Poor Meredydd Hughes. He's just been disqualified from driving and fined £350 by Wrexham magistrates for speeding. Oh - and he is the former chair of roads policing for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo). Oops.
Of course, when this happened, the usual rent-a-quotes lended their two penny's worth. Jools Townsend, of road safety campaigners Brake said Hughes' offence was "shocking" and called the sentence lenient. "By committing this deadly crime, Hughes undermines the work of traffic police to protect the safety of road users, both within his force and across the country.
"He should seriously consider his position as a result."
The only problem is that he has already resigned, as he only intended a three year stay in office. And is Hughes really undermining the work of traffic police accross the country? Okay, he has been banged to rights for doing 90mph in a 60mph zone, but was he driving a stolen car? No. Was he caught with no insurance, tax or MOT? No. Was he even driving recklessly? No.
It is also worth pointing out that speed itself doesn't kill - human error does. And I bet that Townsend has sped in her car at some point during her life. We have all done it. Therefore, I think that it's time we all got of Mr. Hughes' back and let him do what he does best - making his community a safer place.
So yes, he was foolish, ignorant and a bit stupid for driving at that kind of speed in a 60 zone. But it's done and dusted now, so lets concentrate on the real evil against motorists - Ken Livingstone.
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