As speed cameras and red-light cameras become more popular here in the USA, so will instances of this sort of thing occurring as well. Hopefully legitimate uses of police vehicles will not be tying up the Court's time and resources in such a way as this, but if the use is judged to be illegitimate then let the chips fall where they may......
1 posted on
12/28/2006 1:42:03 PM PST by
Stoat
To: Stoat
A CHP officer once told me 'I don't have to follow the law, I have to enforce the law'
2 posted on
12/28/2006 1:44:17 PM PST by
steveo
(ADVERTISEMENT)
To: Stoat
3 posted on
12/28/2006 1:45:12 PM PST by
cll
(Carthage must be destroyed)
To: Stoat
£500 for 47 mph in a 40 mph zone? Some of the cops in the US just moaned in delight.
4 posted on
12/28/2006 1:47:57 PM PST by
KarlInOhio
(Baker's Iraq Surrender Group - warming up the last helicopter out of Baghdad.)
To: Stoat
>>...fined the force £500.
The unmarked Ford Corsa was caught on a speed camera in Bawtry Road, Wickersley, in June travelling at 47mph in a 40mph zone.<<
Wait a minute. A ~$1,000 fine for going seven over the limit?!!!
No wonder they are draping old tires filled with deisel over these cameras and lighting them.
7 posted on
12/28/2006 1:57:53 PM PST by
RobRoy
To: Stoat
I must say that I find England's penchant for speed cameras and CCTV very creepy.
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