Quote Originally Posted by Jooboy View Post
Odd question but were there 2 officers there? The reason I ask is because the "their word against yours" situation is something that the courts try to avoid at all costs (bad image, revenue raising etc)

The last time I had something like this happen to me (one cop) for the same thing (stop sign) I asked him how he could be sure seeing as there was only him and no back up). He gave me the ticket anyway. I sent a statement in and they withdrew the offence.

I'm not sure if you can oppose a fine in this way anymore but this was about 7 years ago.

Anyway if there was 2 there's not much you can do unfortunately.
mate.

you can still appeal the ticket offence.

write a stat declaration with the ticket offence reference and appeal.

be compassionate with your responses and that you did not intend to cause or break any road rules / stop signs etc.

also indicate in your appeal that the stop sign is blah blah blah (as you mentioned above) and should be rectified to avoid future issues like this.

writing an appeal give you another 28+days before they give you the final outcome/result. - gives you time to save up the cash in the worse case scenario that you have to pay the fine.


The compliance/police officer will review, and may take into consideration factors like:

Your driving history,
Previous traffic offences,
Any court hearing raised in the past or active ones.
Any other non related traffic offences,
Age and living location (this is for statistical purposes).


give it a shot and appeal ... maybe send them a youtube link of you compassionately crying and saying sorry - to give you another chance ... ROFL!