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Wildy has just returned from the shops and fetched the papers whilst she was out! Manchester headlines with the 73 year old who received an NIP telling he;d been copped on camera with photographic supporting the and video evidence supportiugn the allegation that he drove past the Apollo at 800 mph

So it's the standard letter as sent by all prats



Anyway Don Frame's piece continues...




NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

As for isolated error - we've already had cars travelling at 460 mph and 406 mph in the past ....one case being re-issued at 46 mph (the ancient Marina (or Maestro) in Wales.... and the Pug in Runcorn at 406 mph.... not to mention the Gatso in Yorkshire which clocked everyone at 84 mph regardless of the speed. That one only came to light when one guy set his cruise control after being scammed once before at identical speed by same Gatso.... (ca late 2003)


Given so few challenge - we do not really know how many "clerical error" there really are.

By the way= for benefit of scamemrati lurkers - current land speed record is 763.035 mph! AND Nope - the Moggies do not go quite that fast!

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They must have thought he was speeding, so what speed was he doing 800 – 80 – 8 mph. What a load of cobblers. How did they get him for speeding in the first place? I find it hard to believe it was a clerical error, maybe they were hoping he wouldn’t notice.

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Safe Speed issued the following PR at 16:47 this afternoon:

PR261: 800mph ticket 'cause for concern' says Safe Speed

news: for immediate release

Apparently a gentleman in Manchester has received an 800mph speeding ticket.

Paul Smith, founder of the Safe Speed road safety campaign
(www.safespeed.org.uk) said: "These errors might seem amusing, but what if the
error had been just a few miles per hour? How would a member of the public
prove their innocence?"

"Any error at all with legal evidence give great cause for concern. Clearly the
camera partnership are not competent to issues tickets with evidence 'beyond a
reasonable doubt"

"Speed cameras make the roads more dangerous by focusing everyone on the wrong
safety factor. They must be scrapped."

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Manchester Evening News Article:
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/n ... iver_.html

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Thrust ssc team will be dismayed to be beat to the record speed by, Adalat Khan, 73, of driving 800 MPH in a 30 MPH zone. I am sure they want to know all his secrets.

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“It has never been the rule in this country – I hope it never will be - that suspected criminal offences must automatically be the subject of prosecution” He added that there should be a prosecution: “wherever it appears that the offence or the circumstances of its commission is or are of such a character that a prosecution in respect thereof is required in the public interest”
This approach has been endorsed by Attorney General ever since 1951. CPS Code

so too will volkswagen, who are trying to sell their new 250mph bugatti as the worlds fastest production car.

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