Speed cameras have caught South Yorkshire police officers breaking the limit 483 times in the past two and a half years - but only 31 incidents resulted in a fine.

The Star can reveal, through information supplied under the Freedom of Information Act, that fixed penalties were issued in 29 cases and two cases went to court.
The figure of 483 is the number of police vehices caught speeding where their blue emergency lights were not visible.
In nine cases South Yorkshire Police were unable to identify the drivers of the police vehicles clocked speeding because the pool cars they were using had not been logged out correctly by the officers.



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Well i'm all for finge benfits, bit i think someone is having a giraffe here!!!!

P****S me off.
I just got three penalty points and £60 fine for being naughty in a 30MPH zone (not trying to excuse myself)
If the policemen in question did not have emergency lights flashing (as it says in the article) they should certainly be prosecuted :mad:

Arn't the police allowed to speed if their on police bussiness ?

Originally posted by nick2
Arn't the police allowed to speed if their on police bussiness ?
Well, if they are on non emergency police business they shouldn't be allowed to, surely!

Well, if they are on non emergency police business they shouldn't be allowed to, surely!

So if a police person hit a child at 40 would that child have an 80% chance of living like at 30. The think campaigne goes on about the difference between 30 & 40 if you hit someone so why should the police be exempt?

if the police are responding to an emergency call they are excused, but in these cases they should have the lights on at a minimum.