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03-04-2010, 08:34am
(This post was last modified: 03-04-2010, 08:47am by highwaybruiser.)
Simple solution: DON'T SPEED!! If you do, don't bitch about getting busted. It's a numbers game, like most things in life. If you speed constantly, you're bound to get caught eventually. Let's say you speed every time you drive/ride. How often do you get caught? Once every couple of years. Think about all the times you didn't get busted weighed against the times you did. It's like the gambler telling you of their $1000 win on a horse race last week, but not telling you about the $25,000 they've bet at the TAB over the last 6yrs to win it.
Everyone has the right to have the matter heard in court. Getting issued with the fine is akin to being charged, but as it's a simple traffic offence the process has been simplified to reduce the clutter of the court system. Can you imagine what it would be like if instead of plod issuing the fine and leaving you with the decision to admit guilt and pay the fine & lose the points, they arrested and detained you as a criminal, formally charged you, fingerprinted you, locked you in a cell until your day in court? Yeah, f*** that!
Most times you get done for speeding, it's because you were speeding, and most of us know we were, so we pay the fine and move on with our lives. If you're adamant that you weren't speeding you simply flip the fine over, fill out the election to have the matter heard in court option on the back and send it in. I did this once after getting done by the speed camera at Bonnyrigg. About 4 months later, I got a letter telling me they'd dropped the matter. Go figure!
And no I don't believe for one second that speed kills. It's the g-forces of rapid deceleration tearing your aorta from your heart after a sudden stop that kills.
Everyone has the right to have the matter heard in court. Getting issued with the fine is akin to being charged, but as it's a simple traffic offence the process has been simplified to reduce the clutter of the court system. Can you imagine what it would be like if instead of plod issuing the fine and leaving you with the decision to admit guilt and pay the fine & lose the points, they arrested and detained you as a criminal, formally charged you, fingerprinted you, locked you in a cell until your day in court? Yeah, f*** that!
Most times you get done for speeding, it's because you were speeding, and most of us know we were, so we pay the fine and move on with our lives. If you're adamant that you weren't speeding you simply flip the fine over, fill out the election to have the matter heard in court option on the back and send it in. I did this once after getting done by the speed camera at Bonnyrigg. About 4 months later, I got a letter telling me they'd dropped the matter. Go figure!
And no I don't believe for one second that speed kills. It's the g-forces of rapid deceleration tearing your aorta from your heart after a sudden stop that kills.