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Darren
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 Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject: Oh The Irony! |
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Source: BBC News Website
| Quote: | A senior police officer in charge of road policy for Britain's chief constables, is facing prosecution for speeding.
Meredydd Hughes, chief constable of the South Yorkshire force, was allegedly clocked by cameras driving along the A5 near Chirk in north Wales.
He has been summoned to appear before Wrexham magistrates on 21 November. |
There is a certain satisfaction in this news piece, especially as I know that camera, it is highly visible and the Officer in question has suggested disguised or otherwise less visible cameras are the way to go!
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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90 in a 60 limit 
He was only slightly over the limit and I think we should forgive him for not seeing that camera - NOT
His speed wasn't actually mentioned in the article Darren pointed us to, but it has been broadcast in news bulletins
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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He'll probably say it was a stunt to highlight the fact that highly visable speed cameras are not a deterent, and carear speeders would continue to drive too fast... ...past visable speed cameras, and get caught.
YER, RIGHT! 
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Or practising his high speed driving,
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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....or just assuming that he'd get let off because of who he is
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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...what's the speed limit? ...60... ...I didn't realise... ...I thought it was 90!!! 
Acually what upsets me more is that this guy has probably got a class one police drivers licence, and has taken a police advance driving test. If it was 70 in a 60 I give him the benifit, 80 I'd still forgive but not forget. But 90, well...
Should have been 100 then he might have got some respect for loosing his licence properly!
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:27 am Post subject: |
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| mostdom wrote: | | Acually what upsets me more is that this guy has probably got a class one police drivers licence, and has taken a police advance driving test. |
Not a given by any means.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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he'll get let off... they always do...
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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He may win a case if he chooses to contest it with a clever legal defence (I understand Mr Loophole has volunteered his services!) but I'll bet he's prosecuted (or whomever the driver is).
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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| MaFt wrote: | he'll get let off... they always do...
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Perhaps, but this has been such a high profile example that there will be an outcry if this happens.
I hope that they use this case to set an example and throw the book at this guy (with great force!!)
What possible explanation can he have for travelling at 90 in a 60 limit - 90 is well above the legal limit for ANY public road in the UK and he can't use the excuse that he was attending an emergency because north Wales is more than a short distance outside his South Yorkshire patch
Funny handshakes and organisations shrouded in secrecy still count for a lot 
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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| GPS_fan wrote: | | .......I hope that they use this case to set an example and throw the book at this guy (with great force!!) |
I hope it isn't a "paperback" magistrate.
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Perhaps, but this has been such a high profile example that there will be an outcry if this happens.
I hope that they use this case to set an example and throw the book at this guy (with great force!!) |
What, like they did with the last high-profile example (with regards to media coverage, not the officer's rank), where the moron was doing a much higher speed?
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| Tim Buxton wrote: | | What, like they did with the last high-profile example (with regards to media coverage, not the officer's rank), where the moron was doing a much higher speed? |
That case concerned an officer on duty and as such is wholly different.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Harriet Harman has been banned and if a cabinet minister receives a ban and a fine, why should a poice officer be treated differently? here
BUT, perhaps she's not a good example to use, further research shows possible 'preferred treatmant' - here and here
An habitual speeder perhaps?
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:53 am Post subject: |
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| Darren wrote: | | Tim Buxton wrote: | | What, like they did with the last high-profile example (with regards to media coverage, not the officer's rank), where the moron was doing a much higher speed? |
That case concerned an officer on duty and as such is wholly different. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/4559173.stm
no mention that he was on duty... 
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