You really don't want to read this.
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I spotted this story in the Daily Express. No link so I had to find t'newspaper oop north.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/headlines/Safety-group-sl...
Safety group slams 'hands-off' policeman caught on speed camera
A ROAD safety group has criticised a South Yorkshire Police officer caught giving the thumbs up signal with both hands while he answered a 999 call.
PC David Mayes, aged 34, was twice caught with both hands off the wheel when his patrol car activated a camera on Halifax Road, Grenoside, Sheffield.
On one occasion he was clocked driving at 68mph and on the other at 73mph on the 40mph stretch.
The disgraced officer, who was laughing at the time the camera flashed, has been banned from driving for six months and taken off public duties pending disciplinary proceedings instigated by South Yorkshire Police.
Afterpleading guilty to two counts of careless driving the married dad-of-two was also fined £400.
A spokeswoman for road safety group Brake charity said today: "Mayes' action is quite extraordinary. While travelling above the speed limit, on an emergency call, he should have been fully focused on driving.
"Instead he has put himself and others at risk by taking his hands off the wheel and seemingly made light of the situation with his thumbs-up gesture.
"When a policeman is seen openly mocking road laws, it sends a negative message to law-abiding drivers."
South Yorkshire Police said the officer's case was heard before Calderdale magistrates, near Halifax, rather than Sheffield was so an "independent" CPS solicitor could be used.
Double standards or what?
http://www.thestar.co.uk/headlines/Safety-group-sl...
Safety group slams 'hands-off' policeman caught on speed camera
A ROAD safety group has criticised a South Yorkshire Police officer caught giving the thumbs up signal with both hands while he answered a 999 call.
PC David Mayes, aged 34, was twice caught with both hands off the wheel when his patrol car activated a camera on Halifax Road, Grenoside, Sheffield.
On one occasion he was clocked driving at 68mph and on the other at 73mph on the 40mph stretch.
The disgraced officer, who was laughing at the time the camera flashed, has been banned from driving for six months and taken off public duties pending disciplinary proceedings instigated by South Yorkshire Police.
Afterpleading guilty to two counts of careless driving the married dad-of-two was also fined £400.
A spokeswoman for road safety group Brake charity said today: "Mayes' action is quite extraordinary. While travelling above the speed limit, on an emergency call, he should have been fully focused on driving.
"Instead he has put himself and others at risk by taking his hands off the wheel and seemingly made light of the situation with his thumbs-up gesture.
"When a policeman is seen openly mocking road laws, it sends a negative message to law-abiding drivers."
South Yorkshire Police said the officer's case was heard before Calderdale magistrates, near Halifax, rather than Sheffield was so an "independent" CPS solicitor could be used.
Double standards or what? 
esselte said:
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