Inventor wins speed camera battle
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:53 pm
Looks like a promising antidote
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/7033353.stm
A scientist escaped a charge of speeding at 42mph, after claiming a device he invented showed him travelling 12mph slower.
Sunderland University lecturer Phillip Tann, 45, was told mobile speed officers recorded him speeding in a 30mph zone in the city last November.
But Dr Tann, from South Shields, had data from a satellite tracking device, showing him travelling at 29.18mph.
The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed proceedings against Dr Tann had ceased.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/7033353.stm
A scientist escaped a charge of speeding at 42mph, after claiming a device he invented showed him travelling 12mph slower.
Sunderland University lecturer Phillip Tann, 45, was told mobile speed officers recorded him speeding in a 30mph zone in the city last November.
But Dr Tann, from South Shields, had data from a satellite tracking device, showing him travelling at 29.18mph.
The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed proceedings against Dr Tann had ceased.