A retired engineer has had a speeding ticket reversed after he proved that speed camera road markings in his village were wrong.
Wayne Erasmus used a tape measure to prove that the white lines painted on the road were mis-spaced by 3 inches each...
It meant that the camera showed him driving at 36mph, when he was actually only travelling at
30mph.
The Gatso on the A4138 in Hendy, near Llanelli, has been in place for 12 years so the number of motorists with questionable convictions and speeding tickets from the camera must surely be enormous!
Carmarthenshire Council has now confirmed the lines were indeed
inaccurate, but it's not yet clear whether drivers who have received tickets on the camera will be refunded their fines and points.
One man, David Davies, who was caught on the camera doing 35mph in 2009 has vowed to challenge his 5 year old ticket in Court.
Hopefully he will be the first of many!
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