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Originally Posted by martyh
The font used has been ok'd and authorisation given so all the cameras on the M42/M25 etc are back in use ,the reason i don't think there will any quashing of past convictions is because the font has not changed which means that the authorities think it is ok to use ,had they changed the font that would have been an admition they where wrong .I certainly couldn't see anything wrong with the signage it was perfectly clear
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Although I do think this is a bit of lawyer hawking, this bit is the relevent section of the BBC article
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The regulations governing variable speed limit signs are set out in a government document called Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002.
If a sign fails to comply with the document's specification then it needs separate approval from the Department for Transport before it can be used as a means of enforcement.
That did not happen in this instance.
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So the argument is that it's irrelevent whether they've been approved now with the same font, when the penalties were issued they weren't approved, so were technically unenforceable
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And as the Daily Mail reported back in December
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ing-signs.html
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It was decided to scrap all pending prosecutions, and also let off drivers caught after November 8 this year, when the issue came to light.
Only when the Secretary of State issued an ‘authorisation’ on November 27, which allowed a rule change to ensure the signs were legal, did prosecutions begin again.
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They wouldn't have done that if it wasn't an issue