Infringment Help

[PACEY]

I have this "friend" and he got caught driving "his" car after the rego had expired. He then got a summons to appear in court. He can enter an early plead of guilty in writing and the judge will determine a fit punishment and the case doesn't go to court.

Does anyone know someone who has had this happen? What did they get? Whopper fine?

[uneekwahn]

I don't know anyone this has happened to, nor do I know what the fine/punishment is, but let your "friend" know that entering an early plea is the BEST thing that a person can do in ANY court case where there is absolutely no defence against what that person has done.

Good luck to your "friend"

[Josh]

Yeh I was gunna say the same... and yeh - best of luck to your 'friend' hahaha

[damono]

dude.. this exact thing happened to me. My rego was expired for 2 weeks, rego due around 15th dec and i was picked up on 27th dec (day after boxing day), wasnt doing anything stupid on the road or anything and the cop gave me a summons to goto court.

In the end, I just had to plead guilty and be done with it. I think i copped a $200 fine and no demerits from memory. It was extremely frustrating at the time, all it was is that I forgot to pay a bill too

[KeeFy]

Good luck, hopefully it'll all go away with a light fine.

Cheers!

[Topaz]

I went to court after losing my licence to get my E plates, but this was 2 months after I lost it so I was only on my E's for just under a month...

biggest waste of $175 Ive ever spent

I got a bastard prosecutor for the state too

P.S. they don't make E plates to sell, you have to buy L's and make an E

[DanR33]

Yer go the early guilty plea. Your "friend" won't have to waste time going there and there's really no excuse your "friend" can give them anyway. I think a judge would tend to be more harsh on someone who tries to talk their way out of it. Plead guilty to being silly and forgetting and i reckon itll just be a few hundred bucks.

[miss_petepie]

happened to my bf on the night i met him..

i think he got a fine and then ended up loosing his licence..

[BNR#$]

just end it as early as you can.

my friend had the same problem, and it was on the new year's eve! but been a female she got away with it, only $300 and 3 points a warning!

[shmiddy]

when you plead guilty make sure you read what the officer has writen, i once got arrested and put in a early guilty plea, only to find that if i read the officers statement instead of just signing it i could of not signed it gone to court and got of it, as the officer got the dates wrong on the statement, it didnt bother me anyways, but alot of people told me i could of got of due to this technicality, though i dont know how true it is,

just a thought