Court Tues 27/05

[spudchucka]

Get a few episodes of boston legal under my belt and I should be ok.

Yep, a good impersonation of Denny Crane should do the trick.

[munterk6]

A few years back I got stopped with 4 mates for doin 155kph in a 100 zone coming out of the Lindis. The cop was a bit out of his depth with 5 pissed off bikers lookin hard at him, so he wrote us all tickets and said "I'll let a judge to sort you lot out". We then rode away into the distance(on the rear wheel)
We got a real good traffic specialist lawyer( bent as a pie-cart fork, we part paid him in illicit goods and cash) and he stalled the court hearing off for 6 months. He GUARANTEED us we would get off.
We had a strategy meeting with him just before the court case(in Oamaru with two old JP's who new shit about law) and he told us all to change our appearances, wear ordinary clothes, bring 3 mates extra along and all have crash helmets(not our own) in hand.
All 8 of us sat in the front row of the court and the lawyer proceeded to tie up the prosecuting sergeant and his witness, the cop that busted us, in legal jargon and points of law. It was hilarious, I almost laughed aloud in court!
He then reminded the cop about the identification of the defendants that was needed to be carried out (legal requirement in a court case).
The cop that had stopped us all 6 months previously got all our names etc mixed up BECAUSE HE HAD NOT DONE HIS HOMEWORK THE NIGHT BEFORE!!!
At that point our lawyer had a word to the JP's and low nd behold...case dismissed.
The lawyer sought reparation for our travel costs, time off work, lawyers fees etc, but the JP's declined it.
Upshot of it was....we kept our licenses, no record, and no fines to pay!
Result.
Who ever said honesty is the best policy???

Obviously not a lawyer lol!

Hope all goes well for you in your fight to keep your licence

[peasea]

Exceeding the speed limit in the Lindis??? You should have all been hung by the testicles until dead. Laughing in the face of justice????

"Hang 'em up again..."

I'm surprised you all managed to make it to court; don't you know speed kills? I know a piece of me died after clocking 170 in the old pushrod V8 on Saturday on the way to Mohikinui. Just after I backed off a cop in what looked like an old Hilux (yup, even the cops are hillbillies round there) went the other way!

Chucklefest!

[barty5]

A few years back I got stopped with 4 mates for doin 155kph in a 100 zone coming out of the Lindis. The cop was a bit out of his depth with 5 pissed off bikers lookin hard at him, so he wrote us all tickets and said "I'll let a judge to sort you lot out". We then rode away into the distance(on the rear wheel)
We got a real good traffic specialist lawyer( bent as a pie-cart fork, we part paid him in illicit goods and cash) and he stalled the court hearing off for 6 months. He GUARANTEED us we would get off.
We had a strategy meeting with him just before the court case(in Oamaru with two old JP's who new shit about law) and he told us all to change our appearances, wear ordinary clothes, bring 3 mates extra along and all have crash helmets(not our own) in hand.
All 8 of us sat in the front row of the court and the lawyer proceeded to tie up the prosecuting sergeant and his witness, the cop that busted us, in legal jargon and points of law. It was hilarious, I almost laughed aloud in court!
He then reminded the cop about the identification of the defendants that was needed to be carried out (legal requirement in a court case).
The cop that had stopped us all 6 months previously got all our names etc mixed up BECAUSE HE HAD NOT DONE HIS HOMEWORK THE NIGHT BEFORE!!!
At that point our lawyer had a word to the JP's and low nd behold...case dismissed.
The lawyer sought reparation for our travel costs, time off work, lawyers fees etc, but the JP's declined it.
Upshot of it was....we kept our licenses, no record, and no fines to pay!
Result.
Who ever said honesty is the best policy???

Obviously not a lawyer lol!

Hope all goes well for you in your fight to keep your licence

nice work

[NOMIS]

A few years back I got stopped with 4 mates for doin 155kph in a 100 zone coming out of the Lindis. The cop was a bit out of his depth with 5 pissed off bikers lookin hard at him, so he wrote us all tickets and said "I'll let a judge to sort you lot out". We then rode away into the distance(on the rear wheel)
We got a real good traffic specialist lawyer( bent as a pie-cart fork, we part paid him in illicit goods and cash) and he stalled the court hearing off for 6 months. He GUARANTEED us we would get off.
We had a strategy meeting with him just before the court case(in Oamaru with two old JP's who new shit about law) and he told us all to change our appearances, wear ordinary clothes, bring 3 mates extra along and all have crash helmets(not our own) in hand.
All 8 of us sat in the front row of the court and the lawyer proceeded to tie up the prosecuting sergeant and his witness, the cop that busted us, in legal jargon and points of law. It was hilarious, I almost laughed aloud in court!
He then reminded the cop about the identification of the defendants that was needed to be carried out (legal requirement in a court case).
The cop that had stopped us all 6 months previously got all our names etc mixed up BECAUSE HE HAD NOT DONE HIS HOMEWORK THE NIGHT BEFORE!!!
At that point our lawyer had a word to the JP's and low nd behold...case dismissed.
The lawyer sought reparation for our travel costs, time off work, lawyers fees etc, but the JP's declined it.
Upshot of it was....we kept our licenses, no record, and no fines to pay!
Result.
Who ever said honesty is the best policy???

Obviously not a lawyer lol!

Hope all goes well for you in your fight to keep your licence

Got to be one of the best posts I have ever read! haha cheers
mate.

[Patrick]

A few years back I got stopped with 4 mates for doin 155kph in a 100 zone coming out of the Lindis. The cop was a bit out of his depth with 5 pissed off bikers lookin hard at him, so he wrote us all tickets and said "I'll let a judge to sort you lot out". We then rode away into the distance(on the rear wheel)
We got a real good traffic specialist lawyer( bent as a pie-cart fork, we part paid him in illicit goods and cash) and he stalled the court hearing off for 6 months. He GUARANTEED us we would get off.
We had a strategy meeting with him just before the court case(in Oamaru with two old JP's who new shit about law) and he told us all to change our appearances, wear ordinary clothes, bring 3 mates extra along and all have crash helmets(not our own) in hand.
All 8 of us sat in the front row of the court and the lawyer proceeded to tie up the prosecuting sergeant and his witness, the cop that busted us, in legal jargon and points of law. It was hilarious, I almost laughed aloud in court!
He then reminded the cop about the identification of the defendants that was needed to be carried out (legal requirement in a court case).
The cop that had stopped us all 6 months previously got all our names etc mixed up BECAUSE HE HAD NOT DONE HIS HOMEWORK THE NIGHT BEFORE!!!
At that point our lawyer had a word to the JP's and low nd behold...case dismissed.
The lawyer sought reparation for our travel costs, time off work, lawyers fees etc, but the JP's declined it.
Upshot of it was....we kept our licenses, no record, and no fines to pay!
Result.
Who ever said honesty is the best policy???

Obviously not a lawyer lol!

Hope all goes well for you in your fight to keep your licence

Betcha next time he locks all of them up instead of letting them carry on their own way. Can't argue when fingerprints and photos are taken at the lockup.

[jrandom]

What a buncha whining pussies!

If you get nicked breaking the law, take it like a man.

If you don't want to get nicked, you have a throttle - use it.

Don't have the balls to do a runner? Then ride under the speed limit or STFU.

[NOMIS]

What a buncha whining pussies!

If you get nicked breaking the law, take it like a man.

If you don't want to get nicked, you have a throttle - use it.

Don't have the balls to do a runner? Then ride under the speed limit or STFU.

And who are you replying to jrandom?

[breakaway]

Mate, if you got arrested just because they said 'It sounded like you were speeding' then it's total bullshit.

How did this matter even get so far?

[NOMIS]

exactly!!!! you tell me lol. I was nice as heel to them at the time thinking if im a wanker theyll do there worst.

I think it was the fact I live about 300m -400m from the waitakere head quaters and that there where 4 cop cars in my st. all full of cops I think & officers in total, they didn't seem to happy on wasting "valuable" police time on something so they did what they could any way.

Thing is they don't car how " BULLS***" affects me.

[breakaway]

This is bullshit. If what you've told us is all there is to the story, then you should definitely lawyer up and fight it.

It sucks how shit like this always happens to those who don't have time to fuck around waiting for court and don't have the financial resources for lawyers' fees.

[jrandom]

And who are you replying to jrandom?

Nobody, nothing, no-one, just takin' the piss a little.

I'd just like to point out that I do not advocate any form of lawbreaking, and I'd advise every motorcyclist to take responsibility for their decisions on the road, and ride safely at all times.

[peasea]

This is bullshit. If what you've told us is all there is to the story, then you should definitely lawyer up and fight it.

It sucks how shit like this always happens to those who don't have time to fuck around waiting for court and don't have the financial resources for lawyers' fees.

That's one of the things they play on.........or am I being too cynical? (Nah, can't be that, I'm never cynical.)

[scumdog]

Fight it all the way, plead not guilty, clog the system, deny, deny, deny. NEVER plead guilty to anything.

What is your license worth to you?

I lost mine for the summer but it didn't make a lick of difference to me. I applied for a work license and got it, paid a lawyer etc and kept a bullshit log, it's all about the money, make no mistake.

And speaking of work licence, do it your self if going for one - the Courts can help you and it saves you the lawyers fee for doing the same thing - and as peasea says, it's all money and the saving could easily be $1,000+, money well saved..

[NOMIS]

Nobody, nothing, no-one, just takin' the piss a little.

I'd just like to point out that I do not advocate any form of lawbreaking, and I'd advise every motorcyclist to take responsibility for their decisions on the road, and ride safely at all times.

Exactly... then again why take the fall because a cop decided to waste a whole lot off time? Ill try and get some copies of the cop's summary of fact up somehow.

To be honest If I ran I know for a fact I would have got away cop car cant follow me down the alley near my place or cut across the hospital car park and across the feild to my place. I wouldnt even need to nail it to have got away from where I saw him.