Laser speed guns not legal in Scotland?

[anonymous-user]

Interesting letter in this week’s Honest John....

“forewarned. Robbie the Pict (your local radio DJ) has made an argument that there is no basis in law for using laser speed traps. He believes pulsed laser-beams are not legal. Only timing between transverse solid beams in a double-gate arrangement has actually been authorised in law. No radar or laser guns pointing at the front of an oncoming or the rear of a departing vehicle are legally authorised, and that has been the case since the 1996 arrival of LTI 20-20 laser guns.”

Truly fantastic news if so...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/advice/honest-joh...

[EW109]

The steps in the sophisticated legal analysis that leads to this conclusion are as follows:

1. Wibble.
2. Dibble.
3. Hatstand.
4. Conspiracy involving the Pope, the Queen, the Lord Chancellor, and Doris from No 37 Acacia Avenue.
5. QED.

[paintman]

You Telegraph link currently has the title: 'Honest John: should I sue crash scam driver who duped my insurer'.
Not sure what that has to do with legality of speed detection devices.

Edited by paintman on Saturday 11th July 13:13

[agtlaw]

He tried that about ten years ago. Failed, of course.

Shrimpton was involved in something similar here around the same time, before he was potted.

[matchmaker]

I've met Robbie. Interesting guy but no legal guru!