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Richard Brunstrom, once known as the “mad mullah of the traffic Taliban”, appears to be relenting, writes Emma Smith. The chief constable of North Wales police has long been famed as the principal proponent of speed cameras and a zero tolerance approach to speeding.

But at the annual dinner of the Institute of Advanced Motorists last week Brunstrom suggested many speed limits were stupidly low.

“Every one of us can think of a speed limit that appears to be completely barmy, utterly bonkers. And if you think it’s bonkers you are much less likely to comply with it,” he said. “What we need are speed limits that have credibility in the public mind. We need to have a root and branch reform of every speed limit throughout the country.”

Brunstrom, also head of road policing for the Association of Chief Police Officers, admitted he must take some of the blame for the current obsession with speed cameras and suggested a possible change of emphasis in future.

“It ought to be about the rule of law, about speeding. Speed cameras ought to be somewhere in the background, along with a host of other measures,” he said.

In a comment that offered hope to beleaguered motorists and demonstrated a refusal to live up to his nickname, Brunstrom told the audience: “The solution is not ever more draconian enforcement.”

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Hmm, maybe he listened to the excellent address made by the IAM President.

But the proof of the pudding is in the eating, of course.

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Not too sure how to react to this.

On the one hand, I'm pretty annoyed that the IAM choose to invite a person who has had a major contribution to failing road safety in the last few years to a dinner paid for out of my membership fees.

On the other he does appear to have got some thought food to go with his tukey - perhaps he will turn over a new leaf.

However, I suspect it's a combination of telling people what they want to hear + the 'he's alright really' tag. I suspect he's also been silenced by his pay masters as we near a general election. After all he is publicly known as the mad mullah of the talivan.

I saw an edition of Top Gear on Sunday 19 December. Jeremy Clarkson announced Brunstrom's conversion and described him as a "petrolhead"

Never take anything at face value Jeremy!

I think he was being sarcastic. JC and Brunstom are still at the opposite ends of the universe.