How successful are challenges to speed measuring devices, for speeding offences?
A speed measuring device, be it a Silver Eagle radar [mounted to a vehicle], a LIDAR [hand-held] or a fixed speed camera, are all scientific speed measuring devices. Any measuring device needs to be calibrated. How it is calibrated is a serious issue with serious questions. The issues are how it has been calibrated as required by national standards, how it has been calibrated on a daily basis by the operator, and how has it been used by that operator in compliance with the guidelines or otherwise. Q) Have you seen many cases of innocence that have been proven guilty? Generally speaking, no, the courts in the majority get it right. It is up to the prosecution to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt and if that has been achieved the court will proceed with conviction. Q) If my driving record is clean, do I stand a better chance of defending an offence than someone with a worse history? In relation to a defence of any case, your driving record has nothing to do with it. The court cons
