Anyone know a good motoring lawyer?

[Pleasantville]

Having established that those hand held hairdryer speed cameras are, according to the manufacturers, only accurate up to 100m and having just been done at 371m (at 91mph on a 60mph road and facing a ban) I feel I ought to consult a good mototring lawyer.

 

Any suggestions/ideas?

[Colin Mill]

Nick Freeman perhaps? (no personal experience but the wealthy seem to use him)

[Dickie Normuss]

FWIW I was done at almost 1000 metres and it stuck ☹️

 

VX HPC - Loud and proud here

Watch out, whatever hits the fan will not be distributed evenly

[PAUL MARRIOTT]

I got clocked at 92+mph on a vasca by a motorcycle cop last year.

 

Found a solicitor local to where I was due to appear via yellow pages and a couple of phone calls.

 

Got away scot free because the witness, policeman's, statement was incomplete and the Crown Prosecution cocked up completely.

 

Message I got was that the documentation will let the CP down and the CP admin stinks and will also provide an avenue for escape.

 

Solicitor would have cost me £300 but the crown paid 'cos my case was thrown out.

 

There are a few tricks to the process which you might like to chat about, if so give me call on 07768 005701.

 

Paul M

[MartinWoodham]

also the laser beamwidth (3 milliradians for LTI 20-20) ( Home office ref)means that at large ranges the area illuminated by the laser can be large - at 371m the beam is 1.1m wide. According to the ACPO guidelines if there is another vehicle in the photo, the evidence is not admissible.

 

I know to my cost though that the 'safety' camera partnerships don't have to abide by the ACPO guidelines, and I got done at over 300m with another car right in front of me.

 

In my case, 3 points and £60 weren't worth contesting.

 

I'm sure there could also be a challenge on the accuracy of the alignment between the laser and the cross hairs in the viewfinder - the laser is IR so can't be seen, and thus there's no proof, especially at long ranges, that they've got the right vehicle - the cross hairs ain't necessarily pointing at the same place the laser is. I don't believe this is confirmed in the calibration checks, and with a 3mR beamwidth alignment is fairly critical.

 

Good luck!

 

Martin

Aero'd supersported ex-Roadsports B...anyone got a cheap LSD?

[Gridgway]

Oliver Gardner was recommended to me on PH. See here.

 

I spoke to him and took his initial advice which worked, so I didn't get to see him in action (or pay him any money). Feel a bit guilty about that.

 

Graham