Rob K:
I have my doubts that the outcome would have been the same if you had been of British origin…
Well, there was a boy racer trialed before me, he accepted fixed penalty to using filter lane to skip the queue of cars going straight, then he decided to change his mind and came up with some completely unrealistic story (to me). If it was up to me, I would just give him a boot in his arse for wasting taxpayer money, but he was trialed fairly and everything he said was listened carefuly and the judge was asking some extra question to clarify…
So I am glad to see that you are not right on that one.
Nice to see you quite rightly received justice, the courts doing the sensible thing, and that the impatient boy-racer got what he deserved, I hope, but if you hadn’t got that result then you might not have thought the same way about the British justice system. Not that I’m accusing you in any way and it’s nothing to do with being foreign; you had right on your side and represented yourself well, but with the number of miscarriages of justice over the years (many somewhat more serious than your example) the British sense of fair play etc. is, I think, largely a self-congratulatory fiction as much as wearing a bowler hat in the London smog (though the latter is making a slight comeback), q.v. Ian Tomlinson, though that case is ongoing.
Having said that, with our press, effective opposition in politics and other safeguards it is more likely that you would get a fair outcome (as you did) in Britain (and even N. Ireland these days) than many countries for many transgressions. Your experience of the 2 EU countries (how things have changed since Poland was in the Warsaw pact (somewhat reluctantly no doubt but you would have been the enemy not long ago) - you’ll be in NATO next, oh you already are)) is curious - I imagine Poland to be a staunchly Catholic country and as such a bit odd in Northern or Eastern Europe, and that these days the law is fair (which it no doubt is, but different). I’m no antidisestablishmentarianist (yay! I’ve been waiting all my life for the chance to use that word); I’m not for the church or the monarchy at all, but as I always say, being a British subject means one can do pretty much anything one wants, within reason, and it’s that long-standing cosmopolitan tolerance is what makes this country great!
And breathe…
Overall, good post and good outcome.
Addendum to above: Oops! Just remembered the law is different in Scotland to the rest of Britain. Dunno how that changes anything though.
nonantidisestablishmentarianist 
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Nice to see you quite rightly received justice, the courts doing the sensible thing, and that the impatient boy-racer got what he deserved, I hope, but if you hadn’t got that result then you might not have thought the same way about the British justice system. Not that I’m accusing you in any way and it’s nothing to do with being foreign; you had right on your side and represented yourself well, but with the number of miscarriages of justice over the years (many somewhat more serious than your example) the British sense of fair play etc. is, I think, largely a self-congratulatory fiction as much as wearing a bowler hat in the London smog (though the latter is making a slight comeback), q.v. Ian Tomlinson, though that case is ongoing.
I have to say that I witnessed a fair deal of Scottish justice system during my work as a Police interpreter and I have to say that although I really like it that it’s so simply and fair (compared to Poland) and procedures are understandable for even some stranger from the country with a complete different legal system (I mean me), in my view the biggest problem is that the courts are too soft. Old Monty Python’s sketch with a mass murderer is still true. As you said that I might not receive a fair treatment, well, I guess it’s safer to be accused than a victim when talking about being treating badly in the court…
I’m not for the church or the monarchy at all, but as I always say, being a British subject means one can do pretty much anything one wants, within reason, and it’s that long-standing cosmopolitan tolerance is what makes this country great!
That’s true. This is why I had chosen it to live in, thanks to the European Union. The advantage of being a Pole living here is that I can benefit from all British greatness and do not have to be anyone’s subject 
For me the whole royal thing is some kind of comedy, but (now it’s exception, you started on Monarchy) I decided that I will not express my opinion on it unless asked. I am not happy with my taxes being wasted on such things like Royal Wedding, but living here you see that most of your taxes are put into good use, especially local ones… So I just consider this as a price to pay for a privillege of living here
Overall, good post and good outcome.
Thanks