Freitag, 01.01.2010
Europabrücke: Speed measurement unusable
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Dr. jur. Ingo E. FrommLawyer
Specialist in criminal law
Specialist in traffic law
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Many drivers who have exceeded the speed limit on the Europabrücke bridge on the B9 into town have already cursed the stationary speed camera. In fact, the speed camera has become a reliable source of income in recent years. Who would have thought that from a technical point of view, there are reasons for complaints about these measurements? This has now been uncovered by Dr. Ingo Fromm, a lawyer at the caspers mock law firm in Koblenz. He filed an appeal for his client against a fine notice relating to a measurement from May 2009 and applied to the district court in Koblenz for an expert opinion to be obtained. Lawyer Dr. Ingo Fromm claimed that the measurement had been incorrectly taken, which meant that the speed measurement could not be used. The district court granted the lawyer's application. The expert actually came to the conclusion that the operating instructions required by the device manufacturer ROBOT Visual Systems had not been followed. The so-called test or calibration photos prescribed for a speed measurement device of this type at the beginning of the film had not been taken. For this reason, "the film cannot be evaluated from a technical point of view," said the expert. The district court has since discontinued the fine proceedings. Defense attorney Dr. Fromm believes that technical errors of this kind in speed measurement systems are not an isolated case and that it is essential to review fine notices. Objections to similar notices may therefore have a chance of success.
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