1-12-2004 UK Driver proves speed camera was wrong
A motorist who received a fixed penalty notice saying a camera had caught his van travelling at 51 mph in a 30 mph zone has had the penalty overturned after the film showed he had been driving at only 13.42 mph.
"I was fuming when I received the notice," he said. "I knew it was wrong but thought there was no way I could prove it. Then I found out through a friend I could request to see the pictures the camera took.
"I went back to the scene and worked out that I only travelled three metres between the two pictures. When you convert that back it equates to 13.42 mph."
The Dorset Speed Camera Partnership said in December that 23,733 drivers had been fined in the eight months to March 2003, raising more than £1.4 million.
Dorset Speed Camera Partnership cancelled the penalty notice after admitting that the camera's radar had been triggered by a reflected image.
"A reflected image occurs when a radar detects a movement that isn't actually there, which is caused by distortion or a shape of a stationary vehicle. A reflection can occur where the radar reads two images as one.
"This is an extremely rare occurrence and is a known radar phenomenon."
A spokesman said there had been two similar cases in Dorset in the past year.
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Two things, why was the guy only traveling at 13 mile per hour?
and obviously only 2 people out of nearly 24,000 have challenged the Radar Company. Shame shame you Brits, stand up and fight!
A motorist who received a fixed penalty notice saying a camera had caught his van travelling at 51 mph in a 30 mph zone has had the penalty overturned after the film showed he had been driving at only 13.42 mph.
"I was fuming when I received the notice," he said. "I knew it was wrong but thought there was no way I could prove it. Then I found out through a friend I could request to see the pictures the camera took.
"I went back to the scene and worked out that I only travelled three metres between the two pictures. When you convert that back it equates to 13.42 mph."
The Dorset Speed Camera Partnership said in December that 23,733 drivers had been fined in the eight months to March 2003, raising more than £1.4 million.
Dorset Speed Camera Partnership cancelled the penalty notice after admitting that the camera's radar had been triggered by a reflected image.
"A reflected image occurs when a radar detects a movement that isn't actually there, which is caused by distortion or a shape of a stationary vehicle. A reflection can occur where the radar reads two images as one.
"This is an extremely rare occurrence and is a known radar phenomenon."
A spokesman said there had been two similar cases in Dorset in the past year.
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Two things, why was the guy only traveling at 13 mile per hour?
and obviously only 2 people out of nearly 24,000 have challenged the Radar Company. Shame shame you Brits, stand up and fight!
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