tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post1313406929836037358..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Fun Online Polls: In-car entertainment & Responding to a speeding ticketMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-30723628382804340882017-02-27T15:22:22.126+00:002017-02-27T15:22:22.126+00:00I can't. My old man was a civil engineer who ...I can't. My old man was a civil engineer who did roads and he said I should challenge it based on some rulebook or other. But I decided I'd rather pay £60 and go to detention than fight a court case with a fool as a client.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-34259133713678678802017-02-27T15:01:43.121+00:002017-02-27T15:01:43.121+00:00"(because its not normal to have 2 changes wi... "(because its not normal to have 2 changes within 400 yards, in fact I'd told its against the rules)"<br /><br />Can you cite chapter and verse on that? because I went past a 40 limit sign and then a 30 limit within 100 yards (at least that's how it seemed) at the weekend. (also in the South West of the country)Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-82094183341804668142017-02-27T10:57:34.120+00:002017-02-27T10:57:34.120+00:00The south west safety camera partnership had some ...The south west safety camera partnership had some pretty effective traps. I fell into on where you come out of a 60 into a 40, then about 400 yards later the 40 changes into a 30, right at the top of a steep hill.<br /><br />Your brain picks up the 30 as another 40 sign (because its not normal to have 2 changes within 400 yards, in fact I'd told its against the rules) and the hill stops you slowing down any more anyway.<br /><br />BTW, the camera partnership jobs are funded by the speed awareness course 'fines' from the speed traps.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-9888540444215260622017-02-27T09:51:54.994+00:002017-02-27T09:51:54.994+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.James Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10487916621748348915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-29981586900461305272017-02-27T08:23:12.559+00:002017-02-27T08:23:12.559+00:00SL, thanks. I'm not doing the second tactic, t...SL, thanks. I'm not doing the second tactic, that seems like cheating.<br /><br />As to evidence? It was a deliberate speed trap. A bit of a coincidence that there's a camera exactly there at the end of the roadworks but before there's an official sign saying you can do 70 mph again. <br /><br />With lots of roadworks, there simply isn't a sign saying you can do 70 mph again, it is just implied by the lack of roadworks and the lack of signs saying 50 mph.<br /><br />So I shall have to ask them<br />a) Why is the camera there in the first place?<br />b) How many other drivers fell into their cunning trap? <br />c) After a roadworks ends, it is not reasonable to assume that the 50 mph limit is also lifted?<br />d) If I had done the whole roadwork stretch at 60mph, that is clearly a speeding offence, funny that they caught otherwise clearly responsible motorist (and presumably hundreds of others) right where they did.<br /><br />And so on.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-70253584436646092832017-02-26T22:59:31.638+00:002017-02-26T22:59:31.638+00:00A few years ago I did a two day legal process / ev...A few years ago I did a two day legal process / evidence / procedure course with a good tutor and experienced prosecutor. One of the examples he used was the paperwork associated with his brother getting clocked at over 90mph at 4am one morning. His brother was on 9 points so he advised him.<br /><br />Basically he picked holes in all the cops statements and prosecutors paperwork and sent a long snotty reply to the CPS pointing out all the mistakes. Most of the mistakes were things like cops not completing their pro forma statements correctly. They were all just sloppy mistakes, nothing that actually cast any real doubt on the evidence.<br /><br />The CPS dropped it. The other one that I'm told confuses them is if you have more than one person insured on your car, and you can't remember who was driving and nobody owns up. Apparently you can write to the CPS and explain this, and ask for the photo the police took of incident so you can identify the driver for them. Of course, if it's not possible to ID the driver from the photo it makes it very hard for them to proceed without a confession.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.com