speeding fine

[PlATiuM]

hey got busted speeding after some ****wit bottled my car. but they cop has written my middle name down wrong anything i can do to get outta the fine now?

[CGB_R32]

ah the rumors about if any detail of the fine is wrong u can get out of it, and the rumor is false my friend even thou ur middle name is wrong ur first and last and ur address and ur car rego and ur car make is all correct so i think ur still rooted mate sorry.

[Yotis]

Hrmm. someone ask this same crap before.. from memory.. no you will not get out of the fine.. unless the rego happens to be wrong as well..

[rb25]

no way

[EVO83]

nope so many ppl have asked this. and so have I. But all you do is take it to the cop and they do it againe.

[PlATiuM]

ohwell, 1 year with 1 point than on my opens. mr2 is forsale to anyone want one?

[BelGarion]

they are right

ur nicked luke

sorry to hear buddy

[Nexus9]

it's not all over Platium,

basically you won't get out of it, but you can prolong it before you lose the points.

Elect to fight the ticket, it can take up to 6 months before they set a court date. You can pay the ticket at any time before you have to get to court, but once paid the points loss will apply.

It may buy you enough time for some points to go back on your licence, it all depends on how long ago you lost your first set of points.

Long shot I know

bad luck dude

[PlATiuM]

nexus a few others told me to do that, but im just gonna do 1 yr probation cause im on my P's next year get my opens

[PlATiuM]

can you just goto caught and say u need ur licence for work?? sister bf did that heaps from speeding fines got it back every time

[JaseR33]

They still take the points from the date of the offence. Even if you leave it eight weeks to pay it, they will take the points from you as of the date and how many points you had.  

A friend is going through this at the moment. He was on 1 point for a year and got busted speeding. He has now since obtained his opens but is still loosing his licence. He's in the process of going to court get his licence back from the offence. So even if he looses the appeal, he will still loose his licence, even though he has obtained his opens in that time frame.  

I guess if the appeal is won, he'll go straight to his opens, but if the appeal is lost, he'll go on a 3 months suspension and then go onto his opens.  

That's the what I was under the impression of anyway.

Well I guess i was lucky then. I had my fines still outstanding when i renewed my license at QT. The lady looked at the computer and told me that my license would probably be suspended, however she still gave me a renewal for 1 year which was was Opens. I did expect to be suspended after i paid off the fines but haven't been. That was 2 years ago and I've still got my license. I was told by a friend who was studying criminal justice or something that there is a loophole where if you paid them more than the fine they would send you a refund by cheque. As long as you didn't bank the cheque the payment wouldn't be processed and point deductions would not apply. I find this unlikely but hey...you've got nothing to lose.

[PlATiuM]

yeh, does anyone know if long weekends are double points???

[NismoGirl]

NO!

There is no such thing as double demerits and double fines on long weekends in Queensland.

There is such a rule in NSW but Queensland hasn't adopted this yet.

[NismoGirl]

I was told by a friend who was studying criminal justice or something that there is a loophole where if you paid them more than the fine they would send you a refund by cheque. As long as you didn't bank the cheque the payment wouldn't be processed and point deductions would not apply. I find this unlikely but hey...you've got nothing to lose.

This doesn't work anymore. It used to, but they have fixed the system so this doesn't happen. Too many people were using this method to escape large fines.

[SAM112]

I don't wanna loose my licence.

[BelGarion]

This doesn't work anymore. It used to, but they have fixed the system so this doesn't happen. Too many people were using this method to escape large fines.

erin is right, this one definatly doesnt work, i tried it last year in an effort to keep my licence and yer i got my refund cheque sittin round here somewhere, cant be bothered cashing it really

[PlATiuM]

well that mean if not double points like i thought i lost 3 points 1 point left for a year :| and if i get busted again can do the 1 yr probation thanks for ya help