Oh, the irony!

Captain Slow IRL

Speed camera boss caught at 100mph

A speed camera boss has admitted driving at more than 100mph on a 70mph dual carriageway.Tom Riall, a chief executive of Serco, was caught by a police patrol car in Newmarket, Suffolk.

He was clocked at 102.92mph in a blue Volvo on the eastbound section of the A14 just before 1pm on January 4.

Magistrates in Sudbury have banned the 49-year-old of Ufton Nervet, near Reading, from driving for six months. He has also had six points added to his licence.

Outside court, Riall said: "I accept the decision of the court. I recognise that speeding is not acceptable."I very much regret what happened and I have made a full apology to the court." A spokesman for Serco Civil Government division said he did not wish to add to Riall's comment.

Source - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090506/tuk-speed-camera-boss-caught-at-100mph-dba1618.html

L-M

Delighted, tbh.:D

Mena

Banned

It's not that fast really, depending on the prevailing conditions...

Love the irony though.

L-M

Mena wrote: »

Banned

It's not that fast really, depending on the prevailing conditions...

Love the irony though.

I think the cut off point for court is something like 98mph in the UK.

bladespin

Mena wrote: »

Banned

It's not that fast really, depending on the prevailing conditions...

Love the irony though.

Anything over 100mph gets a ban in the UK AFIK.

Anan1

I don't really see the irony, TBH. The guy's business is supplying speed cameras, it's not as though he's going around telling people to slow down. If he was a policeman then fair enough.

partyguinness

Well the irony is prob in the fact that speed cameras that his company installed prob caught him. If a cop was caught, then hypocrite would be the word you'r thinking of...;)

Stephen

It was a police car that caught him.

Anan1

partyguinness wrote: »

Well the irony is prob in the fact that speed cameras that his company installed prob caught him. If a cop was caught, then hypocrite would be the word you'r thinking of...;)

There would be irony in that, but he was caught by a police car. ;-)

Johnboy Mac

The best bit of motoring news I've heard in ages.

galwaytt

Anan1 wrote: »

There would be irony in that, but he was caught by a police car. ;-)

or, the police car was also a Volvo......
or, it's 'your' fines that paid for his Volvo, and....his fine...

Hobart

Anan1 wrote: »

I don't really see the irony, TBH. The guy's business is supplying speed cameras, it's not as though he's going around telling people to slow down. If he was a policeman then fair enough.

I think your just being ironic tbh.

Matt Simis

Anan1 wrote: »

I don't really see the irony, TBH. . If he was a policeman then fair enough.

Seriously?
The irony is he is in the business of speeding law enforcement [at upper management] equipment and was on his way to a business meeting, presumably to discuss and market said speeding enforcement equipment and was caught speeding.

Anan1 wrote: »

The guy's business is supplying speed cameras, it's not as though he's going around telling people to slow down

As a professional selling anti-speeding products he has to be seen as law abiding and respectful of speeding laws. To that end he has infact (previously) made statements regarding the horrors of speeding, that's his job, "selling" speed cameras to government and public. I would assume he will not be making similar public statements for quite a while.

Simply a man who's 50hr a week job makes him acutely aware of speeding, purports that speeding = deaths on road, was willingly speeding and was caught.

Anan1

Matt Simis wrote: »

Seriously?
The irony is he is in the business of speeding law enforcement [at upper management] equipment and was on his way to a business meeting, presumably to discuss and market said speeding enforcement equipment and was caught speeding.


As a professional selling anti-speeding products he has to be seen as law abiding and respectful of speeding laws. To that end he has infact (previously) made statements regarding the horrors of speeding, that's his job, "selling" speed cameras to government and public. I would assume he will not be making similar public statements for quite a while.

Simply a man who's 50hr a week job makes him acutely aware of speeding, purports that speeding = deaths on road, was willingly speeding and was caught.

As I see it, the difference is that, whereas the police are against speeding for the good of society, this guy is in the business of making money from enforcement systems. Unlike the police, he wants people to speed!

Matt Simis

Anan1 wrote: »

As I see it, the difference is that, whereas the police are against speeding for the good of society, this guy is in the business of making money from enforcement systems. Unlike the police, he wants people to speed!

Oh you cynic!

Yakult

funny lol