I got a similar fine and court appearance when i was 19.
I don't usually drive that fast but was d!cked around by a bike shop who said "wait for our call - when the bike is ready to pick up we will call." Needed my wheels for work and had to return dad's borrowed car that day.
Called the shop at 12.45 who said "Oh yeh - it's been ready for hours - we close in 10 minutes, be here or it will be locked up for 3 days" [}:)] Grrr!!!
Whatever the reason - I was driving stupidly. Got the ticket - went to Freo court to cop my deserts.
The judge was an absolute condecending w@nker to most of the punters. In fairness half of them rocked in in mull leaf t-shirts and thongs so were begging for the treatment, but still he was the sort that got a chubby from abusing his position.
I wore a shirt and tie, took out earings and made the effort to look respectable.
After seeing the judge rip the sh!tter out of a similarly dressed dude, who brought a lawyer (who didn't get a word in for his +$400 fee
) I was visibly sh!t scared.
Judge could see my remorse and regret (maybe even a sense of stubborn understains) I offered no excuses and stated I was embarrassed and I got the minumum fine and points.
Lost my licence anyway as it was my final points but accepted that i deserved it - rather than trying to squirm out of it.
Yes - you are dumb ok. Cop it sweet and learn from it.. or shirk it, and keep being a dumb lethal weapon on public roads.
SPOT ON WB
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Go to court, cop it sweet, lose your license.
Feeling sorry for yourself ? , head to your local hospital, have a look around.
DONE.
Absolutely no sympathy. By your own admission the reason you were speeding was because you thought there was no cameras rather than you shouldn't have been doing it. Could have been an unmarked car and the same outcome.
Simple solution to the problem, don't ****ing speed! Its really not that hard to understand. Haven't lost a point off my license in the 6 years since I arrived in Aus. I manage to get to all my meetings on time and if I don't, hell, its only 5 minutes so who cares.
Lucky you didn't have an accident dude, also assuming it wasn't the first time you tested your new turbo. But I get it, you thought you were driving a super car..
) and pass it onto the police.
or know the facts.
or know the facts.
The level of empathy being shown here is unbelievable and disappointing.
As Mark said 10k maybe ok but 39?!!?
You can get the **** off the road for all I care and hope they throw the book at you!
We have Extraordinary licenses over here just for dickheads like you and make me sick everytime I see an E plate knowing the driver should be off the road.
I had a mate who did the same thing 39 over lost his license and I told him straight the same thing. You can still see the shame in his eyes when he's around or driving a year later.
I drive my 2 year old girl on the roads everyday...and everyday there is a little bit of fear in me that there is going to be some dickhead like you around the corner ready to take us out.
Driving is a privilege not a right. Just because you have a job that requires a car doesn't mean you have the right to hold a license. You have the job because you have the license....you lose the license (through no fault but your own), you lose the job...plain and simple.
or know the facts.
Mr OK,
We have all said our bit- but realistically, I think Paul (Landyacht) is right on this one.
Go to court, plead all your own fault, cop it on the chin.
Hire a young driver to cart you around.
Be thankfull it was only a camera that flashed in front of your eyes and not a life.
We spoke about extraordinary drivers licenses in another thread recently- its a pity that the courts cannot make suspended drivers act as supervisors for new drivers who need to rack up hours before they get a full license.
As the laws stand- if your license is suspended, you would not qualify to supervise new drivers.
Maybe that will change one day.
stephen.
The letter i received says i have to appear in court. Any help or advice apart from the obvious of not speeding again would be great!!!!!!
or know the facts.
I'm really always amazed how when I am driving to the beach for a surf I feel the need to go 10 over but when I am driving home after a good session I feel like flowing with the traffic or 10 under.
Be a good business if you could bottle the feel good vibe and sell it to the mass'.
or know the facts.
