October 2004 - move to tekapo take up a job, less access to internet.
December 5th 2004 - heading back into tekapo from christchurch in a foot of snow i was pulled up in my work carpark after being clocked doing 139kmph 2km outside tekapo - $400 fine 50 demerit points. bugger.
January 4th 2005 - in clearing conditions i made an overtaking manouever on state highway 79 between Fairle and Geraldine (look up a map) and a cop saw me. 20 minutes later he finally caught up to me and pulled me over. he said i had passed the lot on yellow lines which i took no notice of. he issues me a $400 fine for carrying a passenger on a restricted licence (another 25 demerits) and informs me that he is going back to investigate the scene and decide whether to issue me with an infringement for passing on yellow lines or a court summons for dangerous driving. he takes down my cell number and tells me he'd ring me within the week to tell me what hes doing. fine.
January 5th 2005 - Page 3 of the Christchurch Press -
"WITNESSES SOUGHT for a dangerous overtaking manouever on state highway 79..... etc"
1 month later the local cop turns up at my door with a court summons.
February 22nd 2005 - i sit in court waiting for my name to be called for 6 HOURS! on those hard benches and eventually get called up. it was a hard case to defend due to the meticulous nature in which the officer did his job so i plead guilty. The judge was understanding and gave me the minimum penalty - $400 fine $130 court fines and 6 months disqualified licence.
so my car is pretty much going to be gutted and rebuilt over the next little while.
I am gutted
such as life
on a lighter note, next wednesday morning i am landing in melbourne cause my gf and i are going to the formula 1, would sure love to catch up with the melbourne crew and their cars if at all possible. maybe if theres any meets happning would be cool to attend as well.
if you made it through all that crap congratulations
ciao peoples.
Mike aka FTOless
Then again, who hasn't at one time or another.
