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mammothd
post Sun, 5 Jul 2020 - 22:31
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I was followed by a police car on the motorway.He claims I was speeding at 80mph, whch he says he caught on his bodycam.
I assume his bodycam was recording his speedometer. But I can't think this is a legal test of speeding, as it's not electronic, and his speedometer could be faulty? I wasn't issued a ticket.he said he was going to report me. I have a feeling he was trying to wind me up.

So can you be caught by a police car's speedometer?
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QUOTE (mammothd @ Sun, 5 Jul 2020 - 23:31) *
So can you be caught by a police car's speedometer?

Yes.


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post Sun, 5 Jul 2020 - 23:21
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Police have to get their speedometers calibrated, which is also why they can report you for speeding by "pacing" you. I believe they'll supply a certificate of calibration as evidence in the event it goes to court - this is unlikely to happen unless you plead not guilty.

Have you had a speed awareness course / motorway awareness course in the past 3 years? Was the speed limit NSL, or had it been set to a lower variable limit?

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post Sun, 5 Jul 2020 - 23:39
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QUOTE (4hS6TcBkX @ Mon, 6 Jul 2020 - 00:21) *
Police have to get their speedometers calibrated

No, they don’t. Speedometers in specialist vehicles are often calibrated but those in normal patrol vehicles often are not. There is no legal requirement that the speedometer be calibrated.

If you don’t know what you’re doing, don’t give your guesses as fact. It’s Rule 3 that you agreed to.

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QUOTE (4hS6TcBkX @ Mon, 6 Jul 2020 - 00:21) *
Police have to get their speedometers calibrated

How does that square with them only requiring a single officers opinion (with no other evidence at all) that the car was speeding in order to gain a conviction (this being a motorway)?


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QUOTE (The Rookie @ Mon, 6 Jul 2020 - 10:55) *
QUOTE (4hS6TcBkX @ Mon, 6 Jul 2020 - 00:21) *
Police have to get their speedometers calibrated

How does that square with them only requiring a single officers opinion (with no other evidence at all) that the car was speeding in order to gain a conviction (this being a motorway)?


That is a very good point. Apologies, forgot that was the case for motorways.

QUOTE (southpaw82 @ Mon, 6 Jul 2020 - 00:39) *
If you don’t know what you’re doing, don’t give your guesses as fact. It’s Rule 3 that you agreed to.


That is very much true. It was my understanding from prior research that it was required - my apologies, thank you for the clarification.

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post Tue, 7 Jul 2020 - 13:46
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QUOTE (4hS6TcBkX @ Mon, 6 Jul 2020 - 11:23) *
QUOTE (southpaw82 @ Mon, 6 Jul 2020 - 00:39) *
If you don’t know what you’re doing, don’t give your guesses as fact. It’s Rule 3 that you agreed to.


That is very much true. It was my understanding from prior research that it was required - my apologies, thank you for the clarification.

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QUOTE (The Rookie @ Mon, 6 Jul 2020 - 10:55) *
How does that square with them only requiring a single officers opinion (with no other evidence at all) that the car was speeding in order to gain a conviction (this being a motorway)?


The statutory bar on conviction based solely on the opinion of the witness does not apply on motorways. That does not mean that the opinion of a witness would be sufficient to persuade the court beyond any reasonable doubt, or that the CPS would even run with it (some time ago, their published guidance was not to).


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I was well aware of that, hence my wording of required (legally) as opposed to say ‘sufficient’.


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