Re: Speed camera question

"Alex Heney" <me8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Which means that if you were prosecuted due to the car being
> unroadworthy (and it wasn't due to something that had happened while
> you had the car), there would be a significant chance you could sue
> the hire company for at least the cost of any fines, and maybe some
> damages to compensate for the points on your license.
>
> But *you* would be the one with a conviction, and the points on your
> license.
>
One would hope that the CPS would rarely if ever prosecute in such
circumstances, especially if the unroadworthiness were of a form not readily
detectible by the customer. But that would require some discretion and
common sense from the state, which is not very common of late.


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