Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000081/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 15 February 1996.
1. This was an appeal against a conviction for speeding. The method of assessing the speed of the appellant's vehicle was by the use of the frozen speedometer on a police motor cycle. The appellant's speed was assessed at 114km/hr. In the course of the appeal, I was advised that when dealing with radar speed checks, the police invariably make a 10% allowance for error. This matter was not considered in this case. It seemed to me that the learned Magistrate ought to have made an allowance for err