5 September 2010

This week I read the news about a guy who refused to pay any speeding tickets received because he argued that without proof that the cameras have been calibrated correctly, to the specific Australian standards there is clearly no proof that they are working correctly! I’ll post the link as soon as I can find it on the website.

It is fair that if you get caught speeding you should pay the fine. However it has be real not something made up or proven. Anything that the government does or proposes is accountable especially when the law is concerned.

It is like petrol stations where there are inspectors that check that the pumps are giving out the correct amount of fuel. Hence it is in the interests of the public to ensure that if you receive a fine for supposedly exceeding the speed limit that the device recording it is actually accurate! Why aren’t these systems being checked – what is there to hide?

Possible conspiracy theory: that these systems are accurate after all?