2,000 speeding prosecutions are likely to be dropped

CLOSE to 2,000 prosecutions for speeding are likely to be dropped following a High Court ruling over laser speed guns.

The prosecutions were initiated before the law was changed to close a loophole that emerged when a court ruled a motorist should not be prosecuted as there was no permanent record of the speed.

At the time of the High Court case in February, it was unclear how many prosecutions would be abandoned because of the loophole. However, it is believed up to 2,000 motorists are likely to escape prosecution.