RE: Motorists under fire
Friday 29th June 2007
Six points in one go...We’ve had this phone photo sent in from a PHer this morning. Apparently it was taken above the A27 bitterne road near Southampton.
Motorists under fire
The ultimate speed camera trap
Six points in one go...
This has to be the motoring equivalent of ‘Mig alley’. Be careful out there…
Discussion
LoftyD said:
Can you ne penalised for the same offence twice then? Seeing as both cameras will be "policing" the same stretch of road.
technically unless they could prove you slowed to the legal limit then sped up again between two "captures" then it's still one offence?I always wondered what would happen if you sped down a road with several cameras. you would presumably receive a NIP from each one, but it's technically just one offence. If trafpol followed you for 5 miles speeding they wouldn't do you for multiple speeding offences would they?
I understand that Jim Davidson was caught on the M25 doing about 90 mph by several cameras. He went to court and claimed that rather than speeding separately past each camera he'd kept doing 90 the whole way, thus he received 3 points not about 18 !!!!
willing to be corrected on this but seems to be correct in principle at least
R
willing to be corrected on this but seems to be correct in principle at least
R
too - they'll know straight away and take you car away on the spot.!I can confirm that courts have ruled that if you stayed above the speed limit between cameras that caught you then this is considered one offence.
Not sure this would still work if the cases brought against you were in different counties, as each unitary body would bring its own prosecution, even if you claimed you didn't slow down between Cambridgeshire and Essex for example!
As I understand the law. the mobile unit gathering evidence must be legally parked.
if you get an NIP and you can prove the vehicle was not parked legally it will get overturned.
Also for all that get caught fron the famous BRIDGE shot the vehicle must be within 10 metres of the carrageway being policed this is quite often not the case.
Fight Um and good luck!
twig
if you get an NIP and you can prove the vehicle was not parked legally it will get overturned.
Also for all that get caught fron the famous BRIDGE shot the vehicle must be within 10 metres of the carrageway being policed this is quite often not the case.
Fight Um and good luck!
twig
Hendry said:
I can confirm that courts have ruled that if you stayed above the speed limit between cameras that caught you then this is considered one offence.
Not sure this would still work if the cases brought against you were in different counties, as each unitary body would bring its own prosecution, even if you claimed you didn't slow down between Cambridgeshire and Essex for example!
Stuff that, got to be worth a punt. 3 points for a hyperspeed run between Lands End and John 'O seems like a bargain to me.Not sure this would still work if the cases brought against you were in different counties, as each unitary body would bring its own prosecution, even if you claimed you didn't slow down between Cambridgeshire and Essex for example!
Excepting trafpol of course. And there would be s "Speed" type element- Not being able to drop below the speed you tripped the first scamera.
Other than that, a supoib idea....
The reason for that one is they are cheating bastards. The fixed camera is well known so everyone slows down on the line, the van as the previous poster says get you much further back when people do not expect it. This is on a dual carrigeway with a steel fence between the carrigeway with a 30mph limit. It is the first "clear road" after the nightmare which is Southampton, so is not mig ally, more of a "cash converter carrigeway"
Hendry said:
I can confirm that courts have ruled that if you stayed above the speed limit between cameras that caught you then this is considered one offence.
Not sure this would still work if the cases brought against you were in different counties, as each unitary body would bring its own prosecution, even if you claimed you didn't slow down between Cambridgeshire and Essex for example!
What if you didn't slow down between, say, Cambridgeshire and Lancashire?Not sure this would still work if the cases brought against you were in different counties, as each unitary body would bring its own prosecution, even if you claimed you didn't slow down between Cambridgeshire and Essex for example!
I too know this road, but seeing them parked like that suggests to me that the Truvelo's dont work and are only meant as a deterent. I have seen the van further down the hill near the bus lane, so it catches people speeding up the hill from the lights at the bottom.
Does anyone know anybody thats been caught by either of these fixed camera's?
Does anyone know anybody thats been caught by either of these fixed camera's?
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