What To Do If Your Caught By A Speeding Camera

Gwerzal · 11-06-2007, 04:27 PM

What To Do If Your Caught By A Speeding Camera

The police MUST send you a notice of intended prosecution within 14 days. If they do not, the case is a nonstarter. Preparing for Trial Examine the ticket a few times. Look for mistakes on the ticket such as a wrong name, time, date, or location. If there are any, you should tell them to the magistrate. Gather evidence, you should write to the police and ask for at least the following items:

Full copy of the Instruction manual for the RADAR/LIDAR device used.
Copy (both sides) of the calibration certificate.
Details of the training (copy of certificate if there is one) given to the officer in the use of the PARTICULAR device.

I also recommend that you return to the scene and take pictures of the area, including any signs which indicate the law. Make sure that your pictures are clear. DO NOT use a digital camera, to the best of my knowledge its not admissible.

laura · 03-15-2008, 01:58 AM

I wish i had this info before. I have just paid a £60 fine and had 3 points put on my licence for a speeding offence that was committed last October and i only received notice at beginning of March.

Paper_Chaser · 03-15-2008, 03:58 PM

Nice one gwerzal, am i spooning out, or did you write a much more detailed piece about this before?

hankham666 · 05-16-2008, 03:52 PM

A note of caution 14 days only applies if you are the registered keeper . If it is a hire or company car , it is the lease company who has the 14 days limit . As the named driver they can take at least 6 months , or even longer if they can prove they have been trying to find out who the driver was.