PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN AID TO TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT

IN PRETORIA TRAFFIC OFFENCES WERE SUCCESSFULLY RECORDED BY A CAMERA INSTALLED IN A TRAFFIC PATROL CAR. TWO RESULTS OF THIS EXPERIMENT ARE, (1) FEWER TRAFFIC CASES GO TO COURT SINCE DRIVERS ADMIT THE INDICTMENT AND PAY UP ON LEARNING THAT THEY WERE PHOTOGRAPHED, AND (2) IN CASES THAT DO GO TO COURT OFFENDERS CHANGE THEIR PLEA TO GUILTY WHEN PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE IS PRODUCED, THEREBY FACILITATING THE TASK OF THE COURTS. IT IS AT PRESENT STILL DOUBTFUL WHETHER COURTS WILL ACCEPT A PHOTOGRAPH AS SOLE EVIDENCE AGAINST AN OFFENDER. /RRL/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 44, pp 12-13, 4 PHOT
• Publication Date: 1969-6

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Robot
  • Publisher: National Road Safety Council
  • ISSN: 0035-7391

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Photography; Traffic courts; Traffic law enforcement
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220174
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 14 1970 12:00AM