Licence & Points

[PeterHBne]

No tickets for over 4 years with company cars (boring Laser then even more boring Corolla) partly due to good luck and partly because they are so boring to drive.

GTI for 12 months and as of this week my last 3 points of 12 have just gone (73 in a 60) - even with two camera tickets being taken by others!!!

So it's going to be a 3mth suspension or 12mths on 2 points and being INCREDIBLY good.

One was a genuine mistake - I really believed I was in a 100 zone (101 in an 80 zone on cruise control - 4 points) and the others were 3 pointers (70 odd in 60 zones) and almost all incredibly bad luck. Twice I was first at lights - accelerating a little too fast in 1st and 2nd up to 70 odd then getting zapped just as I back off to bring speed down before I even spotted the radar trap

Bloody GTI - a fraction more or less of foot pressure on the go pedal is the diff between 60 and 75

How does every one else go?

[PeterHBne]

And there are SO many radars around these days.

Used to be able to spot the camera cars easy but they hide them in parked cars these days making it harder.

GF is a cop and she says that they are constantly told to crack down on speeding due to the press on the road toll.

[philthy]

That's a shocker Pete! .. I remember you telling me you only had a couple of points left at the dyno day..

I've had one camera ticket in the polo about a month after I bought it. None since.

[PeterHBne]

That's a shocker Pete! .. I remember you telling me you only had a couple of points left at the dyno day..

I've had one camera ticket in the polo about a month after I bought it. None since.

I know!!! A new record for me - two tickets in less than 2 weeks!! One a camera on Wynnum Road (on a sickie going to the bloody gym - should have gone to work!!!) and one on Old Cleveland Road away from the lights.

Hint to Brisbane drivers - NEVER speed anywhere on Old Cleveland Road - I drive it every day and it has radars every other day in all sorts of spots.

[PeterHBne]

I actually drove back and spoke to the camera operator on Wynnum to see if I had been done (thought I was doing about 65) - he was quite nice (knows the girlfriend ) and said "Yeah, you were the guy who braked hard after going past me". They write down the type of vehicle caught speeding ona manual log in case it ends up in court.

Here's two hints - the radar zaps you BEFORE you even get to the camera van and they radar is set to only go off at 71kmh and over. GF confirms this is normal operating procedure, even for hand held radar.

During my conversation with him it did make me happy to see the shiny new big black Merc 4WD with stupid ego plates (MR IQ) go through at 89 in a 60 zone (I'm a left winger!!!)

[VW GTI]

My license is gone for 6 months as of yesterday

Most of my points were lost for stupid stuff (u-turn...? do something useful douchebag policemen) almost 3 years ago.

I'd take the 3 month suspension, the 2 points is WAY too hard.