The commitment came as householders told of how motorists drive at more than three times the legal speed limit on some roads in the town.
Officers are now set to carry out high visibility operations across the district and have said they would be looking to specifically target the individuals who flout the law.

Driffield resident Bernard Greaves told the area's Police and Partners Community Forum meeting on Monday night that there was an ongoing problem with drivers speeding and parking illegally in the Middle Street South area of the town.

He added: "Very few people seem to realise what the speed limit is. Up to Wilkinson's, it is 20 miles per hour, but some of these people are doing 60, 70 plus."

The meeting at the Access Centre was also told of similar concerns about speeding traffic in surrounding villages.

Sgt Dave Jenkins, of the Driffield Neighbourhood Policing Team, said officers would be carrying out high profile operations across the area over the coming weeks to remind drivers of the need to observe restrictions.

Speed advisory boards would also be deployed as part of a wider effort to reassure the public that they were acting against the problem.
Sgt Jenkins said: "What I want to do is educate these people rather than forcing them from one place to another."

The meeting also heard that information had been received about the vehicles involved in the problems reported in Driffield.

It is believed that some were involved in a recent incident in Nafferton, where angry residents blockaded the entrance to the village's recreation club to prevent the cars from leaving the site.
Insp Mark Coulthard, the area inspector for Driffield, said the forthcoming work would help to ensure motorists took more notice of the way they drive.

He said: "You will always get a few cowboys who will put their foot down and they are the ones who we should be looking to prosecute and take their licences away."

He added that more officers were currently being trained to use specialist speed detection equipment.