> That's true this side of the herring pond as well... > > So, if you are caught on camera, you cannot say your speedo was telling > you that you were under the speed limit. > > However, over here, you can still challenge the plods (UK term for > Police Officers) to show that their measuring instruments were correctly > callibrated on the day that they tracked you... > > If they did not keep to the law on this, then you were not lawfully > shown to be over the limit.
Just for interest Dave, evidence from various types of speed cameras has been successfully challenged by tachograph readings. Presumeably the tachographs were of the more modern digital variety. G -- Geoff Blake G8GNZ located near Chelmsford, Essex, U.K. Please reply to: geoff(at)palaemon(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk Using Linux on Intel & Linux or NetBSD on Sun Sparc platforms Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html> ----------------------------------------------------------------- This E-mail and any attachment(s) are strictly confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient please notify <postmaster(at)palaemon.demon.co.uk> and the sender by return and permanently delete the message. You may not disclose, forward or copy this E-mail or any of its attachments to any third party without the prior consent of the sender. ---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
