Top cop caught speeding
Date: 05 November 2007
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The recent news that roads policing chief Med Hughes is to be prosecuted for driving too fast confirms what courier drivers have long known, an industry expert has said.
Bodies which represent the interests of courier drivers have long campaigned for speed limit rules to be altered, claiming that enforcing slower speeds does not improve safety and adds to the costs and delivery times of businesses.
Paul Smith, founder of SafeSpeed.org.uk, commented: "With the news that roads policing chief Med Hughes is to be prosecuted for driving at 90mph in a 60mph zone, something is obviously horribly wrong. Mr Hughes and his predecessor Mr Brunstrom have told us repeatedly that speeding costs lives and must be stamped out.
"Speeding in itself isn't dangerous. Everyone knows that it's important that no one should drive too fast, but the speed limit cannot tell us what too fast is."
Mr Smith said that courier drivers and other professional road users were able to safety assess road conditions and pick an appropriate speed. He added that official speed limits "cannot tell us what too fast is".
In related news, which was warmly welcomed by courier drivers, it was recently revealed that the number of people issued with speed camera fines dropped by 40,000 during the year.
Edmund King, director of the RAC Foundation, explained to the Times: "The authorities have finally realised that showing a small degree of flexibility can be more effective than huge numbers of fines, even though they are making less money."
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