Mistaken identity?

[stevedg]

Post 1 and 13 outline it all quite well. The cop appears to have got the wrong bike. He got you, not the one that passed you and left you in the dust.... Write in outlining your version of events. The bureau will forward it to the actual cop involved to see if he can confirm this. If in doubt, in any form of doubt, the ticket shouldn't be written. In his eyes, he got the right one. Did you protest your innocence at the time? He should have notes of this....



As above. The address is on the back of the ticket. Request full disclosure. It will include the officers notes on the back of the carbon copy of the ticket you were issued... as well as calibration certificates and that the user is certified to use the device...

Many thanks for that. I admit to being dumbfounded, disbelieving and a bit pissed off. Think I said 'you must be mistaken, that's just wrong' or something like that. Don't think I mentioned the bike in front as I wasn't thinking clearly at that time ( but I can remember it's colour and style), but it was the only explanation I could think off once my head cleared as I think it unlikely that the radar would be wrong.

[Patrick]

Many thanks for that. I admit to being dumbfounded, disbelieving and a bit pissed off. Think I said 'you must be mistaken, that's just wrong' or something like that. Don't think I mentioned the bike in front as I wasn't thinking clearly at that time ( but I can remember it's colour and style), but it was the only explanation I could think off once my head cleared as I think it unlikely that the radar would be wrong.

Word it in this way, makes it sound more likely... not an "afterthought on how to get off a ticket" type of thing, if ya follow ma drift....

[MarkH]

So you were exceeding the posted speed limit.

If you break the law, you should be prepared to suffer the consequences.

You think someone should accept a ticket (with associated fine & demerit points) for 130kph when travelling at 108kph?

[sunhuntin]

contest it if you can.. theres a big difference between 108 and 130 [keeping in mind you also said your speedo might be out, which means you may well have been travelling below the limit. check it with your gps and write in.]

i know how youre feeling. i got accused of speeding last year, and it ruined my entire day. im actually still bitter about it more than year later.

[stevedg]

I'll try to do a comparrison with the GPS, did one about a year ago and I think it was reading upto 10% high ie 100km/hr has actually 108-110 km indicated on the speedo, but I'll redo it to make sure.

[scumdog]

Word it in this way, makes it sound more likely... not an "afterthought on how to get off a ticket" type of thing, if ya follow ma drift....

C'mon Patrick, what happened to the (alleged) KB-cop credo of ganging up an the poor motorcyclist and 'following the party line" (Is that some kind of conga?)
eh?
eh?

[pritch]

So you were exceeding the posted speed limit.

If you break the law, you should be prepared to suffer the consequences.

That's a bit tough. Most speedos read a bit fast and an indicated 108 could well be nearer 100 actual kph. Or if it was over that it likely wouldn't be by much.

Nice comments by the guys who use GPS, although I feel that the information provided could be more incriminating than helpful in my case

[The Stranger:Me]

You think someone should accept a ticket (with associated fine & demerit points) for 130kph when travelling at 108kph?

You think someone would know a piss take when they see one?

[Patrick]

C'mon Patrick, what happened to the (alleged) KB-cop credo of ganging up an the poor motorcyclist and 'following the party line" (Is that some kind of conga?)
eh?
eh?

Oops... my bad...

Dah dah da da duh duh...

[stevedg]

just did a GPS check of the speedo, looks like it reads 5% high, ie at 100km/hr indicated the GPS indicates 94.5 to 95.5km/hr. I think when I did the same thing in the car it was 10% high, the bike is much more accurate. The digital speed read-out also leave less room for error too.

[pritch]

just did a GPS check of the speedo, looks like it reads 5% high,

On that basis then the original poster was doing perhaps 103kph. Perhaps the 130 is just a case of transposed numbers?

[stevedg]

On that basis then the original poster was doing perhaps 103kph. Perhaps the 130 is just a case of transposed numbers?

didn't think about that, could be right - would make sense. I think they down-load the logs of the Radar to match up the tickets in which case the mistake will be noted. I doubt it though and I'm still asking for full disclosure of all the details until the Infringement notice is withdrawn.

Still doesn't explain why he thought I was visably going too fast or why the bike that had just passed me was not stopped.

[twistemotion]

...but of real interest is that there is no mention of operating procedures against motorcycles, not one single item.
Will let you all know how it goes when it come to court.

That's really interesting, so where do they aim on a motorcycle, or where are they told to aim...? Good luck with the case!

[Dean]

i havent got caught yet but if i do that would be crack up if i tryed to make a runner on my little single cylinder gn250 the coppa will be in 2nd gear eating donuts sayin "just pull over will ya"

[BMWST?]

make sure you mention as much as you can remember of the other bike esp helmet colour.....same as yours?This seems to be abou the only way most non bike people can seperate different riders.
About Skyhawks,many moons ago at Manfeild(wsb?) we had three skyhawks,one distracted us by doing some fast passes and so on over the circuit...the other two had done a big loop out towards Ashurst,and came rocketing from behind us,in over the stands seemingly only a few feet above our heads....