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Postby levin_it_large » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:02 pm

Well i just got a speeding ticket for doing 61k's in a 50 ... one thing the officer did was incorrectly state the area in which i was stopped... do I have a case at all? i take it I just write a letter and see what happens?
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Postby HELBND » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:06 pm

no you have no case. besides :

1) you were speeding

2) its only like 80 bucks anyway

take it on the chin like a man :roll:
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Postby 0TNIC » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:09 pm

HELBND wrote:no you have no case. besides :

1) you were speeding

2) its only like 80 bucks anyway

take it on the chin like a man :roll:


well said
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Postby Jebus » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:13 pm

HELBND is very correct, and if you did send in sayin it was written in the wrong area, you will get a reply back saying "Thanks for bringin that to our attention, has now been corrected" and will send a new ticket with the right area on it.
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Postby 86_rolla » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:18 pm

yeh i have 2 for 11ks over its a bitach buy hey what can ya do.

Hey jebus were u near waikowhai shcool today, saw a saw exactly the same asures pulling into a driveway
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Postby soopachargen » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:55 pm

You can always say you werent there so it cant be you, the officers badge number is on the ticket... there is your witness to prove that you werent at the place printed on the ticket, if he said in court that you were there he would be lying under oath. At the end of the day you were still breaking the law and cant expect to be let off, then they would have to let everyone off.
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Re: speeding tickets

Postby Jazza » Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:28 pm

levin_it_large wrote:Well i just got a speeding ticket for doing 61k's in a 50 ... one thing the officer did was incorrectly state the area in which i was stopped... do I have a case at all? i take it I just write a letter and see what happens?


Actually, same thing happened to a friend and my uncles a cop. He told us that when the time came to pay simply say. I have proof i wasnt there at the time (Get a witness) the warrent was given. And you wont have to pay for it. Friend stated that with a witness and simply didnt have to pay. So it may be a case by case basis.
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Postby 0TNIC » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:28 pm

just pay the thing! 11ks over the speed limit is alot! esp in a 50k zone!
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Postby Psycho_Dad » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:35 pm

may i ask? did you have a radar at the time? because you could have bought one and avoided that ticked for $80 second hand on trademe... now you have to piss away another 80 to avoid the next ticket

keep your eyes open, and your radar on, and the chances are, you wont get a ticket, even if your speeding as often as you can(like me)

my last ticket was over 2 years ago when i lost the suction cups for my detector - go fig

im not reccomending or endorsing to other people my way on the road... but for me it works

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Postby Lanius » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:47 pm

0TNIC wrote:
HELBND wrote:no you have no case. besides :

1) you were speeding

2) its only like 80 bucks anyway

take it on the chin like a man :roll:


well said


Agreed. You might not have been doing anything dangerous, but you got caught. *shrug*

Just pay the ticket ... its not that much, and its only 20 demerits. You've still got 80 to go, right? ;)
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Postby RE20 » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:52 pm

0TNIC wrote:just pay the thing! 11ks over the speed limit is alot! esp in a 50k zone!


60 in a 50k ? 8O my gosh!
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Re: speeding tickets

Postby Al » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:54 pm

levin_it_large wrote:Well i just got a speeding ticket for doing 61k's in a 50 ... one thing the officer did was incorrectly state the area in which i was stopped... do I have a case at all? i take it I just write a letter and see what happens?


Explain area? Did he put down the wrong suburb or was it an entirely different street?

If it was the correct street and wrong suburb just pay it. If its a totally different street you could contest it saying you were not on x street at such time.

Everyone has the right to a defense, even though the defense may cost you more than the ticket :)
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Postby soopachargen » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:55 pm

elevateskater wrote:
0TNIC wrote:just pay the thing! 11ks over the speed limit is alot! esp in a 50k zone!


60 in a 50k ? 8O my gosh!


ever been run over at 60k??
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Postby Psycho_Dad » Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:00 pm

boogergrom wrote:
elevateskater wrote:
0TNIC wrote:just pay the thing! 11ks over the speed limit is alot! esp in a 50k zone!


60 in a 50k ? 8O my gosh!


ever been run over at 60k??


ever been run over at 50km? or 40? or 300?

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Postby Girvs » Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:47 pm

Psycho_Dad wrote:may i ask? did you have a radar at the time? because you could have bought one and avoided that ticked for $80 second hand on trademe... now you have to piss away another 80 to avoid the next ticket

Or alternately save $160 by neither doing over the speed limit, and not having to buy a radar...

Just remember the tolerance around schools within certain hours is now down to 55Km/h in a 50 zone :wink:
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Postby Psycho_Dad » Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:40 pm

yeah i have made up a lot more speeding than i would have not doing so... soo many more hours every year free to do what i wish

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Postby Lanius » Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:47 am

Psycho_Dad wrote:ever been run over at 50km? or 40? or 300?

Muh

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I have, yes, which part of how unpleasant it was would you like me to describe?
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Postby crnkin » Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:31 am

or; just dont speed. This is a rediculous thread. You broke the law like you do every day on every street, and you got caught. Get a frigon life and accept it. Goshhh..... IDIOT...
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Postby B1NZ » Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:05 am

crnkin wrote:or; just dont speed. This is a rediculous thread. You broke the law like you do every day on every street, and you got caught. Get a frigon life and accept it. Goshhh..... IDIOT...


agreed! I havent had a speeding ticket for about 3 years now, i learned the easiest way is not to speed. Its worked a treat for me so far.

Most people that tend to speed crack me up, they drive like nutters, do crazy passing manovers to end up 2 cars ahaed of me at the next set of traffic lights/intersection etc...... :lol:
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Postby XERO » Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:03 pm

lol, take it on the chin man... the only way you can get off a ticket is if

A. the officers is in an un warrantable condition, which happens more often than you think (check there spotties on the car when you get pulled over at night, if ones out your free!!! :lol: ) in saying that you shouldnt be speeding in the first place... lol

B. the officer writes the wrong speed limit on the ticket... Ill have to scan mine one day and show ya's... it seems that the speed limit in ohapau is now 190kph!!??? lol, i got off that one...

But yeah just pay it man, its not worth the hassel chasing it around...

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