The UK is rife with traffic cameras, and because they’re used as a revenue generation devices, they are not checked for errors.
All of these errors cost the government a great deal of this incoming revenue. Both in wasted time of the machine, but also in the courts.
But worry not resident subjects of The Crown, the government is attempting to put a stop to that outward flow of cash.
At your expense, naturally.
UK courts are considering changes designed to make it too expensive for speed camera ticket recipients to challenge citations, regardless of whether they are actually guilty of any crime. The Ministry of Justice announced last Thursday that it had begun the process of overturning the traditional cost assessment procedures in criminal court cases to ease the burden on prosecutors and the courts.
“The proposed scheme will be as straightforward as possible and will cause the minimum of disruption to the judicial process,” Carolyn Regan, Chief Executive of the Legal Services Commission, said in a statement.
Ahh, yes! Because making life easier for prosecutors and the courts should always be government’s primary concern.
Ooops. Sorry. That should be “never” instead of always.
Once again, we see what happens when you have a “Justice” system in place, as opposed to having a “Legal” system.
I’ve been trying to come up with something witty and insightful… but I can’t. I just laugh.
I believe the only insightful thing that will will matter will be what’s in the sights in a few years if they keep this up.
“Authorities have taken steps to prevent successful challenges. In 2007, for example, the European Court of Human Rights formally stripped motorists of their right to remain silent and to be presumed innocent.”
Wow. Just wow. I wonder who’s next?