Practice and Procedure

HUMBER v DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (2008)

PUBLISHED November 17, 2008
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[2008] EWHC 2932 (Admin)

In order to prove that a motorist was guilty of exceeding a speed limit contrary to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 s.81(1) on a road that was a restricted road by virtue of the provision on it of a system of street lighting, it was not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the relevant traffic authority had complied with its duty to provide traffic signs warning motorists what the prescribed speed limit was.

DC (Latham LJ, Underhill J)

17/11/2008

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