http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/211041/Speeding-fines-banned-by-German-Judge-Following hot on the heels of the NI judge who fined a motorist 1 penny, a German judge has refused to hand down speeding fines, because he says it is about raising money and not about road safety.
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A JUDGE is refusing to punish any more speeding drivers – because he says police use cameras to fill up empty municipal coffers.
Helmut Knoener, based in the British Army garrison town of Herford, Germany, has let off more than 40 drivers in a week.
He is issuing no more penalties until MPs look “at how and why speed cameras are used”.
The judge, 62, has become the hero of oppressed motorists.
He asked: “Are radar cameras about increasing road safety or something else altogether?
“The question is whether they are primarily a way for municipalities to secure jobs and earn money.”
Let us hope that ministers here (and there) take notice!
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