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Rupert Allman | 15:58 UK time, Friday, 16 May 2008

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. Increasingly, a bane for the modern motorist. But we are grateful to one iPM listener for bringing to our attention. A local story, but one that highlights a national problem.

Here's the rub. In London, CCTV cameras can issue fines automatically, but there are a growing number of appeals that result in local authorities having to admit that they , often for a variety of reasons. Nevertheless, in the time the camera's were happily flashing away they for the local council. But, the camera fallen foul of the law/regulations - And what chance does the motorist have of getting his or her money back? You'll find plenty of groups ( and ) willing to help drivers appeal, but at first glance there doesn't appear to be a move toward "best practice" and in one instance the police have now been asked to investigate alleged . More soon and your experience, advice and thoughts on this are more than welcome.


For iPM reporter Bob Platt has been speaking to one traffic camera campaigner .




Update

Eddie interviewed Lord Lucas yesterday for PM. He's a Conservative peer who chairs the . We'll run a shorter clip of the interview on iPM today; here's the longer version.

And here's a longer cut of the interview with Nick Lester, Corporate Director of Services at .

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