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No longer allowed re-claim legal costs defending speeding fine

AdrianHi
AdrianHi Posts: 2,228 Forumite
in Motoring
This is what is currently being proposed, even if your are found innocent you will have to pay for your own legal costs to bring a defence against a speeding fine and points.
More story:
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=20842
and the petition you may or may not want to sign.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/CostsRecovery/
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Comments

  • jaydeeuk1
    jaydeeuk1 Posts: 7,714 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Signed! .
  • Megalomaniac
    Megalomaniac Posts: 539 Forumite
    That's awful! Signed as well!
  • oldagetraveller
    oldagetraveller Posts: 3,653 Forumite
    Totally disgraceful. Signed.
    Of course johnny poitician's alright he'll just claim the costs on his fiddled expenses!
  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    If the goverment is worried about the costs, they should taken them out of the £40BN+ a year motorists pay in taxes and duties each year.
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • SimonW
    SimonW Posts: 77 Forumite
    Signed up as well...
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    ive signed it aswell.
    so this would make it almost pointless trying to defend yourself unless it meant lossing your licence.
    why does speeding get treated so much harsher than any other crime in this country?
    ...work permit granted!
  • Rolandtheroadie
    Rolandtheroadie Posts: 5,102 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    It's things like this that ALL road using organisations should get together on.
    Off to put it on facebook lol.
  • rev_henry
    rev_henry Posts: 4,965 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    What? That makes no sense whatsoever. So, if a speeding fine is brought against me and for example their camera was incorrectly calibrated or whatever, and I had therefore done nothing wrong, I would have to spend my own money defending myself, even though I'd be not guilty? Makes me want to emigrate this kinda thing.
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    its just another reason why folk are fed up with this government and its why a lot of folk will resort to ideas like voting for extreme political parties.
    ...work permit granted!
  • Rolandtheroadie
    Rolandtheroadie Posts: 5,102 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    goldspanners wrote: »
    its just another reason why folk are fed up with this government and its why a lot of folk will resort to ideas like voting for extreme political parties.


    Come on, the nats arnt THAT extreme.
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