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Brisbane
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: questionable speeding ticket i got in QLD {updated}
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Wed, 24 September 2003 14:10
 
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at a previous job, our a/h unix support guy was a cop who worked at red-light camera unit (was nice guy actually)
i vaguely recall him saying that he could stand up in court and say something like "with my 12 years experience as a traffic officer i estimated that the defendant vehicle exceeding the speed limit which is why i put the radar on him..." so rather that focus on the actual speed, they'll simply reduce it to an argument that you were probably doing more than the limit, e.g. "...he was keeping up with an other vehicle that i observed travelling at 83kmh with my calibrated speed measuring device, your honour..."
i think that the points/fines thing only relates to regulations regarding road use. if it goes to court, they might ignore those regulations and look generally at the law which says you should obey the posted speed limit or be fined/jailed (an amount as determined in regulations pronounced by the relevant minister) BUT GET LEGAL ADVICE before shakin' down the cops ...
and don't forget that you need a licence to:
get to work
visit your ill/ayling relative in some far off place with no public tranport
that you're the only person in your family of 38 that can legally drive
that you partner is pregnant/ill/... and you are care for her and take her to hospital, etc
do volunteer work for a charity delivering food/care/dogs to the ill/aged...
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Charles.
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