3 Months Or 1 Point Option

[Sunkist]

cheers hamilitonau appreciate the support.. likewise run-it-hard. there is genuine people on this forum. but there some effed up losers. like IAN.. which his mums morning after pill failed.

i got done doing 55 over the limit. stupid story. had a taxi waiting for me to head into the city. mates were bustin my chops. and stupidly enough i sped. ive learnt from my error and wont do it again. even in a GTR .

55 dude. before doing that i woulda stopped and said to my "mates" would you rather get out and wait?

[xALmoN]

cheers hamilitonau appreciate the support.. likewise run-it-hard. there is genuine people on this forum. but there some effed up losers. like IAN.. which his mums morning after pill failed.

i got done doing 55 over the limit. stupid story. had a taxi waiting for me to head into the city. mates were bustin my chops. and stupidly enough i sped. ive learnt from my error and wont do it again. even in a GTR .

Lol, we've all done that shit at some point of time in our lives, pity you got caught though. At least you've learnt your lesson, and expensive one too, i'd reckon.

[w34ponGT]

yeh 12 months. impound. $1100 fine. plus 3 momths extra is a very expensive/hurtful lesson. all good. only goes up from here

[defari]

55 over? lol.. id take the 1 point for 12 months..

[Charles89]

OP's new avatar is wheel boobs!!! lol jokes

But to answer your question, I'd take the 3 months and save the petrol and maintenance money, then after 3 months, dump it back into the car on parts and upgrades

[Charles89]

yeh 12 months. impound. $1100 fine. plus 3 momths extra is a very expensive/hurtful lesson. all good. only goes up from here

Unless you break your record and get up to 60km over

[Tangles]

Ive never made a report before on SAU, but in this instance I know I did the right thing.

OP - Look outside your square, one day you'll realize how immature you're being in regards to the avatar/profile picture.

[hamiltonau]

ouch, most i have been done for is 35 over, im sure i was lased at over that but never got stuck for the full whack. The cop must have missed his donuts that day, still pretty crazy speed to do on the street, im assuming it was a freeway at least?

[Nee-san]

ouch, most i have been done for is 35 over, im sure i was lased at over that but never got stuck for the full whack. The cop must have missed his donuts that day, still pretty crazy speed to do on the street, im assuming it was a freeway at least?

40 over ? Don't stop.

[hamiltonau]

dont stop? unless your on a Hayabusa or some crazy bike they will chase you to the ends of the earth on a freeway, its only through a couple of red lights and school zones at 40 that they will call it off, not worth the risk IMHO.

plus outside of NFS hot pursuit and GTA i just cant bring myself not to obey the law. .well at least once I have their attention..

[w34ponGT]

was a 4 laned road. not wet. no cars. industrial estate (no housing where little kids can run out.. with a stupid 70 speed limit. i know it was still stupid but i new my surroundings before risking other peoples lives. but anyway we live and learn

tangles get the f over it . that was likeeee soooooooo 2 pages ago like oh maaaa gawd like full draining it

[Sunkist]

i think the reason for stupid speed limits in industrials is for workers, but after hours i think its for loose gravel on the road, or bits that have made its way there..

[w34ponGT]

good point there aaron didnt think of that..that road does have a bit of gravel

[Nee-san]

dont stop? unless your on a Hayabusa or some crazy bike they will chase you to the ends of the earth on a freeway, its only through a couple of red lights and school zones at 40 that they will call it off, not worth the risk IMHO.

plus outside of NFS hot pursuit and GTA i just cant bring myself not to obey the law. .well at least once I have their attention..

they are supposed to give chase to 160 then stop, often they don't but if anything goes wrong they are in big poo poo.

Most skylines I've driven will do 160 in 3rd, easy.

Just as long as its not somewhere ludicrous IE in a school zone etc you should only ever been worrying about that sort of speed on the motorway/industrial park/salt flat anyway, you know, time and place and all ?

I mean really, if your speeding anything over sort of 10 up in a built up area where you cannot possibly predict what is coming from where, you deserve to get hung anyway.

In saying this, drive to the conditions, how most speed limits are selected is a very arbitrary process anyway so I guess you could say that if that's as much thought as the people in charge put into the speed limits of various areas then they can't be surprised when people give the limits that same level of thought on their way to work every day.

People are still going to speed anyway, we'll probably have a larger amount of road deaths this year then last, judging by the figures, which I guess shows the effectiveness of the various speed enforcement programs around the country

Moral of the story, you can generally feel what is a safe and acceptable limit for the road your driving on, it won't be the same for all drivers and all cars, but I guess that's what situational awareness is for, drive to conditions and that includes the drivers around you.

[mad082]

they are supposed to give chase to 160 then stop, often they don't but if anything goes wrong they are in big poo poo.

Most skylines I've driven will do 160 in 3rd, easy.

Just as long as its not somewhere ludicrous IE in a school zone etc you should only ever been worrying about that sort of speed on the motorway/industrial park/salt flat anyway, you know, time and place and all ?

I mean really, if your speeding anything over sort of 10 up in a built up area where you cannot possibly predict what is coming from where, you deserve to get hung anyway.

In saying this, drive to the conditions, how most speed limits are selected is a very arbitrary process anyway so I guess you could say that if that's as much thought as the people in charge put into the speed limits of various areas then they can't be surprised when people give the limits that same level of thought on their way to work every day.

People are still going to speed anyway, we'll probably have a larger amount of road deaths this year then last, judging by the figures, which I guess shows the effectiveness of the various speed enforcement programs around the country

Moral of the story, you can generally feel what is a safe and acceptable limit for the road your driving on, it won't be the same for all drivers and all cars, but I guess that's what situational awareness is for, drive to conditions and that includes the drivers around you.

i wouldn't say they do it easy. they might do it, but they would be bashing on the limiter. a commodore or falcon would be close to doing it in 3rd as well. in fact i think the missus SSS would be close to doing it in 3rd as well as the gear ratios in it are pretty close to that of a skyline.

[xALmoN]

speeding is bad k, dont do it when the popo are around.

[GTR-N1]

Was just about to post this also!

I had the same thing happen to me years and years ago, had the option of 1 pt or 3 month suspension, took the 1 pt suspension and drove sedately for a year, by the time the year was over I had completely forgotten about the 1 pt and didn't realise until a couple months after I had my full 12 pts back. As mentioned if you choose the 1 pt option, you are not classified as having a license suspension (which sticks with you for 5 years btw before insurers no longer ask), it's already hard enough to get insurance having a modified import, try doing it with a license suspension on top of that...

I was going to suggest that you take the 1 pt option for a year for the same reason above (ie insurance premiums go sky high if you've lost your licence), until you posted up that you've lost it before!

Your past is following you I'm afraid.

[Nee-san]

i wouldn't say they do it easy. they might do it, but they would be bashing on the limiter. a commodore or falcon would be close to doing it in 3rd as well. in fact i think the missus SSS would be close to doing it in 3rd as well as the gear ratios in it are pretty close to that of a skyline.

I've only ever driven fairly quick ones, so my viewpoint is no doubt skewed.

wish the skylines had a closer ration box tbh.

[SargeRX8]

Didn't read anything but posting anyway. 1 point can be lost for almost any reason. If you buy an R34 GTR, chances are you may get pulled over and probably defected. 1 point gone.

[w34ponGT]

Didn't read anything but posting anyway. 1 point can be lost for almost any reason. If you buy an R34 GTR, chances are you may get pulled over and probably defected. 1 point gone.

im pretty sure in Melbourne you don't get demerit points for defects

Edited July 14, 2011 by w34ponGT