Brunstrom on Jeremy Vine, Radio 2 12-2 9/11/05

[J500ANT]

Apparently Mr Brunstrom will be on the Jeremy Vine show tomorrow, talking about speed cameras. In theory it'll be available on Listen Again afterwards for those who missed it.

Tony

[8Pack]

OOoo! Must tape that and play it backwards when I get home. It'll probably contain some hidden evil message from the dark side..

I wonder if he was the voice of Darth Vader? (Dark Helmet)....

[anonymous-user]

Just a quick reminder to people - they've just trailed this. He should be on R2 at some point between 12:00 and 14:00.

Although judging by previous JV shows talking about "road safety" I wouldn't listen if you have high blood pressure.

[Broccers]

On now.

What a total idiot.

[pmanson]

Broccers said:

On now. What a total idiot.

Yep agree! Just emailed Jeremy

[bryan35]

a huge minority don't like speed cameras? - huge minority?

Impossible to be caught 4 MPH over the limit?

he stills confuses keeping the needle on the right number and safety.

[safespeed]

Safe Speed issued the following PR at 14:17 this afternoon:

PR255: Road Safety Dogma in conflict

news: for immediate release

In this 'Road Safety Week', Brake are calling for 20mph limits and speed
cameras outside schools but speaking on the Jeremy Vine programme on BBC Radio
Two today, Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom said: "In fact, very few people
get killed or injured outside schools, which is very often the reverse of the
public perception."

Paul Smith, founder of the Safe Speed road safety campaign
(www.safespeed.org.uk) said: "UK road safety is in a terrible state. The
authorities are chasing imaginary problems with entirely the wrong strategies.
When are they going to admit that they have it wrong? Road safety is founded
on the skills, attitudes and responsibilities of our road users. Most people
need accurate information about road risks in order to perform better. A tiny
percentage of road users with skill or attitude problems must be attended to
by the Police."

"It is absurd to suggest that safety can be delivered by strict and obsessive
adherence to speed limits. There's so much more to safe driving than that."

"Speed limits have been a useful servant, but they make a terrible master. We
must have drivers concentrating on the road ahead, not their speedometers."

"We must get back to an evidence based road safety system. We're mainly
getting knee-jerk policies based on prejudice and dogma but only sound science
and analysis can save lives on our roads."

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[deeps]

safespeed said:

Safe Speed issued the following PR at 14:17 this afternoon: PR255: Road Safety Dogma in conflict news: for immediate release In this 'Road Safety Week', Brake are calling for 20mph limits and speed cameras outside schools but speaking on the Jeremy Vine programme on BBC Radio Two today, Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom said: "In fact, very few people get killed or injured outside schools, which is very often the reverse of the public perception."

I think you should get on the Vine show Paul!

I listened to Brunstrom say that too, he also stated as fact that 70-80% of the public support camera partnerships. That is a whopper of lie!! Does he really believe that I wonder? At best he's ill-informed, or worse a blatent liar.
He also said violent crime was falling, it is only the figures that are up. ??? I can't quite get that!

All in all I thought he came across as a caring guy passionate about his cause, but unfortunately not in touch with reality!

[8Pack]

You're right there deeps, he's become institutionalised............Perhaps he's been wearing uniforms for too long and can only see one point of view, the official one whether it's right or wrong.......Ve will obey our last Orders!!!!.... Speed kills!...Speed kills!..... No other problem!....Speed kills....Speed kills!

PLEASE Brummy! ...Go and visit Germany!.......


(oh and by the way, driving too close for your speed [whatever it is] kills more!)