Legal Challenges Loom Amid Doubt Over Police Speed Gun [Scot Region Edition 2]

Daily Mail › February 12, 2009

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LAWYERS are poised to challenge thousands of speeding tickets following doubts over the reliability of detection devices.

Scots traffic officers were ordered by an internal police memo to stop using the VASCAR (Vehicle Average Speed Computer And Recorder) system until its accuracy could be verified.

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Legal Challenges Loom Amid Doubt Over Police Speed Gun [Scot Region Edition 2]

The move followed fears that readings from VASCAR devices could no longer be relied upon because of possible interference from a digital emergency radio sys...

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