On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 09:18:28AM -0400, Mike Keitz wrote:

> In the USA, most of these [speed camera] tickets won't hold up in court.  If t
he photo

I don't have a particular problem with the accuracy (unless, as you say,
there are two cars in the photo), what I object to is that they are often
deployed in locations where catching speeders has no obvious safety
benefit, leading to the conclusion that it's a revenue raising exercise.

As regards proving who was driving the car, the law here assumes the owner
was unless the owner provides a statutory declaration that someone else
(who must be named) was. If the car is owned by a company, the fine is
five (5) times the individual fine (but obviously no demerit points
are lost). If the company provides a stat. dec. as to who was the driver,
then the original ticket is cancelled and a new one issued to the driver
(at the lower rate, but with demerit points attached).


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