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YORKSHIRE FOLLY According to Leeds Today yesterday Police have dropped a speeding case admitting that speed limit signs were faulty. Safe Speed demands that all drivers convicted should be immediately refunded and have their licence points removed and compensation paid. The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 provides very clearly for this situation ''(4) [Where no such system of street or carriageway lighting as is mentioned in section 82(1) is provided on a road,] but a limit of speed is to be observed on the road, a person shall not be convicted of driving a motor vehicle on the road at a speed exceeding the limit unless the limit is indicated by means of such traffic signs as are mentioned in subsection (1) or subsection (2) above.'' This provision is entirely necessary because if a speed limit is not properly signed, it may not even be possible for drivers to know that a speed limit exists. Paul Smith, founder of the Safe Speed road safety campaign (www.safespeed.org.uk) said: ''We demand that all drivers convicted at this location are immediately contacted, refunded and compensated for any consequential losses.'' ''It is all too common for drivers to be convicted despite the fact that speed nforcement procedures are faulty. This is one of a long history of such cases.'' ''It is unacceptable for the Police to make such mistakes because people''s livelihoods depend on their driving licences.''
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