First Speeding ticket!!

[Mischa]

I find that amazing. how come nobody has challenged that in court?

Australian Design Rules only require speedo accuracy to +/- 2.5kph, ie 50% of the mimimum measured increment. Therefore how can they fine you for travelling within the legal tolerance of a speedo. To top that off, yr tread depth on yr tyres will affect the accuracy of yr speedo by up to 5kph between new tyre and legal min tread depth.

they also completely ruined sydneys traffic by forcing people to use expensive tunnels which dont work simply for them to make under the table bribe money.

they also completely neglected the healthcare system, one of the most important things in our society.

oh and lets not forget that funding to public schools is an absolute joke; another integral part of our society.

thats just naming the obvious few...

[gareth_oau]

they also completely ruined sydneys traffic by forcing people to use expensive tunnels which dont work simply for them to make under the table bribe money.

they also completely neglected the healthcare system, one of the most important things in our society.

oh and lets not forget that funding to public schools is an absolute joke; another integral part of our society.

thats just naming the obvious few...

tis rather amusing, you just named some of the things that a labor goverment (as NSW has) holds so dear to heart

[Glide_GTI]

my first and only fine was in qld with my mk3 1.8 66kw d00msday device.

had my nsw plates, and the previous day we won the state of origin, nuff said
should get my points back in june

[poloman]

Congrats with the fine..

Here in perth there is a a long very busy road called stirling highway....

Its a 60km/h road... dual carraige and it is so bad to drive on... for the whole stretch of road there are so many times a car is turning on the right hand lane, and then busses on the left hand lane, then you get slow drivers on the right lane who will eventually in around 20 km time turn right....

So undertaking as its been called, has to be done.. you cannot sit behind these cars and then come to a complete stop as they turn off only then to be boxed in by every other car on the left lane...

Cars get stuck on the right lane (lots of oncoming traffic) and cars on the left lane have either busses or the constant left turners....

road design is so important yet for some reason a lot of roads are just done wrong.. Sometimes having to speed and overtake using the left lane (speed as in a couple of ks over...) is justified, even tho illigal... i dunno if you get what im trying to say....

I just think sometimes no matter how good and safe a driver you are the cops will fine you for something as stupid as being 2km over while overtaking a truck sitting on the right hand lane using the left lane...

Oh and who thought putting an on ramp joined to an off ramp of a freeway would be a good idea?

On busy days everyone getting on the freeway has to try and squeez to the right lane to get on the freeway and all those exiting the freeway have to get onto the left lane which which meens all the cars have to cross into each other.. If you cant change lanes you either get stuck on the freeway or dont get on the freeway. stupid design... but probably saved a bit of money

[Jarred]

i got my first speeding fine the other day too, happened at the start of jan tho, i was in the city, and apparently it's 50 kmh on flinders street, which I didn't know, 1 point and 140 bucks. I might contest it, cause it's a major street and I wasn't deliberatly speeding, I honestly thought it was a 60 zone, but then again, I donno if I can be bothered. oh well. I'll have a look in more detail on monday. and I was going so well to...

[pomme]

i got my first speeding fine the other day too, happened at the start of jan tho, i was in the city, and apparently it's 50 kmh on flinders street, which I didn't know, 1 point and 140 bucks. I might contest it, cause it's a major street and I wasn't deliberatly speeding, I honestly thought it was a 60 zone, but then again, I donno if I can be bothered. oh well. I'll have a look in more detail on monday. and I was going so well to...

In queensland its 50km in built up areas unless signed. Though most places have 60 signs everywhere, the absence of signs means 50 (esp in city). Prob same there, i'd say your boned.

[Blitzen]

Come on guys...Surely you all can't say that you have never planted your foot in anger...He just got caught, thats all...I have to say that in having this car now, that it won't take long before the rozzers are knocking on my window for me to produce my license!! Anyone who says that they don't speed, or have never sped at some point in their driving life is lying through their teeth.n:

[DaveMack]

Come on guys...Surely you all can't say that you have never planted your foot in anger...He just got caught, thats all...I have to say that in having this car now, that it won't take long before the rozzers are knocking on my window for me to produce my license!! Anyone who says that they don't speed, or have never sped at some point in their driving life is lying through their teeth.n:

They've changed the speed limits up there haven't they? Wouldn't have minded bring the Pogo up for a drive if they still had the 'Unlimited' roads to try it out on.

Dave

[Blitzen]

They changed it from an open speed limit to 130km/h on Jan 1, 2007(As a counter to the road toll they said), but did nothing to the DUI laws(0.05 to 0.08: on the spot fine, and you can go...>0.08: off to court you go...).
The road toll was the highest this year in 5 or 6 years, with drunk drivers making up the majority of the deaths...Speeding wasn't second...n:
Still, this didn't stop my dad reaching the sunny side of the double ton plus a couple of score more on the way up from Sydney(In the NT)...Even had a very cool police officer compliment me on the car, and apologise for holding us up. All this after dad was pulled up for doing 110km in a 110 zone while overtaking the cop car who was sitting 10 under the limit(I had the GPS on, which is way more accurate than the Polo speedo)...But what really got our goat was that he pulled us up 30 min after we overtook him. After pointing this out, and that he had no way of proving that we were speeding(He was in a Nissan Patrol), he put his book away, and told us to take care I know he has a job to do, but sometimes there is no excuse for the stuff he pulled, and he was just wasting both or time.

[gareth_oau]

The problem with "speed kills" is that current "driver education" is poor at best.

Advanced driver education is proven to work and yet the authorities choose to ignore it.

instead of upping the skill-set of the general population, we prefer to lower the bar, and and then fine those who choose to exceed it (and the fact that governments thrive off the proceeds doesnt help either!!)

In light of the fact there is a large part of the population out there who will never be able to exceed a higher set bar, I think the only realistic solution out there is to set the bar higher, and exterminate all those who dont clear it. At least these deaths wont be caused by speeding