Re: Speed camera question

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:18:29 -0000, "Andy Pandy"
<spam8times@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"Alec McKenzie" <find@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:find-C28916.13402331012006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > No, I am not saying it is your legal responsibility to check.
>> >
>> > How would you know you weren't breaking the law if you didn't check these
>> > things?
>>
>> You wouldn't know, but it would be your use of an illegal car
>> that breaks the law, not your failure to check.
>
>So that's a bit like saying going through a red traffic light is against the law, not
>your failure to check the colour of the traffic lights.

Yep.

And that is absolutely correct.

there is no law requiring that you check the colour shown by a traffic
light.

But there is one saying you must not proceed when a red light is
showing.
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