vehicle, and will only be used at designated sites which are identified using the speed camera logo sign.

The scheme was launched recently by the leader of Pembrokeshire County Council, Clr. Maurice Hughes, and National Assembly Minister for the Environment, Sue Essex.

Clr. Hughes emphasised that the scheme was designed to prevent accidents and not to earn revenue. The county council and the Police can only use the amount of money needed to run the project from the speed fine income.

Clr. Hughes said: "I will be extremely pleased if not one single person is fined for speeding within the county. This would mean that all drivers slow down and observe the speed limits. This is the objective of the scheme. It is for this reason that the county council entered into this partnership."