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Police aim to overturn speed case

Police are hoping to boost convictions of motorists who warn others of speed cameras by taking a lorry driver's case to the House of Lords.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) wants to overturn a court ruling in which Charles Glendinning, of Somerset, was cleared of obstructing police duty.

The High Court found police could not prove drivers had slowed down as a result of his waving to them.

A CPS spokeswoman said there was an issue of law that needed clarification.

Mr Glendinning, a milk tanker driver, had first been convicted of obstruction by Yeovil magistrates.

In October, High Court judges decided there was no proof his gestures had been seen by speeding drivers, and was therefore not "obstructive".

The CPS appealed against the ruling, but the case was dismissed by the Court of Appeal.

The CPS has now referred the case to the Court of Appeal's administrative court seeking leave to appeal to the House of Lords.

The request said: "For there to be an obstruction of a Pc in the execution of his duty by getting in the way of a police speed trap, is it necessary for the prosecution to prove that those warned were exceeding the speed or were likely to do so at the location?"

Paul Smith, founder of the Safe Speed road Safety campaign, said: "Motorists warning others of speed traps is extremely effective in slowing traffic. If they don't want our money, then why appeal this case?"

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

If (god forbid) they win and turn over the case,
I for one will still continue to warn other drivers of speed traps, as I have always done,
BUT if the ba ds win , I will just change tactic slightly, as the americans do, CB RADIO broadcast as i drive by , so it is in your best interest to buy one and fit it now, because they cannot afford to lose this one!

ps it also helps to find out which garage is selling the cheapest desiel

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Brian of Plymouth
When will the government realise , that to err is only human, to be perfect is to be GOD.

Surely, letting other drivers know of the presence of a scamera ahead is mot obstruction, but is in fact assisting the police in one of their prime responsibilities, Crime Prevention.

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Semper in excreta, nur quantitat variat.

Exactly. And I'm sure this is why they are extremely concerned, both at the current persuasions in middle court and the prospective precedent in upper court.

Slowly but surely the walls are crumbling.