Almost 250 drivers caught speeding on Norfolk's roads escaped prosecution last year - because they were foreign.Figures released by police in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request show 248 vehicles with non-UK registration plates set off speed cameras in the county in 2008.
Almost 250 drivers caught speeding on Norfolk's roads escaped prosecution last year - because they were foreign.
Figures released by police in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request show 248 vehicles with non-UK registration plates set off speed cameras in the county in 2008.
In its reply, the force adds: “Of the 248 non-UK registered vehicles activating speed safety cameras, zero notices of intended prosecution were issued.”
The letter explains that fixed-penalty tickets for speeding can only be issued to drivers holding a UK licence, who live in the UK.
Last night, Norfolk Camera Safety Partnership, which runs the county's fixed and mobile speed cameras, said: “The procedure we, and all police forces, have to undertake is to obtain all our information from the DVLA in Swansea. If they hold no data, we are unable to proceed any further.”
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