Motorist beats 98mph speeding charge

[Keefo]

Dunno if this has been posted here yet...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1122042/Motorist-beats-98mph-speeding-charge--buying-car-proving-manage-speed-85mph.html

[djrem]

hahahahhaha at 4th gear being faster than 5th:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/20/article-1122042-031CBC3D000005DC-155_468x310.jpg

[Jorge-]

Saw this posted on Pug306, made me laugh a lot. Show the inaccuracy of the police

[wallsy]

haha heard that on the radio yesterday! Must have been a well good feeling proving them wrong. :P

[Luke]

Good for him contesting it.

[steven1451]

read about this yeturday thats brilliant hope he gets the compensation back

[jacko87]

Good for him contesting it.

Agreed, will make alot of people think about doing the same thing if they ever should get a ticket like that!

[Curran]

and what would have happened if he was in a car that was capable of that speed?

how would he have proved it then?

i doubt he would have been able to which is the case for most people on the road.

the police are a joke sometimes. they should have to prove you were speeding, not the other way round!

[djrem]

they should have to prove you were speeding, not the other way round!

Erm, I might be a bit of a retard here but I thought Speed Cameras used Radar to measure the speed of a vehicle and then took a photo.

Last time I checked, Radar was pretty accurate.

This was probably just a case of driving past a camera when a faster car over took.

[Curran]

Erm, I might be a bit of a retard here but I thought Speed Cameras used Radar to measure the speed of a vehicle and then took a photo.

Last time I checked, Radar was pretty accurate.

This was probably just a case of driving past a camera when a faster car over took.

you just answered your own question.

the speed reading may have been from a different car. therefore they should have to prove which car was speeding. there was 3 cars in the photo and they tried to prosecute the wrong person. hence why i said they should have to prove YOU were speeding.

[Stickyjam]

either im not looking in the right place but parkers reckons his beauty should be doing 106mph @ new so it appears to of lost alot of speed somewhere even if age does lower top speed....

and why didnt his mate just lend him the car :|

cause he bought it back to give it a tamper and make sure the results came out deliberately low?

[dispin]

nvm i read it wrong

[shieldy]

yeh all that bollox about how correct and accurate that they all are i bet its just when the goverment needs a little bit more money

[Chewitt_VTR]

He lives round the corner for me.Does anyone know where it was he got caught.

[Taylor86]

Just goes to show you can't trust coppers and should always contest any charges :)

[craig180]

Awesome! Most people would just bend over and take it

[Tom5190]

good on the lad i say hope he gets his compensation + more for his troubles