Whatever they do, taking it to court is not a good option. It very rarely ends well.
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Whatever they do, taking it to court is not a good option. It very rarely ends well.
No offence
but your mates must be dead set idiot
from what i get from your story a copper 'heard' them race (that means he has no evidence that 2 cars were even next to each other)
secondly there was no evidence of speeding (he didnt even see it, and if he did, it doesnt matter coppas dont have a special power of getting an accurate or even approximate speed reading through there eyesight)
But what got your mates ****ed is that they admitted they were wrong (i dunno what they admitted other than they were speeding), this most likely would have been captured on police audio survellience, which means if they go to court, it would show up as evidence of something wrong happening
for future reference my advice (take this at your own risk), unless what you did is completely wrong, or there is proper evidence (radar gun, even video survelience is not proper evidence), do not confess your mistake (at the same time do not argue with the coppa), eg if your doing 85-90 in a 70 zone say your not 100% sure but you 'think' 75-80, that way if they dont have proof you did more then there gonna let you go. Obviously if your doing 100 then you cant say that but you could try 85-90 and say you are wrong (if they have a radar gun) and if your doing 120 in a 70 zone if they got video survelience (with a reference to there speedometre) then your def speeding and admit to doing around 100 (as there vid cams arent very accurate)
the reason why the coppa said your mates are good guys is because they fell into their trap,
i mean if he thought that genuinely why does he think they were street racing
good guys dont street race
only hoons
yep coppers usually trap people by asking;
do you know how fast u were going?- which usually means they didnt get u on the radar
ALWAYS say yes i was doing the speed limit.
I'm going to have to agree with the majority of people on here, i myself have gone through a hoon stage, and i have payed for my mistakes, i don't get harassed anymore, purely because i don't let other drivers on the road get the better of me, if someone wants to be a fool so be it.
after the trial or whatever happens ask your friend if he has learnt from the mistake he made, that one time you get the feeling to be stupid, don't, You never know whats hiding over that hill.
sorry to be so blatant. good luck to your friends!
Alex
Interesting how use the term 'trap' how is it a trap if it is a legitimate questions and hells no if you actually tell the truth and get 'TRAPPED"!Quote:
Originally Posted by l__i__l
Seriously - how all went wrong is when your mates admitted they were wrong - that is a NO NO - they f**cked up big time
Saint, the OP is NSW based so the magic number for him is 30km/h - 44km/h (big fine + 3 month suspension)Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSaint
45km/h + (bigger fine + 6 month suspension, i think its on the spot too)
as everyone else has said, should never have admitted to anything.
if they take it to court they have no chance of winning. its your word against theres.
In Victoria, 30-35km/h over the limit is $450 and 6 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by will13
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Originally Posted by Indie
I think it's anything more than 25km/hour over the limit, and yeah it's 6 months or an optional 1-year good-behaviour bond which becomes a 1 year suspension if you get a single demerit point during that time (and you can be sure you'll be targeted during that time too).
Not in nsw.
Yeah sorry I was responding to Indie, should have made that clearer...