Thursday 26th February 2004

M4 Prosecutions Dropped

Wind had blown down the speed limit signs

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The Bristol Evening post reports this week that over 100 prosecutions for speeding have been dropped after it was found that speed limit signs had blown over.

A motorist who'd been flashed by a camera in roadworks complained to the police when he arrived home, pointing out that no temporary limit was visible. Rob Walker had been driving near the M4/M5 interchange when he was flashed. According to the report a police patrol confirmed that the temporary limit signs had been blown over. Despite this Mr Walker was still sent a speeding ticket.

With support from his local paper he successfully got the local camera partnership to withdraw the notice to prosecute and now they've written to 114 other drivers informing them that prosecutions won't be pursued.

[Don]

The little guy wins...

[pdV6]

Blimey. Wonders will never cease.

[dazren]

A just result.

DAZ

[dinkel]

'speed limit signs had blown over' ??????

How can that happen? They're supposed to be fixed right?!

[dazren]

The signs were temporary ones at the beginning of roadworks.

DAZ

[dinkel]

dazren said:

The signs were temporary ones at the beginning of roadworks. DAZ

Here in The Netherlands those are fixed on a cart, thus to heavy to be blown over or stolen . . .

[trefor]

dinkel said:

dazren said: The signs were temporary ones at the beginning of roadworks. DAZ Here in The Netherlands those are fixed on a cart, thus to heavy to be blown over or stolen . . .

So you just blow them up instead :style:

[jeffreyarcher]

Petrol Ted said:

<...>and now they've written to 114 other drivers informing them that prosecutions won't be pursued.

Looks like the scum have had a change of heart, no doubt due to the publicity.
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=83122&f=10&h=0

[hornet]

Could a sign not being fixed securely (in that it was able to be blown over) be a health and safety issue I wonder? Grounds for some sort of complaint?

[gh0st]

So hang on, the speed limit signs fell over so everyone was speeding and yet NO ONE WAS KILLED????

Thats amazing! does this maybe prove that brustrom is a twat? I think so.

Goodnight and godbless

[gazzab]

Claim to fame - the little guy is one of my colleagues and I pointed Ted in the direction of the story. He is my hero and that of 114 other people. He only pursued the stories publication to force the police to let him and more importantly the others off!