Last month, we looked at the technical requirements that the prosecution have to observe when using technological aids in evidence, regardless of the specific device. Let us now consider this in relation to radar speed meters. These devices appear to be very accurate if working under good conditions and operated by experienced police constables. […]
Last month, we looked at technical defences to speeding charges and we will follow with a series that analyse specific speed detection device types, but first let us look this month at the technical requirements that the prosecution have to observe when using technological aids in evidence, regardless of the specific device. If the […]
QUESTION Can speed camera evidence be challenged, if, for example, the camera might not have been working or operated properly? Are there any other technical defences to speeding charges? ANSWER Speeding offences are created by legislation, so they are themselves technical offences and therefore if the technical requirements of proving the offence have not been […]
QUESTION I lent my friend my car to drive and thought he was insured under his own policy, but it turns out that he wasn’t. He got stopped by the Police and told them that he had the car with my consent, and now they are prosecuting him for driving with no insurance, and me […]
QUESTION I passed my driving test on 1st December 2012, and on 5th June 2013 my licence was endorsed with three penalty points for speeding. I now face another three points, also for speeding on 27th November 2014, for which I have received a fixed penalty notice. I thought I was safe from a ‘totting […]
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