The $1300 speeding ticket...

[N4CR]

Oh great! Mr piggy had a feild day on me:
On my way to gym....
90Kmh in an urban zone (8:00am sunday (this morning) big hill and no cars ) $500
Breaching Learner conditions (over 70) $400

And the bastard even got me for no L plate $400
gazzliion demerits too.

He then proceeded to tell me I should get my Restricted as soon as possible (yay 4 months) and get a radar detector. He said he had a ZX6R at home smartass.

My stupidity.. only had the bike for 5 weeks now, suppose he is just doing his job but yeah 1.3k of fine and I was being nice to him too..... ARRRRGHHGGH!

Sadly I know how it feels for you people (ay PYROCAM )
Anyway... I shall just go drown my sorrows with whats left of my vodka

[Sniper]

Damn mate, teaches you not to do that again

[John]

The funnest part is the text he sent me that woke me up, I could have sworn he was screwing with me..

'Dude 1.3k of fines, I need some councilling'

I couldnt suggest anything to him, I could have sworn the only ping you for one thing at a time but guess not .

[N4CR]

Yeah I screwed up and its my fault and I shouldnt have done that. Hopefully I can still keep my liscence though.

[John]

Yeah I screwed up and its my fault and I shouldnt have done that. Hopefully I can still keep my liscence though.

Try get out of the ticket because they didnt enter the correct amount of demerit points hahaaha...

[Pixie]

He then proceeded to tell me I should get my Restricted as soon as possible (yay 4 months) and get a radar detector. He said he had a ZX6R at home smartass.

The officer is what is commonly known as a PRICK.You should take it to court and at the hearing casually mentioned the Officer Prick recommended that you get a radar detector.
Of course he never exceeds 100 on his ZX6R-yeah right!
Maybe he'll fall off and some one will run over his head

[John]

The officer is what is commonly known as a PRICK.You should take it to court and at the hearing casually mentioned the Officer Prick recommended that you get a radar detector.
Of course he never exceeds 100 on his ZX6R-yeah right!
Maybe he'll fall off and some one will run over his head

I second the motion!

Ixion has the idea!
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...1&postcount=22

Get out of that 70k Breach

[John]

Ok, Told tristan to ask why he got done for the 90k and 70k - I suggested he write a letter.
But also told him that he should also talk to a free lawyer first as he would have a better way to help him put the letter together, that way he might be able to get out of the entire ticket as they incorrectly fined him.

Is this possible?

also how do you get in contact with those lawyers, is it through the local Information booth or court I cant remeber I got one through the Information booth in dargaville but thats abit different?

[marty]

they are 2 separate offences, that's why. one is a breach of conditions, the other a speed limit. it doesn't matter how much you exceed 70k by, it's just a breach.

yeah - you should defend it. you'll probably win.

and how did they incorrectly fine him?

oh yeah top effort for the 100 demerits in 1 hit too. butta bing!

[Al]

What a bummer! Only thing I can say about this is "SHIT HAPPENS"

Al

[campbellluke]

Tis a shame. With that 1300 dollars , you could have got a really good radar laser setup.

Bad luck

[Coyote]

Shit, I thought $80 was too much

Now $1300, that's price gauging. How can the govenment get away with that?

I reckon there should be something done about the government

Better not say anymore, or the special services might try and find me

[FlyingDutchMan]

This may or may not work, but every where where I've seen the 70km/h rule, its stated like:
"You must not go faster than 70km/h on the open road." Have a look at the LTSA website http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/licensing/mo...e-learner.html

Now what does open road mean? Well I haven't found any definition on the LTSA website... but everytime they refer to it, they're talking about the open road speed limit (100km/h). Now since you weren't in a 100km/h area, it seems that you weren't in an open road speed limit area, so can't have been on the open road (thats the only tenous link here), so therefore that 70km/h limit doesn't apply.

But in saying that, what you really need to back you up need the legal definition of:
1. open road
2. The motorcycle learner rule.

Who knows? If it works the I'm thinking, you can drop $400 off it straight away.

[Hitcher]

There's another $1,600 fine that applies for using that ghey lame Americanism "ass" instead of the purer and more regal "arse". You're lucky the cop that stopped you wasn't a member of the BDOTGNZA.

[Gen]

Ok, Told tristan to ask why he got done for the 90k and 70k - I suggested he write a letter.
But also told him that he should also talk to a free lawyer first as he would have a better way to help him put the letter together, that way he might be able to get out of the entire ticket as they incorrectly fined him.

Is this possible?

also how do you get in contact with those lawyers, is it through the local Information booth or court I cant remeber I got one through the Information booth in dargaville but thats abit different?

Citizens Advice Buerau used to have lawyers that will consult with you for free, don't know if they still do now though.
Worth getting in contact with them, they can be very useful for legal matters etc.