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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 02:16 PM
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[QUOTE]The legality of every speed camera introduced on British roads since 1992 is being challenged in court.

Lawyers in a test case are arguing the law has been wrongly implemented by successive home secretaries and all devices authorised in the last 17 years are illegal.

A ruling on the case is expected to be made on Wednesday by a panel of one judge and two lay magistrates at Manchester Crown Court.

It could pave the way for an avalanche of challenges to speed camera convictions from millions of motorists, in which an estimated
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 02:20 PM
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They should.

At the end of the day, how can you associate Speeding with Terrorism?
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 12:26 AM
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I very much doubt it.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 12:29 AM
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They'll say "yeah, it's wrong, but it's for the better good" or some such bollocks.

there have been a few similar things reported on PH and they always side with the government.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 12:35 AM
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"The appeal panel of Judge Jonathan Gibson and two lay magistrates said it would make its decision only on the facts put before them and not on any mooted implications."


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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by eSeM,Feb 4 2009, 09:35 AM
"The appeal panel of Judge Jonathan Gibson and two lay magistrates said it would make its decision only on the facts put before them and not on any mooted implications."

<tin foil hat>
Well they **would** say that!
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 06:49 AM
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Suprise Suprise !!!

Speed Cameras Legal

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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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Predictable outcome

It was my birthday when I found this false dawn
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Judge Gibson
It would be fanciful to suggest that light from other sources could have interfered with the reading in this case to the extent of providing an incorrect reading.
Hmm, I wonder what part of Physics his PhD specialises in to know that?

Oh well, guess the idea of defraction wasn't part of it.

Oh well, since other forms of light cannot jam/cause an incorrect reading, I should be fine with my remote garage activation beam then

Cheers Gibbo
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