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Top five tips for speeding offenders
By: Rutland Savour |
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| Speeding solicitors can help to prevent a speed camera offences getting to court. |
Speeding solicitors can help to prevent a speed camera offences getting to court. Their specialist knowledge of evidence-, procedure- and law-based technicalities makes them invaluable when disputing charges or trying to reduce penalties. Here are the top five tips if you are caught speeding:
1. If one police officer is operating the speed camera device he or she will need further evidence to corroborate the reading. Without this additional back up there can be no conviction and charges can be dropped before even entering a courtroom.
2. You cannot be charged with speeding offences if the evidence is based on the results of the speed camera device alone. The laser reading should be used as a back up to the police officer’s opinion. If the evidence is not properly documented the correct procedures have not been followed and there is no case.
3. A laser does not measure speed. The speed camera reading will not show you are exceeding the speed limit rather it will measure the distance and time taken to travel between two points. This leaves large margins for error which can be used in defence by speeding solicitors.
4. There is also something known as the ‘slip effect’. As the trigger is pressed the laser device can move. There have been instances where stationary vehicles have been recorded as speeding or a vehicle travelling at 40 mph is actually moving at 30 mph. A good motor lawyer can use this to challenge the prosecution.
5. Check the road for the speed limit sign. There have been cases where driving offences have been dropped as the road sign was missing, damaged or obscured in some way.
For all motoring offences it is wise to contact a specialist motor lawyer immediately. They can collate evidence and build a watertight defence. At Cunningham’s Solicitors we offer expert legal advices for a wide range of traffic offences. |
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