Leeds City Council Persecutes Moped Rider For Driving a Truck in a Bus Lane

In a prosecution that vividly illustrates the fallacy of relying on ANPR data, the keeper of a 49cc Piaggio moped has been charged with driving a Mitsubishi Canter truck in a bus lane.

From the photograph of the truck and the V5 of the moped they both seem to share the same registration.

But, displaying a lack of care amounting to gross negligence, the clerks processing the prosecution relied on a glance at the registration alone and completely failed to check the type of vehicle it relates to.

In fact, a quick insurance check reveals YD02 ZYG to be a MITSUBISHI CANTER 35, so the cross eyed clerks have misread the plate.

Motorists who are victims of cloned or mistaken registrations face a massive uphill struggle convincing prosecuting authorities that their vehicle was not the vehicle photographed committing the offence.

Most authorities subscribe to the ludicrous arrogance that if a registration is photographed then the registered keeper is automatically liable.

This ridiculous persecution needs to be stopped.

At the very least, every ANPR photograph needs to be carefully checked against the vehicle details it relates to.

But that will not stop cloners cloning the registration of an identical vehicle.

And this is rife because the laws governing the manufacturing of registration plates are simply not enforced.

The innocent are being proved guilty by a faulty system not fit for purpose.