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Yet Another "i Got Fined And Want To Get Out Of It" Thread

AzzurrA

By AzzurrA,
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Ska Grand Master

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Had my first pull over by a "big red" up here in rocky, the officer asked me what the make and model the vehicle was, walked around and thanked me for my time and that was that.................?

Meh I hate flash for cash vans, they suck.

85URK Grand Master

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tonight was out with a friend having some dinner and when i was on the way back to drop him home, when we heard this squeeling of tyres form the on ramp, it was a cop wagon trying to hang it sideways around the corner rofl then i had my indicator on already to change lanes, whilst he was doing this so he goes past me on the inside lane i was trying to merge into...

i couldnt believe it, now if that was me i woulda got arse raped!

i said to my mate we should follow him and start flashing him to pull over and make a citizens arrest!

classic example of the law taking the law into its own hands....

i love how they have there own set of rules... :O

Revhead Grand Master

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I got booked for 75 in a 60 zone a few months ago. The fine was an absolute load of crap, there is no way I in hell I was doing 75 - I've been driving Skylines for 6 years and know what they feel like at a given speed, AND I had a witness in the car (the car's owner) who can also verify that there was no chance I was doing the quoted speed. I wrote a polite, factual letter to the head of the issuing officer's station, also noting that the officer was rude, abrupt and basically wanted to get me out of there quickly so he could fine someone else, and all I got back was a load of drivel about how he had checked the tape and found the officer had done nothing wrong, the device was calibrated and operated correctly, and that the (now overdue) fine would stand. Basically I was told that this rude, arrogant, arsehole of a cop was completely in the right, that I had committed a crime that I would swear on my mother's grave I was not guilty of, and that I was now out of pocket $150 and down 3 points... oh, and the $45 late fee for going to SPERS. Yay for looking after their own, and their main source of revenue.

My last encounter with a traffic cop had renewed some of my faith in the police force (he was a champion, nice guy - I still got the fine but I didn't feel like I'd just been reamed)... and then this dealing pretty much blew it away again. They decided I was guilty, and that was that.

Ok ok, I'm getting to the point... basically they've fine-tuned the laws surrounding traffic infringements to the point where they can fine you for whatever they feel like and force you to accept it, regardless of whether you were actually doing anything wrong. If you can find a way out of it, great... if not, the cops have been unfairly raping people for years, you're neither the first nor the last. Yes it sucks but until we get a govt who thinks beyond the next election, this is the kind of crap we'll be putting up with.

AzzurrA Grand Master

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i'm probably going to call for legal advice today... i'm thinking if i can at least get the fine downgraded to the next category, i'll be happy with that and cop the fine/points, because, as i said, i WAS speeding and i expect to be punished in some way for it, but not by them accusing me of things that didn't happen.

does anyone know the legalities of:

a) The photo being taken of the car head-on? i thought the photo had to be taken from behind?

b) What tolerances are the cameras calibrated to?

Revhead Grand Master

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It's a bit crap that you can be accused of doing 30+ km/h over the limit, but because you admit you were doing 20 over that you can't really fight the 30+ one... they're two different offences, if you're not guilty of the one you've been charged for, and you weren't charged for the other, surely there's no case?

AzzurrA Grand Master

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in english?

Sorry, not quite understanding what you're saying?

i'm saying that i would have been doing around 120 - 125kph, yet they claim i'm doing nearly 10km more than that... i'm happy to cop the fine for 120 - 125kph, however, i feel that the fine for 133kph is outrageous

hrd-hr30 Grand Master

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i'm probably going to call for legal advice today... i'm thinking if i can at least get the fine downgraded to the next category, i'll be happy with that and cop the fine/points, because, as i said, i WAS speeding and i expect to be punished in some way for it, but not by them accusing me of things that didn't happen.

does anyone know the legalities of:

a) The photo being taken of the car head-on? i thought the photo had to be taken from behind?

b) What tolerances are the cameras calibrated to?

a) QLD Transport website has info about decoding the speed camera photo. The camera can be setup for traffic either coming or going away from the device.

b) you should be able to google up something about Australian standards for radar operation, if there is not a link on the previously posted roadsense site?

but I think you've got buckley's of getting it downgraded. the system will always look after itself, you can't win. life isn't fair.

either way remember the new laws brought in recently - for a 2nd >20kph speeding offence in 12months its double demerit points, which basically means loss of licence...

Squishy Experienced

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I used to get pulled over weekly in my almost stock R32.. and asked a million questions and most of the time the copper has no f**king idea what the actual rules of modifications are!!...

At least i had all 3 defect notices passed by qld transport.. with just fitting a braket to secure my pod filter, exhaust silencer and a few letters etc for the fmic & turbo..

I am stick of them ass raping my car as well..

I am moving to Japan ASAP! :)

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