Comments on: 26 Speeding UK Cops Beat the Rap: “Sorry Guv, I Don’t Remember.”

By: yankinwaoz

yankinwaoz — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:05:15 +0000

Australia is the same as UK. The registered owner of the car has to cough up a driver or take the hit for the speeding ticket themselves. The presumption is that you know who is operating your vehicle.

Germany has the same. The brother of a German friend of mine has taken to wearing a blond wig to get out of a ticket that will, if applied against him, means loss of license. Not sure how that is going for him now.

By: Landcrusher

Landcrusher — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:02:04 +0000

They had a better system in Alberta. They didn’t care who was driving. There was a fine on the vehicles owner, and no points assigned.

In Houston, they recently put up intersection cameras and the Mayor came right out and said it was a tax.

By: quasimondo

quasimondo — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:34:10 +0000

The military has a saying for this type of behavior. “Do as I say, not as I do.”

By: lprocter1982

lprocter1982 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:35:41 +0000

Well, if the registered owner of a civilian car is charged, regardless of who’s driving, then the police force itself should be given the ticket, regardless of who’s driving. What the difference (aside from them being cops)?

By: GS650G

GS650G — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:27:25 +0000

So they can use a vehicle fleetingly AND speed in it? UK subjects get the government they deserve.

By: Heep

Heep — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:56:03 +0000

“…a lot who have used a police vehicle fleetingly who didn’t realise they had gone through a speed camera…”

Since when is that a valid excuse? Oh, sorry officer, I didn’t realize I’d gone through a speed camera.