I don't know MP, but i can't imagine their stuck in the van all day peering through a camera lens waiting for the opportunity to snap a picture. I thought that it would have been motion or better still over speed limit triggered, but I don't know. The other thing I wondered about is, as their all civilians who operate these cameras, are we being prosecuted by members of the public ?
I would have thought Ash it all depends on your interpretation of safety. If you think that excessive speed can become a danger to other members of the public, then reducing it can, I think, be called a safety issue or benefit, hence Safety Van. But I do think their money generating devices and should be named more appropriately. But I, not wearing a seat belt (at that particular moment in time) in no way at all am I a danger to members of the public, so I think not a safety issue. And if as you say, a seat belt is a safety device, by the same token so is as a crash helmet, so should I be prosecuted for not wearing one in the car then, and please don't say its not the law yet. And as for being done by a copper on foot, yes I would still be peeved by it, especially if he was a jobs worth but at least I may have had an opportunity to present any mitigating circumstances.
Must be more than speed or was just bad luck someone saw OP with no seat belt and snapped him, I would always ask for photographic evidence now days. "The other thing" there gotta be a loop hole there somewhere for someone to abuse if members of the public?????????
A seatbelt isn’t there to protect members of the public, it’s there to protect the occupants of the vehicle and it’s against the law to not use it, blah blah, etc. I think your mitigating circumstances pleading won’t help. You could have sent a letter to the camera partnership trying, but just like a copper on the street I doubt they would be lenient.
Good question. I would have though an automated system for reading number plates and measuring speed would be fairly simple but detecting an occupant not wearing a seat belt is a more complex task. Ask for a photograph.
