Question about lengthy average speed camera sections, Single offence or multiple offences? |
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Question about lengthy average speed camera sections, Single offence or multiple offences? |
 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 18:02
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On a local A-road there is a section of 5 to 6 miles in length with Vector average speed cameras monitoring a 50mph limit. The camera are on gantries that are between half a mile and a mile apart, 7 gantries in total.
If a driver were to average 60mph between, say, 4 consecutive gantries consecutively on the same journey, would that be treated as three separate offences (i.e. exceeding 50mph between gantries 1 & 2, gantries 2 & 3 and 3 & 4) or as a single continuous offence? I've no concerns myself, I just take that route frequently and have pondered the question for a while. |
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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 18:02
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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 19:25
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Treated as by who?
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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 20:14
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QUOTE (andy_foster @ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 20:25)  Treated as by who? The relevant SCP / police force. |
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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 21:24
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QUOTE (Suziboy @ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 21:14) QUOTE (andy_foster @ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 20:25) Treated as by who? The relevant SCP / police force. With whom a court may disagree. |
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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 22:00
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A SCP will prosecute as many charges as possible. It would be up to you to convince a court that it is a continuous offence.
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Sat, 2 Jul 2022 - 15:27
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From what I have read previously, SPECS cameras aren't necessarily paired in that fashion. Over long sections it is just as likely to be 1-3, 4-7 than it is 1-2, 2-3, etc.
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Mon, 4 Jul 2022 - 17:11
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QUOTE (Glacier2 @ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 23:00) A SCP will prosecute as many charges as possible. It would be up to you to convince a court that it is a continuous offence. I'm not sure that's true. There are many sections where there are a number of cameras, we've never seen a case as far as I know where someone was prosecuted for each pair of cameras along the section. -------------------- If you would like assistance with a penalty charge notice, please post a thread on https://www.ftla.uk/index.php
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