legal advice required please

[Paul]

if its a speedo type thing in the dash with a stopwatch style reading its read from a radar inside the car i got caught on one of these deviced overtook a fully marked car at XXXmph! Said how sorry i was and i got let of the hook big time! Just be polite and say your in the wrong etc etc

[Dan 130]

yeah thats it there is so much room for inaccuracy imo so dont know what to do

[Paul]

was it properly installed in the dash? and did it give a read out in m/s, then converted it into mph. i fo sounds like one of them laser type guns which are far far from inacurrate unfortunately.

[Dave]

have they given you any documents like a producer or anything?
sounds v dodgy getting both cars on one reading,

if not wait to see if a nip comes through the post

[Dan 130]

was it properly installed in the dash? and did it give a read out in m/s, then converted it into mph. i fo sounds like one of them laser type guns which are far far from inacurrate unfortunately.

erm as far as i can remember its sort of where the center vents would go in all fairness i dont care how clever it is , its impossible to get the same readings so same distance , same time , same place ,and same speed we would have to be on top of each other

[Paul]

true, fight it mate, if your going to loose your license over these 3 points, then appealing against it aint gonna make it anmy worse.

[Jack]

Hmm well if it's just your word against theres then i would go court because you could end up with it just being closed due to lack of evidence or something else...

If it was traffic cops then they will try and **** you over for anything. Basicly when a traffic cop catches someone breaking the law of the roads of whatever, they get like a tick in a box when it's cleared so they get more pay.

That is why you rarely get a normal cop pulling you when driving because it's not worth there time and effort to go through with the case and file the report as they arn't a traffic cop.

LMFAO Ok. Your word against a copper - who do you think the court is going to believe? Blame the government for the tick in the box ethos, its them who have introduced targets for forces to meet. Clearly the government didn't consider the notion that if nobody speeds, nobody can get caught.

And as for normal cops not pulling people over thats toss - its nothing to do with them not being bothered about the paperwork, its because they don't have the equipment to catch and record your speed. If they see you visibly going fast they'll stop you and have a word, but nothing more as they can't prove exactly how fast you were going.

Anyway. Sounds like the device they nicked you with was a VASCAR, which is essentially a "stopwatch and calculator" Bit of info here about it. Also, did they issue you with any form of ticket?

[J4MES]

Your best defence should you take it to court is the same reading-2 cars...They have essentially stated that the 2 cars would have been travelling at EXACTLY the same speed- such a generalisation without appropriate, i.e. camera evidence will not hold up in court.

Basically if they filmed it you could be fudded!!

But if your gonna loose your license anyway, then theres nothing to loose by taking it to court, except maybe a bigger fine+legal fees..

[Dan 130]

cheers rj that looks like what it was i know what you mean about taking it to court the magistrate will allways side with police but like the link says there is deffinateley alot of room for error to the point of upto 33mph that is alot