speeding - no number plate photo

Hi

I know if you're guilty you should swallow the pill, so this is purely
hypothetical...

Suppose one is caught with a front facing manned camera. The policeman
leaps from his van commando style to manually write down your number
plate as you pass. Two weeks later, NIP duly arrives claiming to be
backed up with photographic evidence. The photographic evidence shows
an unidentified bike allegedly speeding. Is "I don't remember driving
along there and my number plate doesn't seem to be in the photo" a
runner?

Like I say, purely hypothetical.

Darren

 

Darren Lewis wrote

I would have added an 'allegedly' here and there earlier on in the tale.

 

From my understanding, the type of system you're talking about doesn't take
a photo, but just uses numberplate recognition, or am I wrong?

 

"When made-to-measure turns bad"

 

You pay up, like I did in the same hypothetical situation. The
policeman is a witness to you speeding. His word is good enough in
court when backed up by the photo whether it shows your plate or not.

 

How do they 'hypothetically' know that it's you?

 

It's not unreasonable to ask for any further info though, and in my case
there seemed to be enough doubt about the whole thing for it to be dropped
before a court appearance.

I had a theory about it:

If you question the NIP/summons, and offer anything like a remote
possibility that it wasn't you/you're going to fight it and have a better
than tiny chance of succeeding, they will drop it. The thinking behind this
is that then only the "dead certs" get prosecuted. Come the end of the year,
plod can then come back and say "90% of cases that came to court result in a
prosecution", rather than the less impressive "65% that we issued an NIP
for..."

Just a theory.

 

Because you fill in the form saying it was you when you know that you
were on that road at that time.

 

But they have to actually catch you first though, don't they?

 

Er, well the copper wrote down my reg, asked the DVLA for who owns
that bike and sent me a letter. Not hard.

 

Oh, doh! I read the first post wrong and interpreted it as the numberplate
not being visible at all. What a mong.

 

(Darren Lewis) wrote in message

Barely related to this issue...

A normal bike

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Just push this button

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Shazam!

http://shorl.com/hulisypofredu

The guy was cought and the "Mossos d'Esquadra" (these lovely Catalan
policemen with radars, submachine guns and Visa machines) didn't
appreciate much all the ongoing DIY effort.

Complete URL's

http://www.moteros.net/index.php?module=Filexplorer&func=display&f=/usr/Javier/1.JPG

http://www.moteros.net/index.php?module=Filexplorer&func=display&f=/usr/Javier/Pulsad.jpg

http://www.moteros.net/index.php?module=Filexplorer&func=display&f=/usr/Javier/Matri.jpg

 

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Hmm, I see.


I don't get it. Is something supposed to be there?

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Domenex)
saying something like:

Nothing there.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10
Get rid of your SOC/SOB here http://www.sparesorrepair.co.uk/

 

I think the court might have something to say about the cop leaping out
commando-style. What had he been doing in the back of the van?

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

I'd already tried that after the blank appearance, but it works now on
refresh.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10
Get rid of your SOC/SOB here http://www.sparesorrepair.co.uk/

 

Thanks for the remarks. I should have a talk with nukezone.com about
the uptime of their hosting services :-/

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Domenex)
saying something like:

The moteros frame was coming up ok, but not the jpgs.

It worked later on though.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10
Get rid of your SOC/SOB here http://www.sparesorrepair.co.uk/

 

Rexx says...

Nope, their word can be good enough to prosecute.

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Lesley
ZXR400SP
SBS#11[with oak-leaf cluster]
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18

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