Rowley010:
I completely agree and I’d love to see a lawyer absolutely obliterate the copper in court.
Is that before or after the prosecution produce the speed evidence from the tachograph or produce written records of any of the route such as timings at gatehouses where you’re booked out proving the only way to be at the point you were stopped would be to be doing more than 40MPH?
Why would the prosecution have the tacho info unless it’s been given voluntarily by the driver? Don’t give them that then have no concrete proof of his speed. Following from 2 cars behind is only an estimation. So yes mr loophole or even less experienced would get this thrown out.
There’s a big difference between a recall on a forum and remembering that they said the veh was doing sixty. Just saying they were comfortable it was a min of 50mph to a max of about 60 ( for example) is enough to say excess speed and certainly not going to get a not guilty. What the OP needs to balance is how to proceed. Guess and hope they can find holes in the police written evidence ( assuming they don’t also have dashcam, their telematics etc), volunteer and produce the tacho record to disprove the case. Of pay loads for a solicitor in the hope of maybe perhaps getting off.
why fight it ? just pay the fine .
what do you think the officer will be like in the future towards lorry drivers if you take him to court ?
he will hit them with the full force of the law ! no leniency .