No right to silence defence when faced with speeding allegations

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The European Court of Human Rights have rejected an appeal from a group of British nationals who sought to explore the age old UK defence based on the right to remain silent.

They argued that when speeding cameras capture vehicles, they do not identify drivers. Moreover it is for the driver to confess to being behind the wheel or to identify some other person who may otherwise have been driving. This apparently led to a breach of the basic right to silence in order to avoid incriminating one's self.

The argument on the one hand seems ludicrous but on the other, potentially exposed a loophole which would open the floodgates where the decision to go have gone the other way.

The Court rejected the arguments with a majority of 15 to 2.

This means that the speeding laws in the UK will remain unchanged and that has to be a good thing. We are not fans of the anti speed camera lobby on this site because we see far too often the results of speeding on Britains roads.