Speed cameras - unfair to car drivers ?
Posted by: long-time-dead on 26 November 2004
Thought that might get your attention 
We were chatting at work today about the "average speed" type cameras and I recalled that on Top Gear it was suggested that motorbikes can expolit the system as the cameras only record the front of the vehicle and there are no plates on a motorbike for safety (!) reasons.
I am no legal-eagle but would a motorist have any basis to complain about being victimised and treated unfairly when compared to a motorcyclist as the system is clearly targeted at cars and vans etc ?
No moral issues please, just a chance to discuss something different about speed cameras !!!!!
We were chatting at work today about the "average speed" type cameras and I recalled that on Top Gear it was suggested that motorbikes can expolit the system as the cameras only record the front of the vehicle and there are no plates on a motorbike for safety (!) reasons.
I am no legal-eagle but would a motorist have any basis to complain about being victimised and treated unfairly when compared to a motorcyclist as the system is clearly targeted at cars and vans etc ?
No moral issues please, just a chance to discuss something different about speed cameras !!!!!
HI John,
I speak with a little insider knowledge here, but am not saying any more on a public forum
You are entitiled to a quality of service, whether it be from the health service, county council, or the police. I don't know where you actually live, but I would suggest a letter to the chief officer outlining first of all the incident you need resolving, and then asking for an explanation as to why you were not dealt with properly...
Reporting stuff involves filling forms out. It's called obtaining evidence to support a prosecution. The prosecution will not succeed unless the whole of the prosecution case if proved. Whilst that in itself may seem frustrating, that's how the crimminal law in this country works.
Finally, if you do report it as a complaint, forces get measured on the number of complaints they get, and also the number they resolve to the satisfaction of the individual making it. So, its in your interest both ways.
If you come back with 'can't be arsed' then I give up.
regards,
andy c!
PS, there are always two sides to a story, too. Remember that.
I speak with a little insider knowledge here, but am not saying any more on a public forum
You are entitiled to a quality of service, whether it be from the health service, county council, or the police. I don't know where you actually live, but I would suggest a letter to the chief officer outlining first of all the incident you need resolving, and then asking for an explanation as to why you were not dealt with properly...
Reporting stuff involves filling forms out. It's called obtaining evidence to support a prosecution. The prosecution will not succeed unless the whole of the prosecution case if proved. Whilst that in itself may seem frustrating, that's how the crimminal law in this country works.
Finally, if you do report it as a complaint, forces get measured on the number of complaints they get, and also the number they resolve to the satisfaction of the individual making it. So, its in your interest both ways.
If you come back with 'can't be arsed' then I give up.
regards,
andy c!
PS, there are always two sides to a story, too. Remember that.
John,
That is pretty shit, then.
Trust me, up my neck of the woods complaints get treated pretty fairly, and especially traffic stuff.
regards,
andy c!
That is pretty shit, then.
Trust me, up my neck of the woods complaints get treated pretty fairly, and especially traffic stuff.
regards,
andy c!