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Thread Author: henry k Replies: 3
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New Fri 25 Jun 10 09:50 
 Up to 1.5m drivers 'fined illegally' in London - henry k
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10407537.stm

Up to £150m in fines given to motorists for traffic offences may have been unlawful

In the last three years about 1.5 million motorists have been fined £120 for not obeying the "moving" traffic signs.

London is not a cheap place to err :-)
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New Fri 25 Jun 10 12:49 
 Up to 1.5m drivers 'fined illegally' in London - Mapmaker
These people have broken the law, they deserve to be fined.
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New Fri 25 Jun 10 13:04 
 Up to 1.5m drivers 'fined illegally' in London - R.P.
Breach of process Mapmaker - if the "authorities" can't get it right awfully bad show to punish others in other words two wrongs don't make a right.

My new local authority in Wales can't get speed limit orders right for the umpteenth time which has cost the local tax payers a fortune in re-payments and admin. In my opinion the useless twerp responsible should be first in the line come redundancy time. But I doubt whether he will be...
Last edited by: Pugugly on Fri 25 Jun 10 at 13:14
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New Fri 25 Jun 10 14:59 
 Up to 1.5m drivers 'fined illegally' in London - Mapmaker
I'm well aware, PU...

But in my old age, I'm rather coming to the view that people should pay what they're supposed to pay. A sort of universal purposive contruction rather than strict adherence to the wording of statute.
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