Speeding drivers in Kirtlington were being ticked off this week.

Youngsters from the village’s primary school were out in force with police officers on Thursday to catch speeding drivers.

When the drivers were caught they were pulled over into a layby where the children explained why they wanted them to slow down.

John Coombes, 58, from Stow-on-the-Wold, was caught going one mile-per-hour over the speed limit through Kirtlington, where the speed limit is 30mph.

He said: “It was good because it makes the driver think about what they are doing and gets the message across.

“The operation was very nicely done and I don’t think of it as a finger-pointing exercise.”

Nearly 50 drivers were stopped and while they were not given a ticket, the children gave them a letter explaining the effects of speeding.