dia.org/wiki/The_Automobile_Association#cite_note-5>
> The AA Handbook included the following message many times "It cannot
> be too strongly emphasized that when a patrol fails to salute, the
> member should stop and ask the reason why, as it is certain that the
> patrol has something of importance to communicate.^[2]
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Automobile_Association#cite_note-AA1926-1>
Footnote [6] points to a Daily Mail article which sounds a bit less sure
and says:
>
> The Automobile Association was founded in 1905 to beat 'unfair' police
> speed-traps - for which its famous salute was a secret weapon, and
> originally owned by its members.
>
> The famous salute harks back to the pioneering days of early motoring
> when speed limits were less than ten miles an hour. AA officers on
> bicycles would point out hidden police speed traps to motorists.
>
> This led to prosecutions for obstructing the police, so the AA salute
> was developed. If an officer did not salute a member it was a signal
> that a trap was nearby. Police were scarcely able to prosecute AA men
> for not saluting. The AA discontinued the salute in the 1960s.
>
I wonder if this sets any precedent that can be applied? Probably not...
Cheers,
Paul.
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Hi,<br>
<br>
On 03/08/11 15:33, Andy Smith wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:20110803143335.GP5935@???" type="cite">
<pre wrap="">
b) there doesn't appear to be any guarantee that failing to update
the canary would not be considered breaching any "do not reveal"
clauses of any court orders that had already been received.
At most serious it would likely be down to a judge's opinion.
e.g. a judge *may* decide, "the court order clearly says that the
fact you've been served a court order must not be revealed. You
chose to stop updating your canary with the express purpose of
alerting the subject that an order may affect them, therefore you're
going to be prosecuted."
</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
I remember my father telling me that in the old days if you had an
AA badge on the grille of your car and you passed an AA officer
coming the other way he would salute you. If there was a speed trap
and you were headed towards it he wouldn't salute. To the best of my
knowledge, no AA mechanic was ever prosecuted for not saluting. <br>
<br>
Wikipedia says on the subject:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">AA patrols on bicycles warned motorists of
police speed traps ahead. In 1910 in legal test case ('Betts -v-
Stevens') involving an AA patrolman and a potentially speeding
motorist, the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Chief_Justice_of_England_and_Wales"
title="Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales">Chief Justice</a>,
<a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Webster,_1st_Viscount_Alverstone"
title="Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone">Lord Alverston</a>,
ruled that where a patrolman signals to a speeding driver to slow
down and thereby avoid a speed-trap, then that person would have
committed the offence of 'obstructing an o
