Primary School pupils have been defending their right to road safety by speed-gunning passing cars.

Children from Aire View Infant School, in Silsden, are concerned that cars travel too fast on the road outside their school and created mock speeding tickets to hand out to speeding motorists.

PCSO Andrew Blood oversaw the Elliott Street speedwatch and stayed behind afterwards to conduct his own real checks.

He said: "I caught two cars going at 35mph down that road in a 30mph zone so they will be reported.

"They will be sent a letter warning them about what the speed is on that road."

But the children's speedwatch in florescent jackets paid off, because drivers slowed down significantly once they had spotted pupils armed with speed guns and red tickets.

PCSO Blood said: "The cars actually slowed down to about 18 miles an hour when they went past so the kids did the job well and managed to slow the cars down.

"It is good because it makes the children see me in a different light - we are here to help them - but they also learnt a lot from it. They loved it, they were fighting for the speed gun and other children in the playground wanted to join in."

The speedwatch was part of an ongoing campaign by governors of the school to reduce the speed limit on Elliott Street from 30mph to 20mph.

A competition has been launched for pupils at Aire View and Hothfield Junior School to design a car sticker with a warning message for drivers to slow down in the town. Aire View governor Garry Wilkinson, who organised the competition, said if every car in Silsden carried the sticker the message would soon hit home.

He said: "It has to be about speed and road safety awareness, but they are good at thinking outside the box and they can come up with some excellent ideas far better than any of us."

The competition is due to be judged today.