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Are you out there Christopher Reynolds?

Caught speeding in the UK despite not having a car

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Keydeck
Jul 3 2007, 10:04 am
Just saw this on Ananova.

QUOTE
A researcher has been slapped with a speeding ticket in Somerset - despite living 800 miles away in Germany.

Baffled Christopher Reynolds, 30, faces a £60 fine and penalty points unless he can prove he was not at the wheel.

He was notified by letter he had broken the 30mph limit on the A370 in Somerset on May 31, reports the Daily Mirror.

Christopher insists he was at work in Munich at the time and has neither driven for years, nor ever owned the car involved in the alleged offence.

He said: "There must be another Christopher Reynolds. It means their system is flawed."

The DVLA, which holds drivers' details, said: "If a driver says he was out of the country he has to prove he was not driving."
Yeti
Jul 3 2007, 10:10 am
So the DVLA accepts that you can be out of the country but still driving in the country?
Keydeck
Jul 3 2007, 10:12 am
I suspect that's why young Christopher is baffled.

Perhaps he was driving via remote control over the interwebby.
Yeti
Jul 3 2007, 10:13 am
Well if he is ambidextrous he just might be able to drive on the right and the left at the same time.
Keydeck
Jul 3 2007, 10:14 am
Subtitle needs work.

Caught speeding in the UK despite not having a car...and living in a different country.
parnell
Jul 3 2007, 10:19 am
QUOTE (Keydeck @ Jul 3 2007, 11:12 am) *
I suspect that's why young Christopher is baffled.

30 is young to you man?

Actually come to think of it - good point!
Moonboot
Jul 3 2007, 10:28 am
Friends Reunited tells that he's working at the university here in Munich...am sure he'll be able to out-boff the DVLA.
bluedave
Jul 3 2007, 10:50 am
Send a signed timesheet from his company to them.
JerseyBoy
Jul 3 2007, 10:56 am
QUOTE (Keydeck @ Jul 3 2007, 11:04 am) *
The DVLA, which holds drivers' details, said: "If a driver says he was out of the country he has to prove he was not driving."

So much for innocent until proven guilty.
UrbanAngel
Jul 3 2007, 10:57 am
A Chris Reynolds writes online articles from Munich.

Christopher Reynolds is a researcher in political science at the Technical University of Munich (Geschwister-Scholl-Institute).
/stalking mode.
YorkshireLad6
Jul 3 2007, 6:09 pm
... and according to the phone book lives in Tal
Lavender Rain
Jul 3 2007, 6:21 pm
with his two wives and son
BadDoggie
Jul 3 2007, 6:26 pm
QUOTE (JerseyBoy @ Jul 3 2007, 11:56 am) *
So much for innocent until proven guilty.

Most driving penalties are CIVIL penalties, not criminal. There's no "innocent until proven guilty" benchmark for such cases.

woof.
Uncle Nick
Jul 3 2007, 6:34 pm
@BadDoggie: I was caught speeding on the motorway in England and it was taken to court although I didn't have to turn up if I was pleading "guilty", in England we have a different judicial system that in the States.
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