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Police chief 'on speeding charge'
Britain's most senior traffic policeman is to be prosecuted for speeding, his force said on Tuesday.
Meredydd Hughes, 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.
North Wales Police said it would not confirm any details on a case before it went to court.
Laser Jammer in Court
Dear Steve ,
I have just been convicted at Sheffield Crown Court for having a laser jammer on my car. The charge was “ attempting to pervert the course of justice “
I finished up with a £5000.00 fine + 12 months driving ban + £1000.00 cost.
Please contact me if you want the details --- you need to warn everyone with a laser jammer that the first conviction has been achieved by the CPS / Police and it is likely that they will now pursue this course of action.
Best regards
(Details Supplied)
From the GUARDIAN
Driver who deflected speed guns guilty of perverting justice
· Motorist denied fitting laser-busting device
· Businessman is 'first to be convicted' over equipment
Martin Wainwright
Friday August 31, 2007
The Guardian
A businessman who had a speed gun "zapper" fitted to his Range Rover and then denied knowledge of it to police was fined £5,000 yesterday and banned from driving for a year.
John Eady, 61, who had been close to losing his licence for repeated speeding offences, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice. He denied knowing that the £350 transponder had been attached to the luxury 4x4, but a jury at Doncaster crown court decided that he was not telling the truth.
The judge, Jacqueline Davies, said: "I am also satisfied that you took deliberate action in acquiring this equipment with a view to avoiding further points."
A four-day trial heard that the transponder had appeared to deflect a handheld police "laser gun" during a routine speed check in June last year. Eady, from Sheffield, who runs a laboratory equipment firm and drove some 140,000 miles a year, was targeted when he seemed to be ignoring a 40mph zone. A traffic officer aimed the speed gun, but it failed to register and showed an error message. Eady was traced to his home and police found the device, which may be legally used to open garages or gates.
The court heard that his garage was used for storage and had no automatic system to connect with the zapper.
Eady claimed the device must have been fitted by mistake when other changes were made to the Range Rover.
After the sentence and an order to pay £1,000 legal costs, he continued to deny wrongdoing. "I didn't know the thing was fitted," he said. "The guy who did the thing stood up in court and said he couldn't remember me asking him to fit it. "This whole thing has been a witch-hunt. It's as though it was a murder trial just for having a little thing on the car.
"I am going to have to employ somebody to drive me for work, which is going to be very expensive as I work very long hours. It's crazy. I don't mind paying my dues, although I still don't admit I knew the thing was on."
The judge told Eady she had taken into account his previous good character.
South Yorkshire chief constable, Meredydd Hughes, believed Eady was the first person to be convicted for using such a device. "The judge has sent a clear signal that these devices are wholly unlawful; their use will be regarded as a serious matter," he said. "Roads policing officers throughout the country have been briefed on how to detect the devices in action and the appropriate steps to be taken to ensure the successful prosecution of the dangerous law-breakers who use them."
A motorist has pleaded guilty to driving at 172mph on a rural A-road, making him the fastest speeder ever caught in Britain.
24th Aug 2007
Tim Brady, 33, was caught in a random speed check on the A420 near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, driving a £98,000 3.6-litre Porsche 911 Turbo in January this year.
The current highest speed to result in a conviction is 156mph.
In a short appearance at Oxford Crown Court, Brady pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving. His plea of not guilty to one count of aggravated vehicle-taking was accepted by the Crown Prosecution Service and he will be sentenced next month.
Brady, of Harrow, north-west London, resigned from his job at car lease firm Helphire at its Abingdon branch days after police stopped him in the car.
A spokeswoman for road safety charity Brake branded his actions "selfish".
"The idea of someone driving at that speed is horrific. The chances that a person will be able to control a vehicle at that speed if something unexpected happens is slim.
"It is extremely selfish. Nobody has the right to put other people's lives at risk like that."
In 2003, car dealer Jason McAllister was caught doing 156mph in his 3.2-litre BMW M3 in Scotland. He was jailed for five months.
RESULT - Jailed for 10 weeks . Brady pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving at Oxford Crown Court last month. His plea of not guilty to one count of aggravated vehicle-taking was accepted by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Travelling at 172mph, almost as fast as a jumbo jet taking off, it would take a car almost half a mile to stop at that speed.
A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents said after Brady was sentence: "This was an absolutely terrifying piece of driving. Our roads are not race tracks or for breaking speed records."
He added: "It is fortunate the police were there to take action before he ended up killing himself or someone else.
How Fast?! Cabbie's 420mph Ticket
A cab driver has been accused of speeding in his Vauxhall Cavalier - at 420mph!
Tom Matthews was snapped in his 12-year-old diesel car in a 30mph zone. He received notice of a £60 fine and three penalty points - and then he saw the recorded speed was 420mph.
"I drive an old Cavalier, not a jumbo jet," Tom, 34, told The Sun. "According to this I've broken the land speed record."
Tom was clocked as he drove a woman home in Newport, Gwent, at 2.20am.
Mid and South Wales Safety Camera Partnership apologised and blamed "an employee processing error".
Tom says he will fight the penalty notice if he has to.
"There has been a printing error. If they insist I was going that fast I should be a Grand Prix driver - I'm wasted in taxis," he said.
Cheetah Sentinel and Cheetah Mirror Reviews
The Cheetah Sentinel is
the latest radar and laser detector system to hit the
market and solves a few problems modern cars can throw
at radar detectors. It is designed to work in EVERY type
of car, van, truck and motorcycle, especially in cars
that have Athermic, or heat reflective windscreens.
The Cheetah Mirror radar detector
is like nothing I have seen before. Cheetah have decided
to build in to a rear view mirror a radar detector and
they have done a very good job. Its well built and well
thought out and the unit is very discrete.
Both units will be a good systems to have when the ban
comes out due to being discrete.
More on the Sentinel here... More on the Mirror here...
Cameras catch
motorists speeding at over 130mph
Dec 30 2005
MERSEYSIDE'S speed cameras are picking
up motorists driving at up to 134mph, figures revealed
yesterday.
Hundreds of drivers are regularly being
caught at double the speed limit on roads across Merseyside.
The news came as statistics showed the number of road
deaths on Merseyside is still higher than last year, with
the government demanding a 40% reduction within five years.
In one incident, a driver was caught racing at
134mph in a 50mph zone, nearly three times over the limit,
on the M62 near the Rocket public house.
Over a six-month period:
116 motorists were caught going at or above 70mph in a
30mph zone.
75 motorists were caught going at or above 80mph in a
40mph zone.
156 motorists were caught going at or above 90mph in a
50mph zone.
Speed cameras caught a driver speeding at 91mph on Scotland
Road and another going 91mph on Aigburth Road, both 30mph
zones.
And another motorist raced down Dunningsbridge Road East,
Bootle, a 40mph zone, at a frightening 91mph.
FAQ Laser
Q. Can laser guns work in the dark?
A. Yes, some newer systems now also have a eye safe
flash to illuminate the vehicle.
Q. Can they target the back of the car?
A. Yes, the front and the rear of a vehicle are fair
game
Q. What range do laser guns have?
A. Some laser guns can now work up to and over a 1 mile
away with no problem. You won,t even see them, the first
you know is the ticket you get.
Q. Are Laser Jammers legal in the UK?
A. There is no law outlawing them or their use. Be warned they can go other routes for conviction.
More information on laser here...
115
mph in a Fiat Punto? You're having a laugh
A man accused by police
of driving at 115 mph in a Fiat Punto thought
the accusation so ridiculous he enlisted an expert driver
to help prove his new car was incapable of going that
fast.
Law student Steve Lucas, who risked a large
fine and losing his driving licence if convicted of being
so far over the 70 mph limit, said his small Fiat hatchback
was just too slow to have reached such a speed, newspapers
reported on Saturday.
"I was happy to put my hands up and
admit that I was driving at 85 mph but the idea that my
little Fiat Punto 1.2 litre could manage 115 mph was laughable,"
he was quoted as saying.
Lucas spent 18 months fighting the charges,
hiring a traffic consultant to test drive his Punto on
a private racecourse. He found the best the car could
manage, going downhill with a following wind, was 104
mph.
Police were finally forced to drop the speeding
charges, although Lucas was fined 40 pounds for driving
without due care and attention.
