- This topic has 2 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 20 years ago by
.
- Posts
Richard Brunstrom, once known as the “mad mullah of the traffic Taliban”, appears to be relenting, writes Emma Smith. The chief constable of North Wales police has long been famed as the principal proponent of speed cameras and a zero tolerance approach to speeding.
But at the annual dinner of the Institute of Advanced Motorists last week Brunstrom suggested many speed limits were stupidly low.
“Every one of us can think of a speed limit that appears to be completely barmy, utterly bonkers. And if you think it’s bonkers you are much less likely to comply with it,” he said. “What we need are speed limits that have credibility in the public mind. We need to have a root and branch reform of every speed limit throughout the country.”
Brunstrom, also head of road policing for the Association of Chief Police Officers, admitted he must take some of the blame for the current obsession with speed cameras and suggested a possible change of emphasis in future.
“It ought to be about the rule of law, about speeding. Speed cameras ought to be somewhere in the background, along with a host of other measures,” he said.
In a comment that offered hope to beleaguered motorists and demonstrated a refusal to live up to his nickname, Brunstrom told the audience: “The solution is not ever more draconian enforcement.”
Blimey!
The roads are my race track!!
LOVE IS GIVING SOMEONE THE POWER TO DESTROY YOU, BUT TRUSTING THEM NOT TO DO IT.
GO ON! DONATE! YOU KNOW YA WANNA!
Whats he bin smokin?
Think he’s had a bump on the head!!
Best Regards
Stuart XV16
Please note that some of the comments and articles posted may not represent my views or the views of FORUM99 and its moderators.
“The normally careful and competent actions of a reasonable individual should be considered legal.”He’s an imposter! I think the real Brunstrom has been abducted by aliens!
The roads are my race track!!
LOVE IS GIVING SOMEONE THE POWER TO DESTROY YOU, BUT TRUSTING THEM NOT TO DO IT.
GO ON! DONATE! YOU KNOW YA WANNA!
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.