Thread: QLD traffic infrigement Q

Originally Posted by weeds

whats the go if the police man does not fill the ticket out correctly, i.e. spelt myu surname incorrectly

i heard that if there is a mistake on the ticket than there is a chance you can get off

by the way i was guilty but the buggers booked tho others while i was being booked....U Turn at a set of lights

You can challenge it, but if on those grounds, in QLD, what will happen is they will issue an amended infringement notice with the correct details.

U-turn at an intersection with traffic lights is unlawful (unless there's a sign that says you can) - as of the Australian Road Rules 1999.

If there's a 'minor' error on the notice, such as spelling or the time of offence (a few minutes either side) then it'll stand. For a ticket to be dismissed, ther'd have to be a significant error such as the wrong rego, name and licence number.

Errors can come to the attention of the issuing officer and amended by attaching report to the ticket before it gets sent off to be put on the system or filed.

It's pretty common for other offences to occur in eyesight of Police speaking with someone and it looks really unfair but the 'one thing at a time rule' prevails.... otherwise you'd be chasing your bum all day long

Sorry mate but it sounds like it'll stick

Matt.

Originally Posted by weeds

by the way i was guilty but the buggers booked tho others while i was being booked....U Turn at a set of lights

Where you in the Defender? If so just explain that a u turn in a Defender on anything other than a 8 lane highway is next to impossible.

They are allowed to make mistakes, we are not. It used to get you off but they changed the law, sorry.

Originally Posted by inside

Where you in the Defender? If so just explain that a u turn in a Defender on anything other than a 8 lane highway is next to impossible.

no...was not in the defender, thats what happens when you are in somebody elses car, pouring rain, southside of, not local to the area, didn't see the big yellow sign that indicated a u-turn could be done 150m up the road....she did pick up the lunch bill

oh well $80 into the qld gov bank account and 1 point

U-turn at the lights? We only ever see it done in NSW by bloody Victorians and Qlders. Pretty scary when you don't expect it.

Originally Posted by p38arover

U-turn at the lights? We only ever see it done in NSW by bloody Victorians and Qlders. Pretty scary when you don't expect it.

Can't say about Victoria, but u-turns at lights in Qld are forbidden except where specifically signed as permitted. Sometimes the sign is at the lights but sometimes a distance away saying U-turns permitted at lights ahead. Usually permitted u-turns are in locations where traffic islands and median strips have limited access to properties such as along Creek Road at the Richmond Rd. intersection where police once upon a time issued ticket after ticket but u-turns are now permitted after agitation by locals.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

They are allowed to make mistakes, we are not. It used to get you off but they changed the law, sorry.

Hi Ian. It wasn't a change of law, just that a spelling mistake or minor error shouldn't mean that an offence, no matter what it is, be dismissed.

Have you seen the spelling on this forum....? I know, that one's been done to death.

Matt.