How lucky am i ?!?!

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:46 pm

Hey Guys,

Had a lucky break last night, was coming out of a round about on to a long stretch of road thought i would give it abit mivec'd out of first and second and then back off abit... Was nearly home and red and blue lights started flashing in my rear view mirror !

At first i thought it was for not wearing a seat bealt but manage to slip it on while he was in his car punching in my rego. Anyway he comes to my window asks me to step out of the car.

First question was....

Whats the speed limit on Smart Rd ( the road i gave it abit on

) i replied ummm 60

He replies now my next question will decide how far i take this...

What was the speed u were doing ?

Ummmm 80 or 90

He goes yeah i would say atleast 90, i said although the motor may have sounded like it was going faster

hehe

You know your looking at atleast a $300 fine and loss of your licence ? No i didnt realise that

Ever been in trouble with the police before ? No
Ever had a speeding ticket ? No
Would you like this to be your first tonight ? No

Well keep your speed down ! Your car looks as though it has abit of speed behind it but dont speed !

Hands back my drivers licence gets in he car and drives off

I drove home thinking how lucky am i !?!?!

Post by **Supplanter** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 8:24 pm

"...and he never sped again..."

...

Yeah, right

TimmyD · Post by **TimmyD** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:46 pm

well he wouldnt be able to give u a ticket if he had no camera on you... he'd have no proof

don u just love the justice dept.

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:46 pm

Even without a camera or speed detector they can give you a ticket if you admit to speeding and tell them what speed you were doing, hence why they generally ask "what speed were you doing?"

rxboy · Post by **rxboy** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:44 pm

I believe that if they follow behind you for 2 minutes or so while you are speeding, they can still get you without a radar or an admission. Can anyone confirm or deny?

TimmyD · Post by **TimmyD** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 3:31 pm

rxboy wrote:I believe that if they follow behind you for 2 minutes or so while you are speeding, they can still get you without a radar or an admission. Can anyone confirm or deny?

they still wouldnt be able to prove it? u could just say... "i was doing the speed limit" they'll say "we were following you and u were speeding" then u be childish and say "no i wasnt" and it'll just go round in circles unless they "we have u on camera" and u say "prove it" if they show u then just accept it.. if they cant then they cant prove u were speeding at all

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 3:43 pm

TimmyD wrote: they still wouldnt be able to prove it? u could just say... "i was doing the speed limit" they'll say "we were following you and u were speeding" then u be childish and say "no i wasnt" and it'll just go round in circles unless they "we have u on camera" and u say "prove it" if they show u then just accept it.. if they cant then they cant prove u were speeding at all

Yes & then the cops will defect every little bit of mod that you had on your car.

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:12 pm

According to the TOG cop at the Melb photo shoot, a stop watch and two fixed points on a road (e.g. tree, sign, bridge) can be used to determine your speed. So if they were following you in a car, they could use this method.

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:31 pm

This guy was stationary in a shopping carpark adjeacent to the road i was caught speeding on. I just thought i would be honest with him and hope he lets me go...

TimmyD · Post by **TimmyD** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:22 pm

FTO338 wrote:
TimmyD wrote: they still wouldnt be able to prove it? u could just say... "i was doing the speed limit" they'll say "we were following you and u were speeding" then u be childish and say "no i wasnt" and it'll just go round in circles unless they "we have u on camera" and u say "prove it" if they show u then just accept it.. if they cant then they cant prove u were speeding at all
Yes & then the cops will defect every little bit of mod that you had on your car.

laughin mine ass off... so true!

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 2:34 am

i saw steve with a parking ticket today...

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:45 pm

ok, ok.... Now before u think i learnt my lesson, well ive just been for a cruise tonight and low and behold on the same street yep u guessed it smart road, i had some dick in a VY or VX commo driving up my arse. So what did i do ???

Ofcourse i dump it and gave him some FTO madness and beat my 90 kph and made it 140 haha

mind u he kept up quite well was about 2 and a half car length by the end of it all

twistea · Post by **twistea** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:16 pm

will you ever learn

you fool barfy

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:05 pm

Its just sooo hard not too when u have a wanker in a commo up your arse !

Slither · Post by **Slither** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 7:31 pm

140 in a 60 zone is not on, period

besides who cares about some idiot in a commodore!!! Let him go flyin past and explain to the cop why he was doin 140 in a 60 zone rather than u

Bluntman · Post by **Bluntman** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:50 pm

a cop can book you as they are classed as experts of motor vehicle speed and sh*t like that, so they can give you a ticket if they were just cruising along with no camera or radar......
Also with defects they can defect a car even if you can wiggle something on a car.... ive been told by a few cops that if they really wanted to they could defect a car straight off the showroom floor!!

FTOluv · Post by **FTOluv** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 6:26 pm

yeah, i heard that as well!! they can wreck u on anything on yr car

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:23 pm

yeah, I've heard the same thing as well. I've also been told be police that they only need to follow you for a certain distance and they can fine you. And yes you could probably argue it at court I would think they wouldn't have the evidence and you could argue all day about the accurace of speedo's but still in court I would think it would be hard to have a judge believe you over a cop in a traffic matter.

Bluntman · Post by **Bluntman** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:38 pm

A magistrate will believe the cops evidence as they have 'expert opinion' when it comes to speed.
* only the highway cars have the speedo calibrated
* normal cops can book u just the same

debbie · Post by **debbie** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:47 pm

i love gettin guys like u going!!! u think u have to race and win, then the cops pull u over! hmmm... not my fault