What are our rights?

Is the irony not lost on anyone that a man taking his case to the European Court of Human Rights is being sponsored by the UK Independence Party?
The case concerns obliging car owners to identify the driver when caught on speed camera. Is this self-incrimination? If so, why has this case never been raised when the right to silence was withdrawn? And aren't those involved yet again confusing us with the U.S., where the fifth amendment would prevent this sort of thing? And what about protecting others from the law? Isn't there some degree of obligation to "shop" people who have behaved recklessly? I'd never speed myself, obviously.
It seems slightly fatuous that the payment of a speeding fine should be the trigger that defines whether we have a right to silence in criminal investigations. When are we allowed to protect ourselves and those around us from prosecution? What precedents will the impending ruling set? And at what point should we face up to the consequences of our actions?