Speed Camera 2

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6251936.stm

 

No right to not disclose the driver

 

Judges acknowledged that both men had been faced compulsion to provide information, but threw out their claim that the right to remain silent and the right not to incriminate oneself are "absolute rights".

 

Their judgement noted that people "who choose to keep and drive cars" have implicitly "accepted certain responsibilities" under UK law.

 

This includes an obligation to name the driver of a vehicle after a road traffic offence has been committed.

 

and

 

The judges also pointed out that UK law made it clear that no offence has been committed if a car owner can prove that he or she did not know, and could not be expected to know, who was driving the vehicle.

 

A.K.A The Chief Constable Clause

[ewerk 31667]

Quite right in this context.

[Rob W 0]

They were trying for the OJ Simpson defence

[Guest alex]

They were trying for the OJ Simpson defence

Is that a chess opening?

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The judges also pointed out that UK law made it clear that no offence has been committed if a car owner can prove that he or she did not know, and could not be expected to know, who was driving the vehicle.

 

A.K.A The Chief Constable Clause

 

That last bit is very difficult to prove though. Pretty much only stuff like if your car is stolen really I guess (puts a bit of a dent in that eco-trend of car sharing too).

 

Otherwise I think it just goes on the registered keepers license or they just keep going up the chain until they find a person the can deem responsible I think (in a company etc.).

 

 

 

 

It's interesting that the EU don't think the right to not incriminate oneself or silence (I suppose) is not an absolute right though.

 

 

Either way speed cameras do nothing to stop the most dangerous driving I see, which is usually people over taking on blind corners or into oncoming traffic, or police doing 50+ mph though a 30 zone.

[Rob W 0]

We're not exactly talking self incriimination in a murder case are we?

 

the people who yell "Human Rights" in cases like this are the ones who stand in the pub moaning on about "nany State", "european supastate" and "all these left wing immigrants hiding behind the Human Rights Act" in my experience