PC Akrill of South Yorkshire - who became briefly famous for escaping a speeding conviction while collecting a Chinese takeaway - has been suspended from traffic duties as a result, the BBC reports.

Paul Smith, founder of http://www.safespeed.org.uk, said: "The tension between police and public over speeding simply didn't exist before Department for Transport embarked on their failed speed camera policy. It is this policy, and not the behaviour of PC Akrill, which continues to do irreparable damage to the Police / public relationship."

"We need more Traffic Police, not less. We need to scrap speed cameras and we need to refocus road safety resources on the things that matter, not the things that are easy to measure."

"Meredydd Hughes should be ashamed of himself. He's sacrificed a valuable traffic officer to support a failed road safety policy."