GreenShed wrote:
I'm not being sarcastic; it's a serious question.
Have YOU reviewed your evidence in the light of Mr. Richards saying he was driving at 54mph?
The evidence was served and the prosecution did not challenge it
For the record Mr Richards pleaded guilty due to the far more serious charge he was facing and a guilty plea was the th e best way of dealing with the speeding offence.
As he had admitted alterring the GPS data he stood no chance of being found not guilty, had he not alterred the GPS data and just challenged the speeding then there was evidence that could have been used to say he was not speeding, and this evidence was not challenged and not tested.
It is a well know fact that people who genuinly believe they were not exceeding the speed limit plead guilty because of the obscene costs they could incur due to the Hughes comment "Come and get us if you thing you are tough enough" and we will make you pay.
In the British justice system one is innocent until proven guilty, with the exception of speeding case where one is guilty until proven innocent
In all speeding cases the onus is on the defence to prove that the device used was
1. Not calibrated correctly
2. Different in some way from the type approved device
3. Not operated correctly
4. Had a fault
Unless you are a golfer with lots of money it is impossible for the average person to even contemplate defending a £60.00 and three points
Since 1996, with the exception of one dropped and one run over, there is not a single record published of any LTI has ever been found to be faulty or out of calibration specification.
I say this as if one device had been found faulty then all the enforcements since its last know calibration would have had to be investigated, and this has not happened.
As someone who has spent over 50 years in electronics I ask is this claim even remotely credible considering the number of LTI's in use, or have Lastec inc designed the perfect piece of electronic equipment?
If this is so then the likes of JCV, Sony and Panasonic would pay a lot of money for the secret