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Mar. 31st, 2009 10:14 amHeading home from my Mum's house last weekend I accidentally ran a speed camera. It's a fair cop - it was a motorway, and I was only doing 58mpg, but it had a speed limit of 50, which was clearly signposted and has been that way for years. (If you're interested, it was the M606 south from Bradford, immediately before the M60 flyover where it bends to the right, sharp enough to warrant a speed restriction apparently.)
I mention this because I've just received the penalty notice, and it's clearly an automated one - rather than saying "Exceeding the speed limit" or whatever they've decided to phrase it as "Exceeding 50 mph on a motorway". Which, in and of itself, isn't technically an offence.
I'm not planning to argue it (since I'm well aware that it is a 50mph zone), but it's still an interesting turn of phrase ... I can see that some people might be baffled by such an accusation.
I mention this because I've just received the penalty notice, and it's clearly an automated one - rather than saying "Exceeding the speed limit" or whatever they've decided to phrase it as "Exceeding 50 mph on a motorway". Which, in and of itself, isn't technically an offence.
I'm not planning to argue it (since I'm well aware that it is a 50mph zone), but it's still an interesting turn of phrase ... I can see that some people might be baffled by such an accusation.
