What on earth is this country coming to when the driver of a large car can be cleared of passing through a small Oxfordshire village at 13mph in excess of the 30mph limit (Oxford Mail, October 18)?

This company runs a fleet of 40 vehicles and, if a speed camera catches any of them, we have to give the driver's name and address to police.

This always results in a fine and endorsement.

If we were unable to provide details of the driver, as we understand it, the company would be liable for the offence.

Why should Mr Kassam in his Bentley Azure be any different?

The District Judge's comment that "any one of five million people could have been driving it" is even more difficult to understand.

Is there really that number of people in this country with the name Firoz Kassam?

The problem is that there is no legal requirement for a vehicle owner to provide his or her name and address to the DVLA for inclusion on the vehicle registration document (V5).

When a speed camera identifies a speeding vehicle's registration number, the information available to the police from the DVLA may not be legally correct.

This provides a wonderful opportunity for expensive barristers, whom only a few privileged people like Mr Kassam can afford, to stick two fingers at the law.

The message is clear to all of us - register your vehicle in the name Firoz Kassam or any other as long as it is not your own, and travel around the countryside breaking every traffic law with impunity.

WILLIAM WARBURTON

Director, Warburton Building Services

Farmoor