Bedminster man in speeding ticket victory

A motorcyclist from Windmill Hill in Bedminster is warning others

charged with speeding on Bristol’s Portway on April 22 last year that their

convictions might not be safe.

Magistrates at his trial in Taunton found Mark Lindsay not

guilty of the speeding offence and called into question the accuracy of the

speed enforcement officer’s equipment.

Mr Lindsay successfully argued that the laser and camera

used by officer Clive Walsh were not properly aligned, resulting in a ticket

being issued to him for a speeding offence committed by a vehicle in front of

his bike.

Mr Lindsay, who commutes from his home in Cotswold Road to work

in Cardiff, was so certain that he hadn’t been speeding that day that he

decided to contest the allegation.

He demanded photographic evidence and when it arrived it

showed Mr Lindsay on his motorbike in the inside lane being overtaken by a car

that was directly in line with his bike but ahead of him in the outside lane.

Video and speed measurement expert Tim Farrow told the court

he thought that the laser had clocked the speed of the nearby car, but the

video camera registered Mr Lindsay’s details for the fine.

Were you caught?

Twenty other people were convicted following the speed

enforcement exercise on the Portway that morning. If you think you may have

been one of them, you can contact Mr Farrow on 01726 63755.