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nikr33

By nikr33,
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INASNT Grand Master

INASNT

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Hi guys,

Did a bloody stupid thing at 11pm last night. 2 modified VL turbos pulled up next to me at the lights and indicated that they wanted a drag. Stupidly I did, and I got caught. The thing is, we didn't go past 90 in the 70 for 99% of the time, (which is still way over), but at one stage I was looking at the other car and not at my speedo. When I looked down, I was going 120 and slowed down back to 70 again. Surprise, Surprise, this was when the cop got me,  when I was going 120 for like 3 seconds. $440 and 12 months. THis is only the second time, I have ever had a drag since I got my licence 3 years ago, and I normally drive the car at the speed limit and in a civil manner.

I am not trying to make excuses for speeding, and I am prepared to  pay the fine and I think it was a dumb thing to do and all that, but I was wondering if there is any way to appeal the severity of the suspension?

I am 21, have had the car for 12 months, it is unmodified, have never ever got a fine or had an accident at all until now.

I know you can take it to court, but I don't want to  say that I wasn't speeding or dispute the facts. The fact is, that I have to pay the consequences for my actions.

So I was wondering if anyone can help with any suggestions?

Thanks, and learn from my mistake

First thing to do is write everything down about what happened and how you got got caught road condition, traffic flow etc. This will help you later if you decide to take it to court.

If you can prove the cops didnt get a proper fix on your speed you can take it to court and get the suspension reduced. In victoria its guilty until proven innocent so you need to prove what speed you were actually doing as if you were only doing 120 for 3 seconds no radar can get a fix on that speed in that time.

You can send in the paper to take it to court, then you will get the cops statement saying how they got you doing 'x' speed. If theres alot of shit in their then you have a chance of defending yourself. If the statement clearly shows they caught you then you can still pay the fine and take the suspension, 'if' it is true what you are saying.

I did this and got my suspension down to 6 months from 12 months.

music_freak Newbie

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Hey dude that totally sucks man.

Just on a short note , a friend of my family was killed drag racing in kurri kurri,NSW, doing 120, side by side with another car, then went to over take and and another car came towards him he tried to squezz in between the cars but ended up flipping the car. So the moral is not to drag race on a open road when there is only one lane,

Dude just do the time and pay the fine and at least you have your life.

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i just lost my license yesterday for 6 months.

Was doing 148 in 110 on hume highway commin back from falls creek.

The thing was I was doing 120 and there was 2 trucks infront of me, then I accelerated to overtake them and the cop was waiting behind the bridge.

If I was 4km under it would only have been 268 fine and 1 month suspension :)

INASNT Grand Master

INASNT

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i just lost my license yesterday for 6 months.

Was doing 148 in 110 on hume highway commin back from falls creek.

The thing was I was doing 120 and there was 2 trucks infront of me, then I accelerated to overtake them and the cop was waiting behind the bridge.

If I was 4km under it would only have been 268 fine and 1 month suspension :)

I drive up and back from falls creek nearly every week for work, and that stretch on the hume highway is boring as hell. I usually see 1-2 cops hiding in the bushes from glenrowan to Melbourne each time. Thats really shit luck, you should be able to get it down 4km if you challenge it.

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