Could prosecutions from speed cameras be invalid?
In the UK there's an interesting legal probe going on as to whether or not road traffic cameras are a 'legal' entity.
In other words, have they been granted legal status by having passed through legislature as device-specific statutory instruments approved for speed measurement.
It may sound a bit ludicrous but founder of the UK's Safe Speed road saftey campaign Paul Smith, has already described the news as an interesting new challenge to speed camera evidence.
It appears that certain cameras there have never been 'legally' approved going back as far as 1992, and the result could possibly mean the handing back of millions of pounds in fines.
The possible flaw in the authorisation procedure was uncovered by a chap known as Robbie the Pict, who successfully led the campaign which finally saw the removal of the tolls on Scotland's Skye Bridge on 21st December 2004, and which were the most expensive tolls anywhere in the UK, i.e Car £5.70 Sterling,one way, Coach £41.20......and you think €1.60 Dublin to Dundalk is bad?
Is it possible that Irish cameras may not be legal?
It is interesting to note that Smith of Safe Speed, who has spent thousands of hours examining the overall road safety effects of speed cameras, believes that they make the roads more dangerous.
In other words, have they been granted legal status by having passed through legislature as device-specific statutory instruments approved for speed measurement.
It may sound a bit ludicrous but founder of the UK's Safe Speed road saftey campaign Paul Smith, has already described the news as an interesting new challenge to speed camera evidence.
It appears that certain cameras there have never been 'legally' approved going back as far as 1992, and the result could possibly mean the handing back of millions of pounds in fines.
The possible flaw in the authorisation procedure was uncovered by a chap known as Robbie the Pict, who successfully led the campaign which finally saw the removal of the tolls on Scotland's Skye Bridge on 21st December 2004, and which were the most expensive tolls anywhere in the UK, i.e Car £5.70 Sterling,one way, Coach £41.20......and you think €1.60 Dublin to Dundalk is bad?
Is it possible that Irish cameras may not be legal?
It is interesting to note that Smith of Safe Speed, who has spent thousands of hours examining the overall road safety effects of speed cameras, believes that they make the roads more dangerous.
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