Speeding Ticket - Advice!

[PseudoDave]

If you went over a bump whilst holding the trigger of a gun pointed at somebodys head and said bump caused the unintentional disharge of said weapon

Hardly the same, Police are allowed to use discretion in enforcing the law. Before you call bullshit, are you saying people have not been cautioned for minor offences which others have had more severe punishment or even got off speeding tickets in the past?

The discretion am looking for is that I was driving the same speed as 4 cars in front of me and a car behind me, I hit a bump pretty hard which caused me to accelerate to which I came off the throttle almost instantly. You say learn throttle control, how can you control hitting a big bump on the lead up to a bridge? I had a loose grip but it still jarred me enough.

I was pinged at the speed which was my highest during that acceleration. The bump is very clear in the video, the camera is thrown all over the place. Even the officer said that he took multiple speed records and that was my highest. The discretion I was asking advice for, was it worth explaining the situation and trying to have the demerit points reduced to one lower band which is an accurate reflection of the speed I was doing.. Rather than having to settle paying the fine for a higher class which was not a true representative of the speed.. I was in the middle of traffic, and I was the only one pinged!

For everyone saying "a well you just admitted it, good luck you idiot". I never said that I was trying to get off the ticket, only that I have the ticket reduced to a true representative of the speed I was driving.. A bit of discretion if you will!

I was only asking for advice in case anyone else has done something similar because I am sure things like this have happened in the past. Being called an idiot and generally being a dick isn't very nice and not helpful...

[speeding_ant]

Honestly, it's not worth the effort. I know it sucks, but just work harder to make sure it doesn't happen again.

You'll waste hours of your time trying to reduce the price of a ticket. Not sure what you get paid per hour, but I doubt it'll be worth your while.

[FJRider]

Police are allowed to use discretion in enforcing the law.

YOU are allowed to use your discretion to be obeying the law.

And we really feel sorry for you.




honest ...

[Madness]

Someone call the fucking Waaaambulance...

Good luck with that. Perhaps if you were averaging closer to the speed limit when you hit the bump and lost control (because that's clearly what happened from your own description) you might not have ended up doing the incredibly high speed the Rozzer clocked you at. The fact that you were riding at the same speed as other road users around you who were in cars is almost irrrelevant, the only relevance being that you might have now learned that a Rozzer on SH16 is going to pull a bike over in preference to pulling a car over for doing the same (alleged) speed. They call it Hazard County in Rodney District for a reason.

This is yet another case of Rozzers Vs Biker. You will not get any leniency from writing a letter to the Plod, let alone if you include any of the admissions you've made here already. You might get some leniency from a Judge or JP, although I seriously doubt it. Take your chances in court, if you can afford the time off work for what in a best case scenario would be a reduction in Demerits, any reduction in financial penalty could be offset by Court Costs.

We all know the rules of the game. Don't go whining if you get pinged because the Rozzers do not have the discretion they used to have.

Sorry if this seems harsh but that's life, innit?

[Subike]

Hello idiot, good afternoon dick head, you got caught, end of story, pay the fine learn to control your wrist,
Its dicks like you who dont now how to control you fucking ago in the right place that have caused us all to pay high ACC fees,
You are still a frigging learned son, slow the fuck down, learn to pace yourself,
Pay the fine, no amount of tec instrumentation, videos, what ever , excuses , crying a long story will not change it
Be a man, control your wrist, pay the fine.
If you cant do that, then fucking walk until you learn

Now stop and think, why is it that every reply says basically the same thing??
Wear the label, you printed it.

[PseudoDave]

YOU are allowed to use your discretion to be obeying the law.

And we really feel sorry for you.




honest ...

See this is what I mean. Hardly helping or giving advice, just being a dick for the sake of being a dick! What happened to a biker community? Or is it just laugh at someone who has some misfortune. Sure you have never had or never will get a ticket. I am not asking for sympathy, I don't feel sorry for my self, just disappointed in the situation.

No you are not allowed to use your discretion in obeying the law. I was unlucky that I got pinged at the higher speed, and the cop decided to use my highest speed for the ticket, as opposed to the lower speeds he also measured. I will just bite the bullet and pay the fine. It is my first ticket ever in over 10 years, will just be more careful in the future.

[bogan]

Hahahaha, the pic didn't embed, but it was worth following the link

Someone's having a slow sunday and decided to troll kb, I hope

[PseudoDave]

Hello idiot, good afternoon dick head, you got caught, end of story, pay the fine learn to control your wrist,
Its dicks like you who dont now how to control you fucking ago in the right place that have caused us all to pay high ACC fees,
You are still a frigging learned son, slow the fuck down, learn to pace yourself,

Very sweet of you, such a nice person and such nice advice. I am hardly a learner, although still learning, and I haven't crashed yet. How am a dick with a "ago" (I assume you missspelt ego), and the cause of high ACC?

[speeding_ant]

Among the people calling you a dick head, idiot, etc are people giving you friendly advice. Your choice if you wish to listen to that or not

[Madness]

I will just bite the bullet and pay the fine.... will just be more careful in the future.

See, the advice you have recieved has been helpful seeing as you've so quickly and efficiently reached the only sensible course of action to take under the circumstances.

A Highway Patrol Officer on duty along SH16 is not going to do you, or any other motorcyclists any favours. Remember that next time you're up there.

[Madness]

Hahahaha, the pic didn't embed, but it was worth following the link

Someone's having a slow sunday and decided to troll kb, I hope

On the contrary, it did embed. Do you have some cookie issues from all that pron you've been looking at?

Be a good lass & remove the embedded image in your quote, Mr Jantar is watching...

[bogan]

On the contrary, it did embed. Do you have some cookie issues from all that pron you've been looking at?

Be a good lass & remove the embedded image in your quote, Mr Jantar is watching...

It embedded for you cos you had already seen it, so it was cached, it has embedded for me now, after I have gone to the link and got it in my cache also (its something to do with hotlinking or whatever). So technically I wasn't quoting an embedded image, I was quoting a post to reply to for thread coherence... and Mr Jantar loves that thread coherence

[PseudoDave]

Among the people calling you a dick head, idiot, etc are people giving you friendly advice. Your choice if you wish to listen to that or not

I do thank them for that advice.

My original post asked "is it worth trying to get this fixed?" I knew that it probably wasn't and to just bite the bullet, but was wondering if anyone had gone through this type of scenario before with a favourable outcome. That was all I was asking. I wasn't trying to get out of a ticket, merely asking if it was worth explaining and asking for a lower "band" ticket.

[Coolz]

It is very unusual for a speedo to be out over the whole speed range. A speedo that reads under at 50k can be acurate at 100k. It depends how it was calibrated. Your reading at 120k could have been spot on. Check your speedo against your gps at different speeds to find the true reading else you might find yourself getting more tickets.

[FJRider]

See this is what I mean. Hardly helping or giving advice, just being a dick for the sake of being a dick! What happened to a biker community? Or is it just laugh at someone who has some misfortune. Sure you have never had or never will get a ticket. I am not asking for sympathy, I don't feel sorry for my self, just disappointed in the situation.

Pandering to the fanciful wishes of any that want off a ticket they have admitted too ... on the grounds of "Unfair" ... is laughable. The advice you got was Pay the fine. ANY other advice will cost you ... and will end with the same result.
You finding the advice "Unhelpful" is equally laughable. But sometimes GOOD advice is both unwanted and unliked. But still the best advice.
I have had tickets ... and paid the fine as I WAS guilty of speeding. All those times I was not "miffed" ... I was really pissed off. But. My problem ... such is life. Welcome to the real world.

And there is NO requirement to offer ONLY helpful advice on this site. And you are the dick that got pinged at over 120 km/hr ...

No you are not allowed to use your discretion in obeying the law. I was unlucky that I got pinged at the higher speed, and the cop decided to use my highest speed for the ticket, as opposed to the lower speeds he also measured. I will just bite the bullet and pay the fine. It is my first ticket ever in over 10 years, will just be more careful in the future.

The discretion IS there ... but the penalties are known and obvious ... IF CAUGHT. (as you have already found)