Busted! How do you contest it?

[inlinefour]

Ok, heres an update guys-been almost a month and so far and, touch wood as i write this, no ticket has arrived in the mail, so it looks as if this particular cop has decided to show mercy on my sorry ass and let me off.
As such, I have decided in my eternal wisdom of 21 accumulated years that some cops are decent and take back any previous derrogoratory coments/thoughts that I may have expressed towards the police in the past, provided a ticket doesnt show up on my doorstep the next morning.

if you have not recieved a ticket by now I would be doubtfull if you will. I had a situation awhile ago when I thought I was going to get a rather large ticket. I expected it that much that I sold a vintage kawasaki, I never recieved a ticket (thank goodness) and the hard lession was no longer having the kawasaki...

[Beemer]

Travelling down sh-1 at about 1am, and get pulled over. Officer asks how fast I was going, state that I dont know as I am tired and not paying much attention, reckoned probably about 65k in the 50 zone.

I'm sorry? You admitted you had no idea what speed you were going, that you were tired, and you weren't paying attention? Even if you weren't speeding you deserved the prize for dick of the week - you are meant to be alert at all times when on the road!

Riding at 1am with no idea of your speed and admitting you were tired is asking for it and I don't think you have a shit's show of getting off! Nor should you!

[Lou Girardin]

Maybe he was concentrating on the road and not his speedo. I know's that is not the LTNZ way of doing things, but it is accepted by the rest of the world.

[Ixion]

At night I am usually looking for road hazards not looking constantly at the speedo. I would not be able to state my speed with certainty within less than 10 - 15kph. So 65 ish in a 50 would be quite possible. Like almost everyone, I rely on "travelling with the traffic flow". If I'm not going noticeably faster than the traffic around me, I'm probably about right. If not, at least I should have company!

And folk do have to get home, even (especially!) when they are tired. If I am tired, such alertness as I have will be prioritised on observeing traffic and the road. Staring at the speedometer will come well down the priority list.

[sAsLEX]

At night I am usually looking for road hazards not looking constantly at the speedo.

When I lanesplit I dont look at the speedo from Fanshaw st to my offramp on the shore, too dangerous.

PLus the bulb behind my speedo has gone so its hard to see at night as it is.