Member of public standing on a street corner filmed my illegal u turn. I received a postal infringement notice which I will pay. However I also received a letter from the snr sgnt saying he was given the footage from a “concerned”citizen. Are you allowed to stand on a public road and record infringements and take them directly to the police?
Yes. For the most part there are no restrictions on what can and cannot be filmed and photographed in public and how that can be used and disseminated. It's then a matter for the police to decide whether there is sufficient grounds to act on that material. I would expect that the place where you did the u turn is a bit of a hot spot and has either given rise to a lot of complaints or a number of accidents. The local residents have possibly been 'encouraged' to film suspected violations rather than having to divert a regular police presence.
That really works does it?
So you mean if i get a dash cam and film trucks pulling out of driveways on to the road in front of me without bothering giving way, (which they do all the time) i can get them fined?
What i thought would be the flaw in this plan, is you cannot prove the date of your footage?
So you mean if i get a dash cam and film trucks pulling out of driveways on to the road in front of me without bothering giving way, (which they do all the time) i can get them fined?
What i thought would be the flaw in this plan, is you cannot prove the date of your footage?
To add to Rob's comment, police usually don't act only when there is an accident (in most cases) or where the person files a complaint with supporting evidence, in your case that person has filed a complaint most properly and therefore you got a ticket.
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