Warning: Police Are Out In Force

[ozy]

yer thanx man, i couldnt see any speed camera in the cop car. and i thought they have to tell u if they are recording the conversation. but newayz i dont have much to loose.. thanx for ya help

[Revhead]

Yep cops are going mental again this year, which I don't see as a bad thing considering the number of idiots on the road during the Christmas/New Year break. Sadly though, as usual, their focus isn't the "Fatal Four", it's "Speed and those other three things". If it can't be policed by sticking a camera on the side of the road or by comparing a sign to a number read out on a measuring device they're not interested.

Get rid of the right lane dawdlers, the 60-in-a-100-zone grannies, the shitboxes, the weavers, the non-functioning indicators, the tailgaters etc - they are far more dangerous than someone marginally over our ridiculously low speed limits.

That said, during the Xmas break, Cressida > Skyline

[Nexus9]

yer thanx man, i couldnt see any speed camera in the cop car. and i thought they have to tell u if they are recording the conversation. but newayz i dont have much to loose.. thanx for ya help

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I think you will find that the only hope you have of winning this case is if the speedo was incorrectly calibrated in the cops car and good luck with that.

Other than that a cop following you for a set time and matching speeds with your car has always been considered as a valid way of estimating someones speed in a court of law. In fact before the advent of radars this was pretty much the only way of them correctly telling what speed you were going.

If you plead not guilty and lose, you will be fined the maximum penalty plus court costs!

I'm afraid your going to have to bend over and lube up for this one as you really have a snowballs chance in hell of winning sorry to say.

But you can blame all the tossers in imports who think that it is cool to do skids in residential areas, do the traffic light grand prix, go drifting around roundabouts in the rain, who make their unfeasibly loud blowoff valve go off for no reason other than to draw attention, race on the M1 ..... etc etc

[85URK]

^^ agreed. very true. thats why i said if u are determined to fight it, get all your info first so if u have got him on some kind of technicality, u can use it to your advantage.

[MFC05]

i live in westside of brisbane Chapel Hill Area cops here never eva target imports unless ur speeding or doing something stupid so i have never got a defect for my cars lucky me i guess

[The Dan]

With all those cops out and about Donut King is going to make a fortune.

I don't know why everyone is so worried. If you aren't doing anything wrong then they can't touch you. If you give them a reason to look for something then you are just asking for trouble. I have been driving my line for over 3 years now and apart from a storm season where I was the catch of the day a while back, I don't get bothered unless I'm doing something stupid.

If I'm doing something stupid and I get pulled up, I cop it sweet. If you keep your calm and ask the right questions, they can't get you for following speed unless it's for more than 200 meters and they have to be at a constant distance. C'mon people use your heads.

[Bunta]

I got off of a following speeding find attempt today. He said what speed where you doing. I said 60,which was true give or take a few ks (Hey I was watching the road not my speedo) He said nup more like 80, I said no way as I was going through one of those "Traffic calming devices" at the time, he checks my wheels and exhaust then lets me go saying "Take it easy next time" so I think he was wanting me to admit that I was going over the limit and when I didnt he had nothing

[Bobjones]

Ozy you have my PM.

As 85URK has said get ALL the info you can and you account of events, letter of complaint first, otherwise you will have to defend it in court. THough if you have already admitted to speeding then the whole thing is a waste of time.

[R33S2]

Its like the cop shows they need either proof or an admission of guilt, but be reasonable after all theyr'e workers too.

"So she was made out of monkeys" Homer

[Ska]

looks like they are not just after import drivers either....

[WazR32GTSt]

i've heard that the cops often get an admission of guilt by saying something like "do you have any reason for speading"

if you simply answer "no" then you are actually saying "no, i don't have a reason for the fact that i was speeding"

you have to reply with "i wasn't speeding", as was said by Bunta to reject their claim, and then stick to it without being an idiot about it

otherwise they have you admitting you were speeding.. and you just get done without lube

If you show the officer respect then they will in turn show you respect..