"MINDLESS" SKIERS IN ESSEX A CAUSE FOR CONCERN
“It will only be a matter of time before mindless PW users cause a death on the water in the Maldon district.”
That is the warning from Det Con Simon Lofting, of the Burnham based Essex Police Marine Unit, after officers stopped nine people speeding on personal watercraft.
There have been numerous complaints about the problem in the district, but particularly at Mill Beach in Goldhanger, where one person was caught, and Mayland Creek, near to Steeple Bay Caravan Park, where eight people were caught.
The speed limit in these areas and across most of the county is eight knots, roughly 10mph, but speeds recorded at the weekend were close to and more than 40mph....
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