Trucker wins speed camera case
But authorities want to stay on his tail
A wrongly accused trucker has won a battle to clear his name after having been flashed by a speed camera -- although the authorities want to re-open the case against him.
After being flashed by the Gatso and receiving a notice of intent to prosecute, trucker Ian Clayton showed the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) his tachograph, which showed his skip lorry was travelling at 26mph in a 30mph limit at the time.
Six months later, the CPS eventually dropped the case at Burton Magistrates Court after trucker Ian Clayton refused to pay the £50 fine and accept the three point licence penalty. According to a report in the Burton Mail, he said, "I know that speed camera -- we’re on intimate terms. When it flashed I checked the speedo and I thought 'it can’t be me. This has cost someone, somewhere a lot of money and it’s a waste of the taxpayers' money. I knew I was right all along."
However, a project manager at the local camera partnership has said that he is happy that the camera was working, and that he wants to resurrect the case.
www.burtonmail.co.uk/detail.asp?cat=General%20News&id=5354285
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