Tonight with Trevor Macdonald on ITV this evening (8pm ,all regions) has crucial information for all motorists. Do not miss it.
The programme addresses motorists fighting back against misused and misapplied laws. In particular and importantly it addresses problems with an extremely commonplace laser speed meter.
The film will explain how easy it is for the equipment to give an erroneous reading.
Safe Speed believes that errors in laser speed meter readings are commonplace.When errors are commonplace the equipment has been proved to be incapable of gathering evidence 'beyond a reasonable doubt' as required by law.
With at least 5 million motorists convicted using this equipment in the last five years the stakes are sky high. Many will have suffered considerable hardship - ranging from increased insurance premiums to loss of driving licence. At the high end of the scale people will have lost their jobs and their homes as a direct consequence.
Paul Smith, founder of the Safe Speed road safety campaign(www.safespeed.org.uk) said: "I was present as an observer when the team from Tonight with Trevor MacDonald were testing the LTI2020 laser speed meter. It is clear to me that the equipment is unsuitable for obtaining legal evidence against motorists because of the ease with which it can be confused."
"Clearly the Home Office did not adequately test the device before issuing type approval. That type approval must now be withdrawn immediately. Pending convictions must be dropped. The present situation is totally unacceptable."
"My advice to motorists is:
* Write to your MP demanding that type approval of the LTI2020 is suspended.* See a solicitor if you have been accused or convicted based on laser speed meter evidence.* Challenge every ongoing case.* Do not pay the fixed penalty ticket.* If you have been convicted in the last five years, try to get the case re- opened.* If you have suffered losses because of faulty laser speed meter evidence make a compensation claim."
Tonight with Trevor MacDonald repeats tests carried out by BBC 'Inside Out' and The Daily Mail. The findings are always the same. The device makes mistakes.
About Safe Speed================
The Safe Speed road safety campaign is primarily the work of engineer-turned road safety analyst Paul Smith.
Since setting up Safe Speed in 2001, Paul Smith, 50, an advanced motorist and road safety enthusiast, and a professional engineer of 25 years UK experience, has carried out over 10,000 hours working on the campaign with well over 5,000 of those hours researching the overall effects of speed camera policy on UK road safety. In addition to those 10,000 hours, Paul has funded to campaign to the tune of £10,000.
We believe that this is more work in more detail than anything carried out by any other organisation. Paul's surprising conclusion is that overall speed cameras make our roads more dangerous. Paul has identified and reported a number of major flaws and false assumptions in the claims made for speed cameras, and the whole "speed kills" system of road safety.
The inescapable conclusion is that we should urgently return to the excellent road safety policies that gave us in the UK the safest roads in the World in the first place. Far from saving lives, speed cameras are a dangerous distraction.
Safe Speed does not campaign against speed limits or appropriate enforcement of motoring laws, but argues vigorously that automated speed enforcement is neither safe nor appropriate.
Safe Speed is very slimly funded by voluntary contributions to the web site. We are urgently seeking improved funding.
The Safe Speed web site contains more than 350,000 words of road safety analysis and information. We are seeking publishers for 'the book of the web site'.
It has turned out to be quite an amazing story and there are opportunities for journalists and broadcasters to explore how all this came about, what it means, and where road safety has gone so badly wrong.
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description: Safe Speed road safety campaign - web: http://www.safespeed.org.ukemail: psmith@safespeed.org.uk
