-Ralph-

The 14 day rule is there for good reasons, the police/SCP have 6 months to proceed with a prosecution. The 14 day rule avoids undue stress on the defendant who is unable to 'man up' because he honestly doesn't remember if he used that road 6 months ago, never mind remember what his speedo was reading at the time. The 28th January was a Wednesday, but I've just checked and I have no meetings recorded in my diary on that day and have made no mileage claim. I don't even know if I drove my car that day, maybe I worked all day at home and the car never moved off the drive, who knows?

The various devices used to measure speed are not infallible and cloning of vehicle registrations is common, innocent people do get falsely accused. It's very stressful to be accused of something that you haven't done, and I imagine even more so if you can't remember if you did it 6 months ago. It gives the defendant half a chance of defending themselves, and allows the court to give some credibility to the defence, given that it's is not based on a 6 month old recollection of a non-event such as driving along a motorway, of which actually the defendant has a very foggy memory if at all.

In short the legal process has to be adhered to and if an SCP is going to cheat, then in order to avoid injustice taking place the prosecution should not be allowed to proceed.

Even within the 14 days, people will plead guilty to speeding simply because a letter says they were and they assume it must be accurate, and perhaps all they really should be admitting to is that they were driving that vehicle, on that road, at that date and time.