The Association of British Drivers (ABD) has slammed the police and the highways authorities after drivers in South Yorkshire were penalised for speeding after obeying incorrectly displayed 40mph speed limit signs.
The 40mph signs appeared to be genuine, but are thought to be the work of a prankster who used them to cover up the real speed limit signs on a 30mph stretch of road near Rotherham. The ‘prank’ 40mph signs were displayed for up to three days before being removed by the local council, but despite this a number of motorists caught driving at speeds between 30-40mph have been penalised by the police.
Astoundingly, at least one of those was caught by a police mobile camera van which was parked across the road from one of the ‘prank’ 40mph signs.
"If these penalties are not revoked it means that even the most law-abiding drivers are at risk if speed limit signs cannot be trusted. All drivers caught while the false signs were displayed must be exonerated,” said ABD Director Brian MacDowall.
"It is outrageous that drivers should be penalised for speeding when they were obeying what they thought was the speed limit. There is a legal requirement on highway authorities to ensure that the correct signs are displayed to advise drivers of the speed limit in force on a road. The police should also check that a speed limit is correctly signed before starting any enforcement activity. They clearly failed to do so in this case."
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