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Sign our petition to axe ACPO hypocrite

Steve Farrell, 03 December 2008 17:06

Police proposals to ban motorcycles were written under the direction of a three-time convicted speeder – and MCN aims to get the hypocrite axed. We’re petitioning the Prime Minister to place all possible pressure on the Association of Chief Police Officers to relieve South Yorkshire chief constable Meredydd Hughes of all road policing duties once and for all. Sign the ...

ACPO eats its words

Steve Farrell, 02 December 2008 17:29

Police chiefs have made a humiliating climb-down over proposals to ban motorcycles, following pressure from MCN. The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has admitted to MPs that basic claims backing up the proposal were untrue. ACPO had told the commons transport committee motorcycles may not belong on UK roads but has now accepted: ‘Motorcycling is a viable and necessary ...

ACPO: “Hidden speed cameras are against police Code of Practice.”

Steve Farrell, 11 June 2008 16:53

Hidden speed cameras are against the police Code of Practice, the Association of Chief Police Officers has confirmed. It comes after MCN revealed officers in North Wales were hiding in a horse box to catch speeders while a Derbyshire camera van had been painted plain blue and resembled a workman’s van. Guidelines issued by ACPO to all police forces state: ...

Thousands could escape speeding fines in postal strike

Steve Farrell, 05 November 2009 16:12

Motorcyclists caught by speed cameras could escape fines and points due to the postal strike. The High Court has quashed a conviction because police failed to notify the driver within the 14-day legal time limit from the date of the alleged offence. Thousands more speeding notices could be delayed as backlogs are cleared, raising the prospect of many more motorists ...

Joe Public 1 - Police 0

Jon, 05 April 2009 19:18

As an avid MCN reader and rider, and MCN Forum member, I have felt the compelling need to sit down and write in after your recent stories covering the newly installed ‘Motorcycle Detection Systems’ introduced in Derbyshire. I am an ‘Average Joe’ who has a job and works Monday to Friday, pay my taxes, my mortgage and all other dues ...

Police sorry for ban bikes proposal

Steve Farrell, 27 January 2009 14:34

Police are sorry for proposing banning motorcycles, they have told MPs after pressure from MCN. In a groveling new written apology, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has clarified that it does not want to get rid of us after all. See the full apology here The association has also admitted virtually everything it told the Commons Transport Committee ...

One week to help get three-time speeder Hughes axed

Steve Farrell, 21 January 2009 15:05

Time is running out to sign our petition calling for three-time speeder Meredydd Hughes to be axed as the Association of Chief Police Officers’ (ACPO’s) road policing head. We launched our petition on Number 10’s website after it emerged Hughes’ department had proposed to MPs that motorcycles were ‘motorised toys’ which should be banned from the roads. It tells the ...

Bike tax evasion down 65%

Steve Farrell, 27 December 2008 09:00

The rate of motorcycle tax evasion is barely a third of the figure we were told last year, according to a report from the Department for Transport. The new research says an estimated 2.3% of motorcycles seen in traffic are untaxed, compared to 6.5% last year. The estimate for the total rate of untaxed bikes is also down sharply, from ...

Top cop spooked by MCN petition

Steve Farrell, 18 December 2008 13:55

Three-time speeder Meredydd Hughes has been spooked by an MCN petition calling for him to be axed as the Association of Chief Police Officers’ (ACPO) road policing head. As the number of signatures rose to over 1,000, the South Yorkshire chief constable posted a message on this website urging readers to ‘make up your own minds’ before signing. Sign the ...

Is three-time convicted speeder behind ban motorcycles proposal?

Steve Farrell, 12 November 2008 15:56

A proposal from the Association of Chief Police Officers to ban motorcycles was written under the direction of a three-time convicted speeder, MCN can reveal. Meredydd Hughes, who was last year banned from driving for his latest offence, has “overall” responsibility for the department that produced the memo, the association confirmed. A spokesman said the South Yorkshire chief constable was ...