Bloody Effin Revenue Collectors

[wkid_one]

Spud - I have a question for you - how long does a cop have to follow you to assimulate a reading of your speed?

Full details later - right now I am writing a letter.

[k14]

Apparantly cops have a special ability to be able to very accurately "estimate" your speed to little or no error whenever they feel like it. So i doubt there is any actual distance that they have to be following you.

Please tell.

[What?]

It used to be 1/4 mile, latterly 400 metres. Is it still? Spud?

[spudchucka]

Spud - I have a question for you - how long does a cop have to follow you to assimulate a reading of your speed?

Full details later - right now I am writing a letter.

Thats not something I've ever really given two hoots about but from memory 2 kilometres is considered more than sufficient distance. I'd have to make some enquiries to give you a 100% acurate answer. I'm not a traffic cop so I have no need to know that stuff verbatim.

[marty]

it's long enough to establish the speed. there is no magic distance. as long as the target car and patrol car are maintaining the same speed, and the patrol car has a calibrated speedo, it is ok. there is heaps of case law on it. i had one where the guy reckoned i was intimidating him into speeding, but the reality is that at any speed over 70km/h, the following car only has to be 28 metres back, and he was in a HSV - i was in my S. he had already been up to 140ish while overtaking a truck doing 80 up the golf course hill at CB, i pinged him for the settled speed of 122, but he still defended it (to no avail) remember, you have (i presume) been charged with 'exceeding 100km/h'. the amount by which you exceed is the only argument you have, and will only go a lesser penalty, unless you were NOT exceeding the speed limit.

[wkid_one]

Thats not something I've ever really given two hoots about but from memory 2 kilometres is considered more than sufficient distance. I'd have to make some enquiries to give you a 100% acurate answer. I'm not a traffic cop so I have no need to know that stuff verbatim.

How is 400m to get from the merging lane, across 3 lanes of traffic, catch me up and pull me over!!! Me thinks it is bullshit....and me is fighting it

[sAsLEX]

Keep us posted Wikd, and heres hoping for a win

[wkid_one]

meh - such is life. I just dispute both the speed (given I had cruise control on) and the manner in which it was done. Fuck - I know he was on a bike but that is one hell of a manuerve to do. We'll see.

Tis only 20 points and $90. But if I can be arsed I will go to court over it....I have never been in a court room....could be fun

[Two Smoker]

meh - such is life. I just dispute both the speed (given I had cruise control on) and the manner in which it was done. Fuck - I know he was on a bike but that is one hell of a manuerve to do. We'll see.

Tis only 20 points and $90. But if I can be arsed I will go to court over it....I have never been in a court room....could be fun

20 points and $90, hhhmmmmm im guessing he/she considered it to be the 110-115 kmh mark???? thats a bit petty.....

[sAsLEX]

not much to loose for a bit of research into the logistics of a court preceeding though TS,

[Andrew]

meh - such is life. I just dispute both the speed (given I had cruise control on) and the manner in which it was done. Fuck - I know he was on a bike but that is one hell of a manuerve to do. We'll see.

Tis only 20 points and $90. But if I can be arsed I will go to court over it....I have never been in a court room....could be fun

Let me know how you get on. I'll be very interested to know.

[Lou Girardin]

How is 400m to get from the merging lane, across 3 lanes of traffic, catch me up and pull me over!!! Me thinks it is bullshit....and me is fighting it

That's stretching credibility a tad. We used to work on a minimum of 200 metres once your speed had stabilized behind the offender.
That's worth defending. Try and duplicate the manouevre with a bike and car and video it.
Then again, you could just accept that he'd saved you from killing someone.

[wkid_one]

That's stretching credibility a tad. We used to work on a minimum of 200 metres once your speed had stabilized behind the offender.
That's worth defending. Try and duplicate the manouevre with a bike and car and video it.
Then again, you could just accept that he'd saved you from killing someone.

Yes - doing 110kph on a completed controlled elevated and median barried section of motorway puts HEAPS of people at risk!

[White trash]

....I have never been in a court room....could be fun

Never been in a court room?!

Bro, you're missing out!

[riffer]

Never been in a court room?!

Bro, you're missing out!

For these sort of offences you usually end up in front of a JP at court. If you can present a believable argument they usually let you go.

Not nearly as much fun as getting one over a judge though...

On the other hand, you could always request a full hearing with jury.

See how far you get.

Provided you can handle the legal costs and are willing to go far enough to be a thorn in the court's arse, I reckon you should give it a go