BRUNSTROM ADMITS SPEEDING
03 May 2006 - Safe Speed

Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom, famous as the ''mad mullah of the traffic taliban'' because of his apparent obsession with speeding, (reportedly) admittedspeeding himself recently.

According to the Evening Leader he said: ''Anyone who gets caught speeding three times is a dangerous criminal. These people are offenders and they are wriggling. The other day I found myself drifting over 30mph after I had just come off the dual carriageway. I realised after just a few metres and corrected myself straight away it can happen to anybody. If there had been a speed camera there I would have been caught but it wouldn''t have been the end of my licence.

It''s not the same as getting caught three times. I have no sympathy at all for anyone who gets caught more than once for speeding.''

Paul Smith, founder of the Safe Speed road safety campaign (www.safespeed.org.uk) said: ''If even Mr Brunstrom cannot guarantee not to exceed the speed limit, we are all facing a ''tax lottery'' every time we drive. The chance of losing 25% of our driving licences isn''t great on any single journey but it is a real and constant threat.''

''Mr Brunstrom thinks that those caught more than once are ''dangerous criminals'' but with 32 million motorists running the camera gauntlet daily it''s just a matter of bad luck for countless thousands of safe and responsible drivers.''

''Mr Brunstrom''s infernal cameras are a road safety disaster - road deaths have failed to fall in the speed camera era and we are now over 1,000 lives a year behind expectation.''

www.safespeed.org.uk

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