Speed Camera News

[gary_johnson]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5383726.stm

[RA Dunk]

no way will the uk government give in to that, they get too much revenue from it []

[thefastone]

Hmmmm, sure this is old news, i'm sure i heard about this months ago, but it takes that long to get through the system....

Hope they win tho, Ive really go no time for speed cameras, they are just revenue collectors...

[stripe]

Would be good in a way, government makes far too much from it, however there is a big downside to it. The whole arguement is that you have the right not to incriminate yourself, and have the right to silence. However when you get the dreaded letter through the door asking you who the driver was through the speed camera then you loose your right to silence. This is provided for under 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, which states when a moving road traffic offence has been committed, the registered keeper of the vehicle must declare who the driver of the vehicle at the time was, and refusal is an offence. So if this goes through the court of human rights, and is accepted, this particular piece of legislation will be lost, and the down side of this being that the Police can no longer, for example use the legislation to find out from vehicle owners who was driving the car at the time it ran into you and failed to stop, etc so it has a major downside to it aswell. I don't see it being accepted, it would mean a major change in Road Traffic law.

[Gumball]

that would be a good result !!! i hate them and wish them the worst in the world.

It was me, oops it was her, sorry it was me, oh i cant remember,

3 months............................

nothing more thanks !!!!

catch my drift drifters?