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IF someone saw you speeding or committing any other offence, could they report you to the police? Or would there be too little evidence?

Reply 1

pghstochaj

11

Yes. they can, typically they would need a second independent witness and be able to stand up in court against you etc.

What have you done?

Reply 2

Né Stig

15

Yes they can. Someone did that against me by witnessing my plate some 3 years ago. It didn't stand the test of time really - as the police just write you a letter explaining some points which you then just ignore, or politely tell the police to inform the witness to get some real speed testing gear :wink:

Reply 3

roc555

OP

Actually it wasnt speeding, i wasnt thinking and ended up driving through a red light which im sure plenty of people have done in the past. But yeah, there was someone on the crossing, at the time who i wasnt close to knocking over but he obviously saw that i went through a red light. Hmm, i doubt he would of had time to get my numberplate anyway.

Reply 4

Flash6289

3

Well here's hoping he didn't get your numberplate, but keep your eyes on the road in future, next time someone may be in the middle of the crossing and WHAM! You're in some deep doo-doo then.

Reply 5

240920

9

Yeah.. try to be more careful in the future- driving through red lights is very dangerous.

Reply 6

Ryan

10

They need real proof tbh.

Reply 7

mc_hamster

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cRaig

Yeah.. try to be more careful in the future- driving through red lights is very dangerous.

I agree with that, once my mum was in a very serious accident because the other driver ran the red light. It was about 10 years ago and she still has problems with her neck. Thank god for the safety of Saab's.

Reply 8

240920

9

Mm. I always try to keep an eye out for cars at the sides when crossing lights. Never do know..Wouldnt want to be sideswiped in my little 106- would be messy.

Reply 9

mc_hamster

1

cRaig

Mm. I always try to keep an eye out for cars at the sides when crossing lights. Never do know..Wouldnt want to be sideswiped in my little 106- would be messy.

It wasn't her fault for not looking, it seems like that is what you are saying.

Reply 10

240920

9

No.. I wasnt implying that at all- i have no idea of the cirmcumstances- I was merely saying that I am slightly paranoid about being hit on the side when crossing major traffic lights.
Sorry..

Reply 11

mc_hamster

1

I see, I read to far into that. I do apologose.

Basicly my mum was coming home from work at 5 in the morning. The other car skipped the light as he was going too fast. The road in question had a 40mph limit which is fast enough really.

So yeah, don't speed and go through red lights.

Reply 12

AT82

My dad accidentally went through a red light once and hit a 106 head on, indeed it was messy - for the 106 driver :frown:

We got out of hour Punto without a scratch on us.

Amazingly my dad didn't even get into trouble for it because the police accessed the junction and decided because the sun was shining in the light and there was no road marking to indicate a junction its an easy mistake to make.

My mate also wrote off his Fiesta by jumping a light, that was less accidental though.

Reply 13

Friggerpants

1

Why do people jump reds? Idiots.

Reply 14

gbduo

15

I have before, simply because i didn't see it...didn't do it on purpose!

Reply 15

JC.

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Friggerpants

Why do people jump reds? Idiots.

selfishness.

Reply 16

mc_hamster

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Friggerpants

Why do people jump reds? Idiots.

Indeed.

Reply 17

dave134

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roc555

IF someone saw you speeding or committing any other offence, could they report you to the police? Or would there be too little evidence?

Speeding would be difficult to convict based on the evidence of one or two untrained witnesses, but driving without due care and attention is quite commonly reported to the police then chased up. Running a red light would also be possible to convict based on a couple of random witnesses.

The reason that speeding would be difficult to prove is that people are notoriously bad at working out speeds, with often in accidents witnesses will say he was tearing down the road at "well over 60", when the forensics on the tyre tracks show that the car was only doing 40. People are quite good at working out relative speeds though, and could pick out cars from a stream of traffic that are going faster than the rest.

I guess that if a neighbourhood watch scheme bought their own speed cameras, got them calibrated, and followed the ACPO guidelines, they could probably get convictions in court with the civilian gathered evidence, but whether the CPS would ever agree to prosecute I don't know.

Reply 18

roll888

Although i know it is wrong to run red lights and drive without due care and attention, surely its quite hard to be convicted of doing so if some random pedestrain or other motorist reports you? Unless they have actual proof...

Reply 19

iceman_jondoe

18

can they really tell how fast youve been travelling on the condition of the tires?

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