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Police Handheld Speed gun
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Everyone knows that sometimes the police just plot themselves on a road, where people speed, stand there and point there speed gun at you.
What I want to know is, if you are speeding, will they stop you or can they get your reg and speed and send you a ticket just by using the gun?
I have been told that if you dont get stopped then you were not speeding. If you were they usually signal to you to pull over.
What I want to know is, if you are speeding, will they stop you or can they get your reg and speed and send you a ticket just by using the gun?
I have been told that if you dont get stopped then you were not speeding. If you were they usually signal to you to pull over.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.This woman wasn't stopped when she drove past hand held guns three times:
http://www.radar-detectors.co.uk/news_mother_c aught_speeding_three_times_in_24_minutes.asp
And this:
The prosecution may obtain a conviction by producing in evidence photographs taken from speed cameras. There is no requirement that such photos have any other evidence to back them up. If no photo is available then the evidence to convict you must come from at least two different sources, although one of these may be mechanical such as the police car's speedometer/radar gun/VASCAR. Under s20 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act (as amended by s23 of the Road Traffic Act 1991) where a radar device is used the police merely need to provide a record produced by the prescribed device AND (in the same or a separate document) a certificate as to the circumstances in which the record was produced, signed by constable or authorised person
http://www.radar-detectors.co.uk/news_mother_c aught_speeding_three_times_in_24_minutes.asp
And this:
The prosecution may obtain a conviction by producing in evidence photographs taken from speed cameras. There is no requirement that such photos have any other evidence to back them up. If no photo is available then the evidence to convict you must come from at least two different sources, although one of these may be mechanical such as the police car's speedometer/radar gun/VASCAR. Under s20 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act (as amended by s23 of the Road Traffic Act 1991) where a radar device is used the police merely need to provide a record produced by the prescribed device AND (in the same or a separate document) a certificate as to the circumstances in which the record was produced, signed by constable or authorised person
As others have indicated, there is no requirement for a police officer, with a handheld speed gun, to stop a motorist in order to issue a 'ticket'.
The police often used to base themselves, with speed guns, outside my late father's house. On a sunny day he'd sometimes wander out to chat to them. They told him that they would occasionally stop a driver if they only wanted to warn him (rather than issue a 'ticket') or if they thought that his speed presented an immediate risk to other road users. (In particular, they would stop speeding drivers around times when children were going to or from school).
However, they generally preferred not to stop speeding motorists because, while speaking to motorist A, speeding motorists B, C, D and E might go by without being caught. There could also be times when, for their own safety, they deemed it unwise to step out in front of a speeding car.
Chris
The police often used to base themselves, with speed guns, outside my late father's house. On a sunny day he'd sometimes wander out to chat to them. They told him that they would occasionally stop a driver if they only wanted to warn him (rather than issue a 'ticket') or if they thought that his speed presented an immediate risk to other road users. (In particular, they would stop speeding drivers around times when children were going to or from school).
However, they generally preferred not to stop speeding motorists because, while speaking to motorist A, speeding motorists B, C, D and E might go by without being caught. There could also be times when, for their own safety, they deemed it unwise to step out in front of a speeding car.
Chris
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