How avoid a speed fine.....

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Originally Posted by frantic

Several years back a high profile business/ent./public figure appealed and was let off for speeding in ,from memory his bently ,on the freeway to canberra because "it was built to go much faster than the speed limits" was the judges quote. That has stuck in my head as the most prominent example of money and conections giving exemption from laws us "commoners" have to follow.
I'm sorry but a 1.6ton WRX Sti:twisted: is much more "safe", better handling and manoverable at 160kph than a lard arse 2.5ton bently! And it leaves a smaller crater if things do go wrong:D

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I remember that case and after he was making jokes about it on radio :mad:
Few days later he was having a cup in a well known coffee shop in Sydney CBD with a radio personality friend complaining that the Bentley bough a bad luck to him.
His friend bought the car for several thousand dollars (alleged $600.000) on the spot just to help :mad:
Arrogant bastards rich people that just because can pay one or two QC to look after them they make fun about our law :mad:

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Originally Posted by Ean Austral

Slightly off topic, but my wife got pulled over last night, in the rain for doing 80 in a 100 zone..The road she was on has minimal street lighting and the cop said he could fine her $80 for not doing the correct speed limit..

Night time, raining, and not well lit road, and he tells he to go faster..

Road Toll..What road toll..


Cheers Ean

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As far as I know this should only apply in the overtaking lane - thats another archaic law - if I'm doing 100 in a 100 zone I should be able to go in whatever lane I want and if people want to pass me thats their bad luck and they can overtake. But thats beside the point - you have the right to travel according to the road conditions and weather conditions at the time. So if your wife felt 80 was safer, the cops can't dispute that. I drive my series 3 on the highway and usually sit at 80, I'm not in a hurry to get anywhere, it just sometimes beats the stop start of going the back way, I sit in the left lane, people pass me and get on with their day and I'd defy a cop to pin a charge of not speeding on me.

As a side note, got flashed by a speed camera doing 80 on the aforementioned highway last week, obviously it was picking up one of the vehicles beside me who was passing, but it begs the question - would the defence that no sane person drives a series 3 lwb in excess of 100km/h stand up in court?

Interesting one to think over.....

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Originally Posted by Ean Austral

Slightly off topic, but my wife got pulled over last night, in the rain for doing 80 in a 100 zone..The road she was on has minimal street lighting and the cop said he could fine her $80 for not doing the correct speed limit..

Night time, raining, and not well lit road, and he tells he to go faster..

Road Toll..What road toll..


Cheers Ean

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where was she Ean?, dont have that problem out past 11mile???..:D