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| 1103.1 | I'm still collecting the bonus points | WOTVAX::HARRISC | Ne Te Confundant Illegitimi ! | Fri Jun 08 1990 17:35 | 7 |
| Re -1
Did the constable say he was refering this case to court, because it
sounds to me that all you should have received was a 'on-the-spot'
fixed penalty.
..Craig
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| 1103.2 | I might have killed someone?? | YUPPY::SACKMANJ | I was dreaming of the past... | Fri Jun 08 1990 18:33 | 6 |
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Yes, he did say he was referring it to court. The reason being
a child was killed on that stretch of road a couple of weeks earlier.
Jon.
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| 1103.3 | | SUBURB::PARKER | | Fri Jun 08 1990 18:43 | 9 |
| The constabulary have discretion to issue a fixed penalty ticket
if you are less than 20mph over. They are not obliged to exercise
this discretion, and could, in theory, take you to court for 1mph
over (although the Justices would have something to say about it).
I guess you need some rapid legal advice; if you are a member, try
the AA or RAC.
Steve
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| 1103.4 | AA - 0635 71071. | RDGE44::JONESK | Yep you sure are | Mon Jun 11 1990 09:19 | 1 |
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| 1103.5 | ITS NOT ALLWAYS A FAIR COP | WOTVAX::CROUGHANK | | Wed Jun 13 1990 15:07 | 20 |
| Jon ,
The same sort of thing happened to a relation of mine he was travelling at
45mph in a 30 mph zone, and was done for speeding when he recieved his summons
the officer had recorded in his report that he was doing 57mph. He new that this
wasnt correct so he wrote a letter to the court and explained that the officer
may have clocked him at his own acceleration speed and that he wasnt disputing
the integrity of the officer (suggesting he was lying) but that a mistake could
have been made .Well the court went for it anyway and he was given a much lesser
fine.
I suggest you do something similar but tread carefully you will have the
book thrown at you and anything else the magistrate has close at hand if they
think you lying.
Regards
Kieran
p.s.this is only going to be of any use if he tailed you and didnt get you
with a trap or gun.
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| 1103.6 | Take my punishment like a man!? | YUPPY::SACKMANJ | I was dreaming of the past... | Thu Jun 14 1990 12:25 | 11 |
| No, it was a stationary radar trap so I think I'm going to go
down quietly. As you say I could make matters worse by claiming
that I was not going quite that fast ("But you were still speeding,"
echoes from the magistrate!)
One point that came up as a result of this was that
I was given nothing on the spot to say what speed I was doing when
caught, however if I hadn't been able to produce my documents the
copper would have given me a five-day ticket with the offence details
on it! Maybe we should drive around without our licenses??
Jon.
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| 1103.8 | Whoah there | VANILA::LINCOLN | The sun has got his hat on | Thu Jun 14 1990 13:04 | 11 |
| The police as such cannot say whether anyone will be prosecuted
or not - it simply isn't their job.
If they consider an offence has been committed then they forward
the details to the public prosecutor who may or may not decide
to proceed. For a simple motoring offence this will normally be
a rubber stamp activity but no policeman can actually say you'll
be prosecuted with total certainty nad indeed I believe they have
to obey the standard line of "this will be reported to etc..."
-John
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| 1103.9 | | ANNECY::MATTHEWS | M+M Enterprises. Thats the CATCH | Thu Jun 14 1990 13:37 | 7 |
| It is probably still worth mentioning it. The difference
between 45 in a 30 limit and 60 in a 30 limit is a lot.
In the latter case, you risk loss of licence.
Yes, you were speeding, but not by as much as they said.
Mark
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