The policeman's balls

It takes some cojones and not a little hypocrisy for a man like this to go blazing around country roads in his Audi:

One of Britain's most senior policemen was yesterday banned from driving after pleading guilty to speeding at 90mph. Meredydd Hughes, the former chairman of roads policing at the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), was caught on a speed camera exceeding the 60mph limit on the A5 near Wrexham, north Wales, in May.

I mean, one doesn't want to enjoy this too much; even off-duty policemen get caught speeding. Speed cameras in Britain are supposed to be conspicuous, to deter speeders (as opposed to just catching people out and/or being obvious money spinners). Never mind for the moment that the camera that got me was hidden behind an overpass at the time (since moved in front of the overpass). However, this man wants hidden speed cameras. To make more money, err, to catch more people out, umm... "slow down traffic":

As Acpo's chairman of roads policing, Hughes argued in favour of “less conspicuous” speed cameras as a way of slowing down traffic.

In that case, up yours buddy. Enjoy the bus.