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slparry · Post by **slparry** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:08 am

I thought you might be interested in this. The article appeared in the NZ Herald.

A former British police chief who waged war on speeding motorists by tripling the number of speed cameras has been nabbed in New Zealand for having an expired registration.

The dailymail.co.uk website said former North Wales chief constable Richard Brunstrom's $200 ticket would raise wry smiles among the thousands of motorists caught by the cameras he authorised.

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Once dubbed the "Mad Mullah of the Traffic Taliban", he wrote on his vulcanspirit blog: "Getting a ticket on a back street in Auckland at half past eleven at night. Ouch!"

Mr Brunstrom was head of road policing for the Association of Chief Police Officers from 2001 to 2009.
Under his regime, the number of speeding fines in England and Wales reached a record 1.4 million in 2007.

He achieved further notoriety for stunts such as hiding a speed camera in a horse box and admitting traffic officers were "hiding behind road signs and walls" with speed guns.

He has been on a round-the-world sailing trip with wife Alison since 2010. "We appealed, ignorance of the law, citing the fact that it was an offence to sell us a car without a valid licence, we're just visitors, we've paid the back tax etc, using their very efficient online system," he wrote.

Bikerhoss · Post by **Bikerhoss** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:26 am

Now that really did make me giggle

bobtail · Post by **bobtail** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:30 am

..."ignorance of the law"

And he was one of the top cops in the country! What!!!!!!!

tanneman · Post by **tanneman** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:54 am

Anybody got a pirate on speed dial. Just in case the f*&$er sets off on his boat again.

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:15 am

tanneman wrote:Anybody got a pirate on speed dial. Just in case the f*&$er sets off on his boat again.

You can even track him too

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/detail ... /233672000

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/hom ... :lastknown

popsky · Post by **popsky** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:42 pm

Is that not what you'd call poetic justice

JamesL · Post by **JamesL** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:54 pm

One of those tiny victories in life... I suppose we live in hope that at some stage he collides with that rat-infested cruise hulk last reported wallowing round the Atlantic...

Fascinating that someone so senior can only come up with the usual pathetic excuses. Does he now have a record?

cornishflat · Post by **cornishflat** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:10 pm

JamesL wrote:One of those tiny victories in life... I suppose we live in hope that at some stage he collides with that rat-infested cruise hulk last reported wallowing round the Atlantic...

Fascinating that someone so senior can only come up with the usual pathetic excuses. Does he now have a record?

As you say a pathetic excuse, so typical of a hypocrite. Gaols too good for the prat.

KenG · Post by **KenG** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:43 am

the Gobshite.

every time i get rid of points i just get nabbed again.

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:07 am

Oh how I enjoyed reading that!!

Al · Post by Al » Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:09 pm

Pacific Ocean, Plastic Sailing boat, Sharks. Hmmmmmmm.

Al.