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15-06-2006, 06:42 PM
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Great EF XR8
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
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Hey guys,
I was just after the best way i should go about this. I recieved a fine today for 66km/h in a 60km/h zone. I would usually pay the fine, but i don't travel down this particular road (I am getting the photo just incase they are wrong), and find it really hard to believe it was me. Now how much success have any of you had in writing a letter to them and gotten off the offence. I ask this, because just incase it was speeding, do you think by admitting fault i could get away with a warning.
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15-06-2006, 06:47 PM
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If the photo comes up and its not your car then you wil have an arguement.....
Are you sure some one didnt steal your plates in this day and age of petrol fraud? I have only been in court against police - every time I have lost - all the judge does is believe what Mr Policeman says.........
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15-06-2006, 06:54 PM
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Great EF XR8
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Location: Melbourne
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My plates haven't been stolen. I don't know, i haven't been caught speeding in 2 years and its just not a road i travel down. I don't know, i will wait until i see the photo before i do anything, i just can't see it being me, i know that i speed, i just don;t go down that road.
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15-06-2006, 07:42 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Newcastle
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By ADR's, speedo's are allowed to be 10% out. So in your case, 66 in a 60 zone may indicate that your speedo is 10% out. True for your car or not, its a point to argue in court...
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15-06-2006, 07:58 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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The only time you will win by writing a letter is if you haven't been booked in the last ten years, sorry!
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15-06-2006, 07:59 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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15-06-2006, 08:02 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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If you have a clear record for the last 5 or so years ,and opt to go to court you will probably get out of it.
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15-06-2006, 08:10 PM
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Unfair? certainly. |
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15-06-2006, 08:34 PM
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Was it you or wasnt it you
You said you dont use that road so it cant be you So why worry about trying to get a warning  :
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15-06-2006, 09:43 PM
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Address it to the "Officer in Charge, Traffic Camera Office" Format the letter similiar to this Detail whom you are Vehicle you were driving Time and date of offence Reason, admit speeding Sorry Rap on past driving history (good stuff) Bit of brown nosing on Gov Speed policy Signed and dated This then gives you the opportunity to get discretion. If you have lots of priors etc forget it. If you deny you were speeding you will have to contest it it court. Best advice is to speak to a solicitor.
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15-06-2006, 09:48 PM
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15-06-2006, 09:54 PM
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my mates dad got booked doing 120 in a 100 zone, the polie officer took him down to 111km and said that if he had all his demerit points and not been fined for the last 3 years, he could write a letter into VIC roads and they may consider letting him off. He did that and they excused him of the fine.
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16-06-2006, 09:49 AM
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a mate of mine recieved a fine for going through the citylink tunnel and not paying , my friend was 100% sure that it wasnt him because there was no reason for him to be in melbourne on that date let alone drive through the citylink. he requested that they send him the photo of the car ......
Turns out someone had copied his number plates because these plates were on a White Commodore rather then a Camry  So if you dont think it was you definatly hang on until you get the picture back
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16-06-2006, 10:45 AM
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Location: Camden
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How do you not know whether it was you or not? Do you suffer from Amnesia or something?
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16-06-2006, 03:50 PM
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A cusstomer at my G/F work got caught running a red light he was a smart fellow he went back to the intersection and timed the lights knew where his car was when he was caught did all the maths (car weight,speed duration between light changes) and submitted it to the court and they dissmissed it because the judge found that his information was correct
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16-06-2006, 04:02 PM
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16-06-2006, 05:45 PM
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16-06-2006, 05:58 PM
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Sometimes they get these things wrong. Wait till you get the photo, and if it is you, you won't have a leg to stand on. If it isn't you, I'd appeal it and show that it isn't you in the photo. They can't fine you if it wasn't your car.
Reminds me of when my Dad's old Ford D-series truck was found by the EPA to have a smokey exhaust. The engine was nearly dead and it was belching out plenty of smoke. The only problem was, it was supposedly sighted in Glen Waverley. The way that engine was, Dad only drove it for about 5kms at Maffra (in Gippsland - 200kms away). The truck would never have made it to Glen Waverley. Dad just took it off the road anyway because it was stuffed.
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16-06-2006, 06:39 PM
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Whoa, this is heavy!
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