Aggers wrote:If this principle is firmly established then perhaps people will have more respect for the law.
Fine. Good.
So it's a pity that the, then, government, told the people that they could tell the courts whatever they wanted in the absence of absolute evidence. And this is what it all comes down to. In a case where the government won't spend the money to prove, beyond any doubt, who was driving the car, then the word of the owner is the truth. In Germany it is mandatory that the camera's show the person driving.
In this particular case, Vicky Price went to the police and said she lied to the courts.
In the case, as you state above, she should then have been charged and prosecuted. Case closed.
What has happened is nothing more than a circus and a circus in the law serves nobody. No matter how it is sensationalised in the press.
Lying when giving evidence in a trial is one thing and should be heavily punished. Agreeing to take a speeding ticket in the absence of solid evidence to the contrary is nothing and should be treated as such. The whole situation arose in the first place because the courts were losing so much time debating who to punish when a "car", not a person, was caught speeding......
