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Official local mnemonic: Yorkshire Postal area: Leeds
Issued: between september 2016 and february 2017 Blue Bmw, manufactured in 2017, first registered on 1 February 2017. Cylinder capacity: 1496cc, CO2 emissions: 106 g/km.
That article is also highly biased and self-contradictory. It over-emphasises the effectiveness of dash-cam footage in criminal proceedings, and seeks to demonise those in charge of them ("vigilantes"). It refers to an extreme case and an exception to the rule: footage being used to jail someone convicted of dangerous driving. It then portrays is as the norm despite it being the first of its kind. Neither was he jailed by dash cam footage alone - he still had to go through the court system and trial by jury. So this wasn't vigilante justice at all.
This is not grassing. This is not big brother. This is not vigilantism although I agree some people with cameras do act like they are the law. There are also some that film common mistakes and make the situation worse just to get views or to fuel their aggression.
But overall this is society coming together to 'hopefully' provide an insurance policy against legal and lawful transgressions. The police cannot be everywhere and we do not want every street to be hooked up to Messers May and Co with their Snooper's Charter. This is better. This is necessary if it saves lives and makes OUR roads safer. All this government is interested in is stripping resources and leaving us to fend for ourselves - the use of cameras is therefore unavoidable.
That's the principle. The practice however is often somewhat different. By that I mean they will try an fob you off, including the moment you call them. Unless there's an actual collision or fatality they tend to not give a damn. If they do then that's the exception rather than the norm..
The police are actively encouraging drivers to submit their footage. “Whenever a member of the public witnesses or records a video of an offence, we would encourage that person to bring the evidence forward to police to investigate. With motoring offences, videos filmed from dashboard-mounted cameras are admissible as evidence, assuming that the quality is good and the evidence can be corroborated,” says Chief Constable Giles York of the National Police Chiefs’ Council.
That'll be a BMW then.