Post by chrismac on Apr 1, 2006 10:14:40 GMT 1
I thought you may want to know this and pass it on to others?
A friend has been caught by a Radar gun and it has cost him £60 and 3
penalty points.
He has a friend who works for an insurance company who then advised
him that recent Government legislative changes to the Freedom of
Information Act allows access to speed camera offences registered
within the last twelve months which are placed on a freely accessible
website.
Apparently, every time you pass a camera and your car is travelling
even a mile or so over the speed limit, it is registered and placed on
the database. You are only sent a ticket if you are way over, OR (and
here is the bad news...) if you receive "over 20 near misses" You can
now check how many you have against your car's registered Number at the
website - www.e-database.co.uk
(if it says not available then
refresh the page)
You will be asked for a password but, as a first time user, just click
on the 'need a password' link and you'll be given one in a pop-up window.
In the top right hand corner there is a "click-on" window which will
even show the pictures taken by the cameras!!!
I found it quite alarming when I checked my car, hope you all have
better luck than I.
Make sure you view the picture to check that it is you driving.
A friend has been caught by a Radar gun and it has cost him £60 and 3
penalty points.
He has a friend who works for an insurance company who then advised
him that recent Government legislative changes to the Freedom of
Information Act allows access to speed camera offences registered
within the last twelve months which are placed on a freely accessible
website.
Apparently, every time you pass a camera and your car is travelling
even a mile or so over the speed limit, it is registered and placed on
the database. You are only sent a ticket if you are way over, OR (and
here is the bad news...) if you receive "over 20 near misses" You can
now check how many you have against your car's registered Number at the
website - www.e-database.co.uk
(if it says not available then
refresh the page)
You will be asked for a password but, as a first time user, just click
on the 'need a password' link and you'll be given one in a pop-up window.
In the top right hand corner there is a "click-on" window which will
even show the pictures taken by the cameras!!!
I found it quite alarming when I checked my car, hope you all have
better luck than I.
Make sure you view the picture to check that it is you driving.
i was gonna moan at my missus for speeding in middlesborough...got me! good one... 