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Thousands of drivers tricked by fake 50mph sign on A20 must pay fines, say police (www.standard.co.uk)

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Around 600 drivers seeking to overturn fines for speeding after a fake 50mph sign was placed on a dual carriageway in south east London will not have their penalties waived, the Metropolitan Police said.

Thousands of motorists were ticketed on the A20 near Sidcup on a stretch of the road where the speed limit had been temporarily dropped from 70mph to 40mph by Transport for London due to persistent flooding.

Police say the 50mph sign was installed by an “unauthorised third party” on January 24 after speed cameras were set to match the lowered limit.

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While the Met admits the sign should not have been there, it “would not have impacted the enforcement of the 40mph average speed limit”.

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[–] Hildegarde 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The UK uses a mixture of units. Although mostly metric, they are not entirely metric.

Since 1 January 2010, the remaining non-metric units, allowed by United Kingdom law without supplementary indicators for economic, public health, public safety or administrative use, are limited to:

the mile, yard, foot and inch for road traffic signs, distance and speed measurement,

the imperial pint for the dispensing of draught beer and cider, and for the sale of milk in returnable containers,

the troy ounce for transaction in precious metals.

Wikipedia

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

and fucking Stones for personal weight.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Interesting.