At the beginning of the year I contributed the following to the "Speeding fines levy: Your views" debate:
Am I dreaming, or has the BBC just published the following seven anti-car soundbites without publishing one counterbalancing mention of the fact that nearly every day we read in unbiased media of people who have appealed their speeding convictions and found that they were actually travelling below the speed the camera alleged, the camera was set below the limit, the limit was illegally introduced, or it was illegally signed, or it was another car:
With this you have the option of not paying - just stick to the law.
Don't speed and you won't get fined!
If you don't speed, you won't pay. Quite simple really.
If you don't want to pay the fine, don't commit the crime.
If you don't want to pay the fine, don't do the CRIME.
If you don't speed you won't get fined. It really is that simple.
If you don't like it, don't speed in the first place!
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My contribution was "edited" down to:
Don't speed and you won't get fined! If you don't speed, you won't pay. Quite simple really. If you don't want to pay the fine, don't commit the crime. If you don't want to pay the fine, don't do the crime. If you don't speed you won't get fined. It really is that simple. If you don't like it, don't speed in the first place!
Mr B J Mann, Nottingham
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Not only were later posts to the same "debate" complaining of this ignored, not only were various complaints ignored, but when I tried to discuss the issue on the BBC Nottingham Messageboard the BBC Host responded with the following:
"The truth of the matter is that, if you don't speed whilst driving, you won't get caught doing so and therefore won't have to pay a fine or the newly proposed "surcharges"."
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