A police chief says there should be tougher penalties for people caught speeding.

At the moment motorists usually are given a 10% leeway before they are stopped by the police but some officers are calling for this to be scrapped.

But that could be changed to just 1mph. This is what people in Chatham thought of the proposals.

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