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I’m surprised this news story hasn’t been posted on AB, where over 500 have been caught speeding due to a fake 50MPH sign – it looks pretty genuine to me in the photo.
The authorities are saying that the speeding fines are valid (despite the fake sign).
Of course some of those caught speeding may lose their licence due to reaching 12 points.
NJ might have something to say about this.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The police insist that the fake sign has not impacted on the overall drivers average speed.
Have they calculated that over the set distance, which would have varying speed limits, those drivers would have still been speeding if the limit on that particular stretch was 50mph, not 40?
Just how long was the affected bit of road and how many miles does the average speed limit cover?
^ But if the distance between the next 50 sign and the next 40 sign was only small -say 200 yards- and the average speed was measured over a long ditance- say 3 miles- then it would depend on the threshold. If they were only prosecuting at an average of 45 then could someone argue they did 50 for a while so really only averaged 44 for the rest....I doubt it would be a valid defence as they still exceeded 40.
Someone could always get a solicitor and challenge it.
I'm not sure which way it would go.
Maybe if those in charge had sorted what must have been a long standing issue with the drainage system instead of simply imposing a speed limit and thinking, "That'll do", there wouldn't be any issue. But authorities doing their job properly for the citizens is likely to be nation newspaper headline news.
Since the ridiculous introduction of the 20mph limit such changes have become all too common. It was the case for ages that major roads & carriageways with higher limits "liked" to switch from one limit to another willy nilly, but now urban area roads do so regularly; (supported by idiots that think it hilarious to rhyme "twenty" with "plenty" in the belief that it somehow makes things right) and looking at the places where they switch limits the only rational explanation has to be a desire catch folk, either for the "fun" of it or for some financial reason they can deny.
"The police insist that the fake sign has not impacted on the overall drivers average speed." - Then they are plonkers. If there is a section that says 50 then drivers are going to do that. If it should be 30 then obviously the speed is going to be higher than it would be if they were obeying a 30 limit.