Will he be disqualified?

Med Hughes, Chief Constable of South Yorkshire is due in court today (5th December 2007) accused of speeding at 90mph in a 60mph zone.

Mr Hughes is the UK's 'top traffic cop' by virtue of his position as chair of the Association of Chief Police Officers road safety committee. It has been said that he will be standing down.

Paul Smith, founder of SafeSpeed.org.uk, said: "Mr Hughes hypocrisy is absolutely breathtaking. He has been promoting speed enforcement as a means of improving road safety, but clearly did not believe that his safety was compromised by speeding."

"I want Mr Hughes to tell the truth. I want Mr Hughes to admit that under appropriate circumstances driving at 90mph in a 60mph zone is not dangerous.Clearly this is what he believes or he would not have been driving at that speed. Why does he expect the rest of us to believe something that he does not believe himself?"

"No more lies Mr Hughes. Road safety depends on the truth. We're losing lives because we're wasting precious resources chasing imaginary targets."

"Speed cameras have exposed our speeding laws as a false target, and the cure has been far worse than the disease. While it is clearly important that no one should drive too fast, the speed limit cannot tell us what too fast is."