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Police speed camera (sorry I mean safety Ha Ha) warning devices
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Yes, they are legal...... for the moment.
There is a law coming into force later this year banning the sale and use of scanning / radar detecting warning devices. (ie those devices that detect the radar emissions from speed 'guns' and cameras, including mobile speed cameras, and hand-held devices.)
Those devices that warn of fixed cameras using GPS - (ie that check your position aginst a database of known camera positions) will not be affected by the new law.
This brings us into line with the main EU countries who have already banned these devices - except Spain where they are legal.
Never heard about the 'being prosecuted for flashing your lights' though, bruce !
"I was just trying to warn the flies to get out my way so they don't get squashed, officer."
This from the CPS
Obstructing a police officer � section 89(2) Police Act 1996
It is a summary only offence carrying a maximum penalty of one month's imprisonment and/or a level 3 fine.
Examples of the type of conduct which may constitute the offence of obstructing a police officer include:-
Warning a landlord that the police are to investigate after hours drinking;
warning that a police search of premises is to occur;
giving a warning to other motorists of a police speed trap ahead;
a motorist or 'shoplifter' who persists in giving a false name and address;
a witness giving a false name and address;
a partner who falsely claiming that he/she was driving at the time of the accident but relenting before the breathalyser procedure is frustrated;
an occupier inhibiting the proper execution of a search warrant (if the warrant has been issued under the Misuse of Drugs Act, see also s 23 of that Act);refusing to admit constables into a house when there is a right of entry under s.4(7) of the road Traffic Act 1988 (arrest for driving etc while unfit through drink or drugs).
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