Yeah, screw being honest.Originally Posted by Lou Girardin
Forum whore
Yeah, screw being honest.
Forum whore
Your best hope is if you can show that you WERE actually in the 70kph zone when stopped. Then you can argue that the 65kph you mentioned was what you believed you were doing THEN, "I accelerated when I entered the 70kph zone, to what I believed to be 65kph. When the officer asked my speed I mentioned the speed I had been going at when he stopped me. I did not realise he meant my speed earlier, which I am sure would not have been more than 50kph"
Go find that 70kph sign.
(HINT: Take a spade and some ready mix concrete with you)
KLM racing-since ages ago
Good advice guys, il write the letter and the circumstances out now and then do what jim and sparky say and leave it for a while before I send it.
As for going to court, I cant see what I have to lose. I was under the impression that they cant fine you for more than the original infringement?
Sargent Major: "Now then, who called the cook a bastard?"
Small voice from the rear: "Who called that bastard a cook?"
~~~*~~~
Argh crap. Is it worth bothering though? Actually I guess it is if it doesn't cost ya anything. The stinkest thing is that if you get only 4 of those type of minor fines, that's your licence gone!Ah, better not get started actually...
liberi minutalem amant
Fair weather rider
I've managed to get away with a few tickets. All you do is write it very professionally. ie. correct formatting and the use of very big and flash words. I would often do three to four drafts of a letter before sending it away. Make sure to type it out (you should not submit it handwritten).
Think back to the time and cicumstances of the ticket and think of some bullshit. For example: I got off an "overtaking on the left" ticket by writing in and saying that the car I overtook was indicating a right turn into an upcoming street (absolute bullshit but saved me $150)
Fuck those pigs all they want is your fucking money. Good luck with the letter.
Chris
If you follow the herd you step in their shit
KLM racing-since ages ago
Worth bothering? Are you kidding? After all the flak we've taken from these guys il contest it on moral grounds alone. Cmon V, for once I was actually in the right and got done for it. Not fair and worth fighting forArgh crap. Is it worth bothering though? Actually I guess it is if it doesn't cost ya anything. The stinkest thing is that if you get only 4 of those type of minor fines, that's your licence gone!
Sargent Major: "Now then, who called the cook a bastard?"
Small voice from the rear: "Who called that bastard a cook?"
~~~*~~~
If you are totally sure that it was when you were in the 70k zone.Worth bothering? Are you kidding? After all the flak we've taken from these guys il contest it on moral grounds alone. Cmon V, for once I was actually in the right and got done for it. Not fair and worth fighting for
liberi minutalem amant
Hardcore Biker
Have you noticed that you've been given several different versions of the law, your rights, and your chances of getting off?
If you want good advice pay for a lawyer. Then pay the court costs when the beak sentences you.
Or take the cheaper option and pay the fine!
Que?
I'd be sure to mention in the letter that you are so sure of your innocence in this case that should the infringement bureau not sort this matter to your satisfaction, a court hearing may be requested.
I think most judges would be horrified to hear that a police officer sped at 140km/hr through a built-up area to aprehend somebody that could possibly be speeding by as much as 15km/hr, particularly so considering they had no calibrated method of gauging your speed in the first instance.
Me, I never speed...
KLM racing-since ages ago
Would I lie?
Max-totally right, thats why if I take it all the way this guy is going to look a right turkey. As for a lawyer, i cant aford a tank of gas at the moment so I doubt thats going to be an option
Sargent Major: "Now then, who called the cook a bastard?"
Small voice from the rear: "Who called that bastard a cook?"
Hardcore Biker
Personally, it really pisses me off when cops write out speeding tickets when they guess the speed, then ask the driver to confirm it. (Makes it harder for the rest of us doing it properly!)
If he didn't have a radar, he should have done a pursuit check at the least. That means travelling behind you at a constant speed for a while (at least a couple of hundred metres).
As long as you didn't sign a notebook saying you were doing 65, you will probably be able to get off it.
Write to the PIB asking how the officer is going to prove your speed. Would be interesting to see what he put on his copy of the ticket and you could ask for a copy of that and the patrol vehicle's speedo calibration certificate if he is saying he did a pursuit check.
You don't need a lawyer to sort this out. Also, for your info, the officer who gave you the ticket will likely be sent a copy of your letter by the PIB to respond to in order to work out whether to proceed with your ticket or not. (In other words, don't bullshit about anything or that will work against you).
I would not normally give advice on how to get off a ticket but you gotta play by the rules....
BC.
Forum whore
ummmm.....very noble of ya......good shit man!!
Two-stroke convert.
Write the letter, but I wouldnt go any further than that - could backfire on ya.
Forum whore
Who or what is the PIB?
From the above I understand that it is the 'issuing officer' who 'decides' whether to proceed with the infringment notice.
Skyryder
Free Scott Watson.
L-Plate Rider
next time you see a cop bust a cap into him
no ticket.........
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