Trappist flunks
According to a report in your column on 5th August 2006 there was a Law Lords decision that it was not an offence for a motorist to warn others of a speed trap. Yet we read that magistrates are still fining motorists for doing just that. Perhaps one of your legally qualified readers would explain to us the correct position? Then we would know where we stood.
Asked on 5 February 2011 by TB, Thornton Cleveleys
Answered by
Honest John
Our legal people were involved in this. The CPS cannot successfully prosecute you for flashing oncoming cars without proving that the oncoming cars were actually speeding. But in the case of the man who was fined they were able to prove that a van he flashed was actually speeding. None of the main reports mentioned this crucial fact because it got in the way of a good story.
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speed cameras
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