Something is wrong with our system.

[caminperth]

Hmm - while he was a bit silly for not getting the DPI to state in writing that he was allowed to get his license back, there are govt f*k ups that work in our favour. Unfortunately for him it did a backflip and caught him..

Dan/Rob - you guys are probably right in some respects, but are also being pretty harsh in others.. we've all done stupid things when we were younger, I think there's alot of luck involved.. It's the old - "I got away with it, know I was lucky & know not to do it again" syndrome.. hindsight is a wonderful thing.. and Rob - someone like you or me or Dan could probably have about 5 std drinks and not blow more than 0.02, but a 17/18 year old without as much around the middle as us would be a different story..

I think Joe has come up with the best way of attacking this. Write to the Ombudsman for unfair/inconsistent treatment by the Police/DPI and get a good Lawyer. I'm sure they're just trying to throw the book at him, but once the real circumstances are found out by a Judge things may look a bit more favourable for him..

That said - he still has another 7 months to serve on the suspended license - if he gets away with just having to do that and nothing else he should count himself lucky, not be pissed off at the system that made a paperwork muckup that he took advantage of..

My 2 cents anyways for what it's worth..

[skyzerr33]

i think ur friends goin down and it will for for quite awhile. his best chance of getting off is calling in the media. but to do that he has to admit he was a bad driver in the first place or they will pin everything on him.

with the license he was still probationary. if he lost his licence or had it suspenned when u get ur licence back your 'p' plate period starts afresh.

unless they have changed that law in the last few years. this happened to a friend i use to work with.

[fane]

he is stuffed i think.... because the cops wont get past the fact that he shouldnt have been driving in the first place...

judge is higher the RTAs and Cops and everyone....

sad but true

[summoner]

just a note is actually DUI not DD.

DD is Dangerous Driving, DUI is Driving Under Influence.

[zanda]

the media would cricify him the same way that dan and rob have.

get a good lawyer

dont rely upon the misgivings of an internet forum.

sounds like he's ****ed himself by listening to people that don't know what theyre talking about enough already.

I can sympathise with his plight though.

[summoner]

Also, you people basing these harsh views on very little information. I have lost my license previousely twice for Dangerous driving, yet in both instances I was no danger to anyone but myself, and even then it was minimal if at all. Also if I had gone to court with a lawyer I know both times i could probably have gotten off the offence. Naturally hindsight is a wonderful thing.

[ix9]

The point is: The departments f*cked up. HE should not have to pay for THIER mistakes!

That's my 2c.

[gtracer]

Unless he has a lot of his stuff in writing he is stuffed. The fact they issued him a licence should go a long way in court.

[zanda]

Unless he has a lot of his stuff in writing he is stuffed.  The fact they issued him a licence should go a long way in court.

that's true. he doesnt need it in writing. they should have checked it before and after he sat the test.

[LOVE2XLR8]

Thanks for your comments guys, i'll keep you updated on the results of the trial when he goes to court (around July).

Cheers

[RB20LagWagon]

Its all his fault, Judge says, you dont drive for 12 months, you write down what day judge said this, and on that day in a year time you get your licence back, its pretty black and white if you ask me, of course some pencil neck in some office is gonna say sure, you can go for your licence, your over age, but the people who matter, the courts and to enforce this the police have said you dont drive for 12 months, geddit?