Police Calibration error

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Thu 25 Aug 2005 00:19
Police Calibration error - BobbyG
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Ex Celtic player Stephane Henchoz escaped a speeding ban as his lawyer proved that the police did not calibrate the eqpt properly.
To calibrate it they used lengths of steel tape to measure out what they thought was half a mile!
Surely the police do not walk for half a mile down a road with a length of tape to measure it?
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Thu 25 Aug 2005 00:44
Police Calibration error - Stuartli
The calibration must have been the proverbial mile out...:-)
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Thu 25 Aug 2005 00:45
Police Calibration error - Stuartli
PS

I think most people will remember him for his time at Liverpool...
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Thu 25 Aug 2005 07:24
Police Calibration error - Dwight Van Driver
Don't know what they do now but in my day I was responsible for laying down a series of measured miles in my old Force area.

Use a measuring wheel certified by Trading Standards that was walked along the road. Certificate of TS and statement of self lodged with Court office.

dvd
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Thu 25 Aug 2005 13:08
Police Calibration error - martint123
If their measured 'half mile' was in fact three quarters of a mile as stated surely they woudl have notice something before now. Or did they just make a fool of themselves giving evidence?
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Thu 25 Aug 2005 17:58
Police Calibration error - BobbyG
It makes you wonder whether they just messed up giving eveidence or if there are a lot of drivers out there with wrongful convictions!
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