Is this police camera van illegaly parked?

bigjl

Strider590 wrote: »

They're not run by the Police, they're run by the local camera partnership and manned by civilians.

Really?

All of them?

Or is that just your opinion?

Spicy_McHaggis

Strider590 wrote: »

They're not run by the Police, they're run by the local camera partnership and manned by civilians.

Not run directly by the police but they can't operate without a police officer being employed by them.

enfield_freddy

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

Not run directly by the police but they can't operate without a police officer being employed by them.

they are seconded to the police

BertieUK

If a driver exceeds the speed limit on any public road he or she deserves to pay the price.

pogofish

Is it actually a Police van? Despite the markings suggesting otherwise, Many Speed Partnership vans are actually not.

If it is a non police van, they should have written wayleave from the local council that specifically allows them to operate away from regulated parking etc.

At least one partnership has fallen foul of this in the last couple of years and had to refund an awful lot of money (£2million IIRC?) because without the appropriate wayleave, any tickets issued were quite invalid.

If it is a police van, then yes they can operate pretty-much where they like if the operational need arises.

Car_54

pogofish wrote: »

Is it actually a Police van? Despite the markings suggesting otherwise, Many Speed Partnership vans are actually not.

If it is a non police van, they should have written wayleave from the local council that specifically allows them to operate away from regulated parking etc.

At least one partnership has fallen foul of this in the last couple of years and had to refund an awful lot of money (£2million IIRC?) because without the appropriate wayleave, any tickets issued were quite invalid.

If it is a police van, then yes they can operate pretty-much where they like if the operational need arises.

Can you quote a source to support this story?

The speeding motorists were committing a criminal offence. The evidence against them is not affected in any way by how the camera van was parked.

Let's suppose a policeman is parked illegally, and witnesses a murder. Are you suggesting his evidence is inadmissable?

sinizterguy

BertieUK wrote: »

If a driver exceeds the speed limit on any public road he or she deserves to pay the price.

Only when caught.

InsideInsurance

Liverlad67 wrote: »

Anyway a police camera van was parked off the road

If he is not on the road then the road regulations are irrelevant

There is a separate issue of if parking on the grass is an issue in terms of causing damage or an obstruction etc

Car_54

sinizterguy wrote: »

Only when caught.

Surely all criminals deserve to pay the price. Whether they are caught or not is a different matter.

Spicy_McHaggis

InsideInsurance wrote: »

If he is not on the road then the road regulations are irrelevant

There is a separate issue of if parking on the grass is an issue in terms of causing damage or an obstruction etc

Obstruction under the riad traffic act must be on a road or highway so being on a road is very relevant. But being parked on the grass verge is part of the road so they would not be separate issues.