Have you been convicted of a speeding offence recently? If so, you may be able to contest your conviction due to a technical error involving many of the UK’s road signs.
The Crown Prosecution Service says a cock-up on the M42 in
Warwickshire means many of the speeding tickets issued on two stretches of road
could be voided because the variable speed-limit signs didn’t meet traffic
regulations. Some of the electronic signs which inform drivers of changing
speed limits – Advanced Motorway Indicators – are said to have been in the
wrong sized font.
This may seem like a triviality, and it is. But there could
be a lot to gain from this little loophole. Thousands of people were caught by
speed cameras on that stretch of road – between junctions 3a to 7 and junctions
7 to 9 – until November 2012, when Warwickshire police stopped using the signs
and halted prosecutions.
It’s estimated as many as 11,000 people could be entitled to
claim back their fines and have their points reinstated. The Highways Agency
says the signs did comply with the regulations, although the CPS and Warwickshire
Police are advising people who were nabbed on the M42 before November last year
to seek independent advice, as they could have been falsely prosecuted.
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