You are now liable to pay full Court Costs in defending any motoring offence even if you are found not guilty!!

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=20842

Think we need to sign the petition to try and stop this!!

Found over on D3 Forum

same here in Krautland as long as you are the owner of the car....  
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same here in Krautland as long as you are the owner of the car....

Even more reason to sign up and try and stop it then

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When it comes to motoring offences, in reality it is very very very rare that someone is "not guilty", it is generally more the case that they "got away with it", but still......

however if I was caught doing 120mph say and was found "not guilty", I wouldn't be kicking up a fuss about court costs.

But I do see your point

I was surprised to find out 1in 4 cases results in a not guilty verdict.

25% is a lot bigger margin than I imagined.

Was it on this site the Oxford Bus Lane saga where when it was challenged in court it was found to be illegal as the the right bye law or and signs were not used. Quite a few incidents of people challenging yellow lines have been found correct as well, because councils just paited the lines but did not pass the laws.

Thinking the goverment by implementing this will find people less incentivised to look into their own bungling and incompetance and make the figures look better at the same time as lining their corperate coffers for more bungling work to be carried out

Remember in motoring law you are guilty until you prove your innocence, it still costs you time and effort to do this, why should you pay even more.

We have also got to be saving our pennies to pay for any pedestrian or cyclist that comes into contact with our vechicle because that law is being changed to so you will always be guilty, whatever.

Having had a pedestrian in coventry try to commit suicide by jumping in front of my lorry some years back, was luckly well witnessed by others and apart from having to deal with the screams and bloody mess that reulted in the incident, why would I wish to now have to pay for that and be guilty with out any form of appeal

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and another reason to leave the UK....  Range Rover Vogue ‘17 TDV6

Gone: Range Rover Vogue '11 4.4TDV8, Range Rover Sport ‘59, Range Rover Sport ‘56

but not to Krautland

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and another reason to leave the UK....

Funnily enough I was thinking the same thing when I picked up a property brochure or 2 for Menorca when i was over last week for a break. Only prob is they drive on the wrong side for my RRS...... Only saw 3 the whole time I was there but plenty of Discos and Freebies but nearly all older models. Heaps of Cayennes, Toerags and Q7s though......  Current, M135i in Estoril Blue with more extras than the cast of Ben Hur.

535d m-sport Platinum grey and a few extras.... Gone

X5 3.0 sd in Space Grey, 20's, Dynamic Pack, Memory Pack, Media Pack, Tow Pack, Rear DVD, Panoramic Sunroof, Steps, 7 Seat Pack, Reversing Camera with moving lines, programmable park heat, etc etc etc - Gone

Range Rover Sport Santorini, privacy, dvd, towpack GONE!!!

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but not to Krautland

 
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lespes wrote:

Was it on this site the Oxford Bus Lane saga where when it was challenged in court it was found to be illegal as the the right bye law or and signs were not used.

Remember in motoring law you are guilty until you prove your innocence, it still costs you time and effort to do this, why should you pay even more.