Court Monday

**Edbear** · 31st March 2008, 10:13

Originally Posted by Patrick

Not necessarily this case...

Was thinking more of the burglar I caught red handed with the duvet full of electronics as he came out the door of the house he was burgling.... That got dragged through the legal aid system for ages, with multiple appearances and a fully defended hearing..... WTF?????

Shame the dog handler arrived 1 minute too late - now that would have been a "sentence"!!!

Hope he got slapped with a really big, wet bus ticket...

**Patrick** · 31st March 2008, 11:14

Originally Posted by Edbear

Hope he got slapped with a really big, wet bus ticket...

No no no... that might have hurt the poor wee chap. You are so harsh!!! Last I heard, he was put on tax payer funded management courses to advance his job prospects. He is now a president..

of the Black Power...

**slopster** · 31st March 2008, 15:14

Having been through a similarly bullshit ticket last year I'll be willing to bet that the police call your bluff and take it to court, then pull out a couple of days before so you probably won't need to show up.

That letters way too long and boring. Just give them the facts:
They didn't record your speed on any equipment and based the dangerous speed on the noise they heard (what kind of training has he done that qualifies him to judge speed based on noise? etc etc).
You admitted doing 80kmh so you fucked yourself on that one but that shouldn't be dangerous speed.
And don't wank on about how loud the bike is. I'd just say that it revs higher then a car which makes it sound fast if your not familiar with bikes.

The policeman has to prove you're guilty not the other way round and he'd have a hard job doing that.

**Ting Tong** · 31st March 2008, 18:44

The Police can and will give evidence that your bike was going at a certain speed. All the cop has to show is that he has experience in this field and then its up to the court if they think that the Police has proved their case. And yes the Police have to prove that you are guilty but the main fact that they have gone out of their way to charge you goes someway towards it. You have nothing to lose in hearing what they have to say but remember that if you are found guilty then you have to pay court costs aswell as a fine.