Camera Speeding Ticket

Geoghegan1986

I received a speeding ticket from a stand alone camera in a police van parked on the road. I was doing 42mph in a 30mph zone.

I sent the police the following request with regards to information about the camera as requested on this site:

I have recently received a Notice of intended prosecution (#) Vehicle Registration Number (....) where I believe my vehicle was traveling below the stated speed. I would like to make a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to see copies of the calibration certificate and maintenance records of the camera used on the day.

Would you also be able to provide me with the training record of the officer using this equipment and a copy of his certificate of competence and can you confirm that the type of equipment used conforms to Home Office Type Approval.

The police have come back stating that they do not need to provide this information due to following:

Response – Hertfordshire Constabulary neither confirms nor denies that it holds information as the duty in Section 1(1) (a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 does not apply, by virtue of the following exemptions;

Section 30(3) – Investigations and proceedings conducted by Public Authorities

Section 40(5) – Personal Information

The Section 30 exemption is a qualified class based exemption and I am obliged therefore to consider the public interest in providing the information is held.

The Section 40 exemption is a class based absolute exemption, which means that I am not required to identify prejudice or consider the Public Interest Test.

Factors favouring confirming or denying whether any other information is held for Section 30

Confirmation that information is held would provide transparency with regard to the policing of speeding and could allow the public to have a better understanding of the effectiveness of the Police Service. Factors against confirming or denying whether any other information is held for Section 30

The force’s future law enforcement capabilities would be affected and this would hinder the prevention and detection of crime.

Can anyone help me with the above and give me some kind of response to what the police have stated in their reply?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Big_Boi

Geoghegan1986 wrote: »

I was doing 42mph in a 30mph zone.

Gone are the days of accepting responsibility for your own actions, I guess?

2019. The era of the 'It's not my fault' generation.

Head over to the Pepipoo forum, they'll be best equipped to offer any advice

ToxicWomble

So how fast do you want to claim you were going ?

Quentin

You need to take this to pepipoo for best advice

This forum majors on private parking invoices rather than proper speeding tickets

nosferatu1001

Basically none of that is likely to have helped you, and if you go to peopipoo you will have this not-so-gently explained to you
Basically you might have gotten a course,or a CoFP, I bet it now goes straight to court.