Campaigners furious at speed camera lottery

Motorists face a speed camera lottery, with their chances of being prosecuted after being photographed varying according to where they are caught, it emerged yesterday.

Telegraph | News | Campaigners furious at speed camera lottery

This discrepancy really annoys me.

yeah that's really bad!

That's positively evil; what happened to "due process", and "presumption of innocence" then?

Kool Avon and Somerset is the Lowest :P

That's positively evil; what happened to "due process", and "presumption of innocence" then?

I suspect that once you've been caught by the camera, "presumption of innocence" is out of the window. Proof of guilt tends to do that!

I'm surprised Hampshire is as low as 66% as there's only about 5 cameras in the entire county

Chris

£114 million was raised in fines.

I suspect that once you've been caught by the camera, "presumption of innocence" is out of the window. Proof of guilt tends to do that!

You heard about the guy who was sent a NIP for 75 in a 60, in his farm tractor? Unless the photo is properly compared wit the DVLA database for type and colour, it is not evidence, even if the speed limit is correctly signposted, and the camera correctly calibrated (both cases for quashing 6 figure numbers of prosecutions in the last 3 years).