There is one set of laws for the common wee folk and another set of laws for the godlike rulers and overseers. So thinks Britain’s most senior traffic cop.
PW
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Speeding: Top traffic police officer Chief Constable Meredydd Hughes
Mr Hughes was reported as having two previous speeding convictions when he was appointed Acpo’s chairman of the road policing technology committee in October 2005.
Britain’s most senior traffic policeman is to be prosecuted for speeding, his force said today.
Meredydd Hughes, who is head of roads policing for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), was allegedly caught driving at 90mph in a 60mph zone in North Wales while on holiday last May.
A spokeswoman for South Yorkshire Police said: “Chief Constable Meredydd Hughes has received a notice of prosecution in respect of an alleged driving offence in North Wales in the early morning of a bank holiday Monday in May while on holiday.
“No summons has yet been received.”
The force has not given any indication whether Mr Hughes intends to fight the prosecution. South Yorkshire Police said they were unable to confirm the alleged speed or the location of the offence.
Mr Hughes was reported as having two previous speeding convictions when he was appointed Acpo’s chairman of the road policing technology committee in October 2005.
The force in north Wales, where the alleged offence took place, is known for its hard line against speeding motorists.
North Wales chief constable Richard Brunstrom has become a hate figure for the anti-speed camera lobby and his force has been nicknamed the Traffic Taliban by some sections of the press.
I think the phrase ‘don’t do as I do, do as I say springs to mind’.
Two previous speeding convictions when he was appointed Acpo’s chairman of the road policing technology committee in October 2005. What a marvellous example to us ‘plebs’ he continues to set.