In article , Bob Hobden
writes

"Jaques wrote in message How about the 62 year old who has gone to
Jail for two weeks because he
wouldn't pay a speeding fine of £60. Caught doing 38 in a 30 limit at 5
am
when the limit signs had been vandalised or stolen!

Well, if the 30 limit signs weren't there, or the wrong size even, the
law *USED TO* state that the limit was unenforceable. I haven't heard
that it has changed.

Judge said there were lights on the road and no limit signs so the driver
should have known it was a 30mph zone.

That's fair enough, isn't it? Certainly when I passed my driving test,
we were taught that where the street lights were less than a certain
distance apart was a 30mph limit - it was written into the Highway Code,
and AFAIK, also into legislation.

Besides, they don't put 30mph limits on deserted stretches of roads, and
where there are houses and shops, consideration for other road users
says he should have been limiting his speed.

Speed limits are just that - a limit, not a suggested travelling speed.

You and I are paying to keep this chap in jail for two weeks, which will
achieve nothing, when what he should have is some driver retraining (at the
most).

If he's so convinced of his own rightness that he won't pay a fine, do
you think driver re-training will help?
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm