Infringment Case.

[SkyGTRline]

Hi all...

Been given my sisters lil N13 Pulsar to drive around atm till the skyline is back on the road.. 1 word NO GUTS!

anywas.. was heading along athlon towards woden alst night, across the drakeford lights, and they turned orange... i put my foot down to make it across realising the car wouldnt go..(difference in power) and by the time i realised i aitn gonna make it in good time.. it was too late to stop as of wet conditions..

As i just crossed the lines coming out of the intersection, the light went red.

Got pulled over all the rest.. slapped with a $230 fine and a loss of 3 demerits..

On the actual infringment notice, its got the car i was driving was white (The car is cream) aslo it says my licence expiry date it 24 Jan 1985. "WHAT THE"

So, do you recon i can get out of this, as the ticket cant be valid as of false information????

Thanx all.

B)

Edited November 30, 2005 by SkyGTRline

[chintami]

"No guts!" is 2 words LOL

[Bluprint]

owned!

[race_snooze]

yeap write a letter to the ombudsmen and because of the errors you should get off

[SkyGTRline]

"No guts!" is 2 words LOL

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That was the joke...

[LTSJayce]

I'd say you'd get off on a technicality...

[Terminal]

just say you didn't think the conditions were safe to slow down at the lights

[SkyGTRline]

yea...

its a fine i dont need atm.. and i do think it was a bit harsh for the offence running an orange light Loss of 3 points..

Officer: "you have 28days to apy the fine...blah blah blah.. Merry christmas."

yea thanx..

[Frink]

they're actually cracking down on that these days. it used to be that if the ticket had one piece of in-correct info on it, you could get out of it, but it has since changed. i think that if your licence number is correct and the infringement is correct, your stuck with it.........

[SKYLVIA]

just hasnt been you last coupla months has it andrew... someones probably put a curse on you, some voodoo witchery!

but anyway, id say you have a good chance of getting it off, but as luke said it aint that easy nowadays...

[Terminal]

I'd contest it saying it was an unfamilia car and you didn't know if the car would stop in the distance, so you thought it would be safer to continue through the orange light instead of causing a large accident.

[SkyGTRline]

yes thats what i was gonna write about..

Coz it was pretty much the reason y it all happened..

The cop wasnt interested in listening..

[yld-gsr]

I have written numerious letters attempting to get out of infringments. Ive also spoken to a few people who work at AFP about this. This is from my personal experience, You may write a letter outlining all your cases, then, youll get a letter back in the mail saying, either pay it or goto court, where you can argue your word against the attending police officer / officers (if it was 2, your pretty much guaranteed screwed, as they will corroborate their stories).

They will prob argue, being wet conditions, you should have been being more cautious blah blah blah.

anyways, just my 2 cents,

Good luck with it.

[SKYLVIA]

yeah, seems that alot of traffic infringements nowadays are hard to fight against, considering the amount of time, effort and money you put into it. cops know it too, they know peopleprobably cant be f**ked to go to court over it and find it cheaper and easier to just pay the fine.

sorry i cant be of much help as i havent had a traffic infringement (yet), thats one criminal offence i know close to nothing about.

[Terminal]

Traffic infringements aren't criminal offences, they're traffic offences.

[SKYLVIA]

meh, there both illegal...

[Mr Italy!]

How's your driving record?

If its not too shabby, in your letter to the ombudsmen/police, spend a lot of time informing them about your impecible record.. If you are able to ofcourse.

[Amaru]

They will just reissue the fine with the correct details, which they have been doing lately.

Write a letter, see how far it gets you... at the very least, an extension to pay the fine, at most it will get you off. Nothing to lose really... (if you have a shitehouse driving record, I wouldnt bother though).

Edited December 2, 2005 by Amaru

[sic_120]

Hey Buddy,

sorry to hear about that. surly there are crimes that need delt with rather than hasseling kids in their cars! neway.

if your over the line and its not red your sweet but there is no proof of that so you can also say that.

the prosecution have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you are at completly in the wrong. If you can prove doubt with the discrepancies in the completion of the ticket you should be able to show that there is doubt in what the officer has charged you with.

you should take it to court. the police will crack the shits and alot of the time they cant even be bothered to have to take half a day off work to go and sit in a courtroom so they just give in and drop the charges. but just sit down and think about but you should be sweet if you go to court.

neway mate all the best with it.

[soarergal]

I just went to court to fight 3 speeding offences that got me (in ute) at that horrible fixed camera on lanyon, near jerra. Long story short, the speedo was out so much that at 80km on speedo, actual speed travelled was 92km. Got free legal advice and was advised I had a case. I initially pleaded not guilty, which got the RTA into a spin and adjourned the hearing so they could check the camera. Was unecessary as one year later (and on the 3rd court appearance), I was advised to plead guilty with circumstance. By pleading guilty, it meant that I was disputing the operational capability of the camera, which was not the case. I spoke to the court magistrate (not the judge), and , as I had the mechanical certificate to prove my case, given my good driving record (I must be a boring driver!!!), and that I came prepared, all charges were dismissed. Funny thing, the RTA record had my birthdate as 1 Jan 1900, which had the court in stitches, this had no bearing on the case at all. Sorry for the long post, but just a bit of support for you if you do decide to go to court. It can be done, just do your homework, and dress well at court! Good luck Andrew.