Monthly Archives: November 2010

Councils have taken to enforcing some moving traffic contraventions by means of CCTV or Smart Cars. There are an innumerable number of such contraventions but all share the same appeal procedure. Always check the signing in the area.  It needs … Continue reading →

Sections 54(1) and (2) RTOA 1988 provide that a constable in uniform who has reason to believe that a fixed penalty offence is being or has been committed may give a person a fixed penalty notice.   Only a constable … Continue reading →

A person cannot be convicted of speeding solely on the evidence of one person.  There need not necessarily be two witnesses but there must be some corroborative evidence. The most common source of corroboration comes from the speedometer reading of … Continue reading →

Automatic speed detecting devices are widespread. Procedure is very important with such devices. A Notice of Intended Prosecution will need to be served and the fixed penalty offer can be used. Both roads and individual vehicles can be subject to … Continue reading →