Yet another scammer error - Dorset
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http://www.thisisbournemouth.co.uk/dorset/bournemouth/news/BOURN_NEWS_NEWS0.html
THOUSANDS of motorists could have their speeding fines quashed after a Bournemouth solicitor persuaded magistrates to throw his summons out of court.
The lawyer pointed out a flaw in police paperwork after being issued a fine for driving at 38mph in a 30mph zone.
The solicitor argued the police paperwork was flawed because, although it gave the offender 28 days to pay a £60 fixed penalty, it did not spell out that proceedings were being suspended in the meantime. Legislation says no proceedings can be taken until after proceedings have been suspended for 28 days, so the case was dismissed.
[i]SafeSpeed PR is very amusing[/i]
PR205: Speed camera folly in Dorset
News For Immediate Release
News emerges today about a serious error with Dorset Police / camera
partnership paperwork that may lead to the fines issued to thousands of
motorists being refunded. (see link in Notes to editors)
Paul Smith, founder of the Safe Speed road safety campaign
(www.safespeed.org.uk) commented as follows: "We have entered an arms race of
petty regulations. As the authorities enforce speed limits with unnecessary
and unhelpful degrees of technical precision the public is demanding that they
also observe petty regulations to the letter. Neither side is up to the
challenge - we can't stick to speed limits with technical precision and they
can't get their technicalities right either."
"The entire system of speed limit enforcement has become incompetent. We're
not enforcing the right limits for the right reasons against the right people,
and the roads are being made more dangerous. They can't even get their legal
paperwork right. I urge all members of the public to subject paperwork and
requests from camera partnerships to intense scrutiny - errors are frequent
and it is everyone's right to ensure that a case against them is properly made
according to law. In most cases it's far better NOT to pay the fixed penalty,
and to examine the evidence in detail before deciding on a plea. The public
needs to be aware that camera partnerships cannot 'cost recover' money paid in
court fines - they can only 'cost recover' from fixed penalties paid. So if
you reject the fixed penalty and go to court - even if you plead guilty - the
partnerships don't get cash for yet more infernal cameras."
"I've been asking: 'who will stop the runaway gravy train?' but it's starting
to look as if it's going to run off the rails all by itself."
THOUSANDS of motorists could have their speeding fines quashed after a Bournemouth solicitor persuaded magistrates to throw his summons out of court.
The lawyer pointed out a flaw in police paperwork after being issued a fine for driving at 38mph in a 30mph zone.
The solicitor argued the police paperwork was flawed because, although it gave the offender 28 days to pay a £60 fixed penalty, it did not spell out that proceedings were being suspended in the meantime. Legislation says no proceedings can be taken until after proceedings have been suspended for 28 days, so the case was dismissed.
[i]SafeSpeed PR is very amusing[/i]
PR205: Speed camera folly in Dorset
News For Immediate Release
News emerges today about a serious error with Dorset Police / camera
partnership paperwork that may lead to the fines issued to thousands of
motorists being refunded. (see link in Notes to editors)
Paul Smith, founder of the Safe Speed road safety campaign
(www.safespeed.org.uk) commented as follows: "We have entered an arms race of
petty regulations. As the authorities enforce speed limits with unnecessary
and unhelpful degrees of technical precision the public is demanding that they
also observe petty regulations to the letter. Neither side is up to the
challenge - we can't stick to speed limits with technical precision and they
can't get their technicalities right either."
"The entire system of speed limit enforcement has become incompetent. We're
not enforcing the right limits for the right reasons against the right people,
and the roads are being made more dangerous. They can't even get their legal
paperwork right. I urge all members of the public to subject paperwork and
requests from camera partnerships to intense scrutiny - errors are frequent
and it is everyone's right to ensure that a case against them is properly made
according to law. In most cases it's far better NOT to pay the fixed penalty,
and to examine the evidence in detail before deciding on a plea. The public
needs to be aware that camera partnerships cannot 'cost recover' money paid in
court fines - they can only 'cost recover' from fixed penalties paid. So if
you reject the fixed penalty and go to court - even if you plead guilty - the
partnerships don't get cash for yet more infernal cameras."
"I've been asking: 'who will stop the runaway gravy train?' but it's starting
to look as if it's going to run off the rails all by itself."
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