Tayside police avoid speed penalties

Taken from PocketGPSworld newsletter this week (20/2/09): The Evening Telegraph has reported that a Tayside Police officer, who was caught speeding at 144mph by a speed camera on the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen road, escaped prosecution.

It also reports that last year there were 250 incidents on Tayside’s roads where police vehicles were caught speeding, none of which resulted in prosecution. It adds that not one driver of a Tayside Police vehicle has received a penalty for speeding within their area since 2006.