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Old 27-01-2006, 08:05 PM   #31
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Got pinged by a speed camera about 4 years ago in Nth NSW for doing 59 in a 60 zone but it was a 40 school zone between 730 am and 930 am school days fair enough it was at 815 am on a friggen Saturday had the time and date stamp on the infringement of the offence (exceed speed limit within variable speed zone - school) sent it the the NSW Police thru my solicitor - never heard any thing after that :
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Old 28-01-2006, 09:05 AM   #32
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got done after driving 500km down to Stanthorp QLD from Hervey bay and was on return trip,two days ago on Australia Day,tog got me fair and square coming over a rise after passing slower car at 126 in 100 zone,4 points and $250 god those points are gunna hurt.he actually said to me that he could understand if i was doing 118 while passing but not 126,what really ИИИИed me off was the car i won on ebay was a pile of crap,nothing like his description.so waste of time and 1000 km Australia Day trip that has cost dearly.
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Old 28-01-2006, 09:39 AM   #33
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Been booked once since I started driving in 1998 and I've done over 300,000km of driving since I got my licence so I'm pretty happy with that record

Was caught about 2 weeks after getting my licence doing 73km/h in a 60km/h zone. Left me with 1 point on my P's... Very nervous year that one. Ironically I think that road has now been changed to a 70km/h limit, figures. Anyhow, they haven't caught me since ;)
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Old 28-01-2006, 09:57 AM   #34
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Been done a few times for 5-8km/h over the limit, but my 2 shameful ones are..

Mucking about one night tramped the go peddle with an unmarked behind me...got me on a radar fair and square 85 in a 60 1 more km/h over and bye bye licence...3 points 165 bucks I think

and my most shamful...(waits to be flamed) 98 in a 50....yeah I know stupid and all...moment of madness. just opened 2nd gear up and was a quick squirt...TMU got me on radar...should have lost the licence for 12 months, took it to court and ended up with 6 months and 220 fine plus about 40 bucks in court costs...I learnt my lesson...I now have only 1 point for the next three years...
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Old 28-01-2006, 12:13 PM   #35
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In 11years i have contributed zero dollars, but had my fair share of warnings
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Old 28-01-2006, 12:39 PM   #36
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98 in a 60 + 6 months loss of licence!!
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Old 28-01-2006, 01:01 PM   #37
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i had a spout of sporradic and retarded driving after i got my license which resulted in losing 11 points in 6 months
plus a cancelled license for driving with a suspended license...had to go to court

but ever since ive been a granny and i haven't had any infringment in a yr and a half...hehehe my fuel ave speaks for itself
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Old 28-01-2006, 01:32 PM   #38
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Destroyed my first liscence by speeding, speeding and more speeding (I think about 5 or 6 seperate fines ranging from 5 or 6 to 20 or 30 over the limit) and I think a couple for not displaying P's.

Came off my p.s 1 week after gettign my liscence back (they only suspended, not cancelled, how awesome is that, I was so lucky on that one) and since then I have only received one speeding fine, albeit a very large one. 104 in a 60 zone. another 2km/hr and bye bye second liscence.

That was about a year ago and I haven't been touched since. I blame the upgrade to a sportier car.
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Old 28-01-2006, 01:38 PM   #39
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Three speeding fines to date. All have been for doing between 10 to 15km/hr over the posted speed limit. However on one occassion I was actually doing 20km/hr over the speed limit but the nice policeman only marked it as 15km/hr which saved me a couple of demerit points and a few bucks.

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Old 28-01-2006, 06:23 PM   #40
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Anyone booked for 'speeding' or 'exceeding the speed limit' in NSW past a derestiction sign lately?
I believe in NSW the "law" stipulates that the maximum legal speed in NSW is 110km/h - let me guess, it's not actually legislated in the roads act?

As for me, never been booked, though I do expect "my luck to run out", I'm an advocate of planting the accelerator to the metal when I'm overtaking on broken lines on a straight stretch of road (single vehicle - at worse an HC)- the less time I spend there, the better.
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Old 28-01-2006, 07:36 PM   #41
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In SA you can exceed the speed limit by 10% (e.g. 66 in a 60 or 110 in a 100) before they book you. Some other states are a little stricter.

As for my driving record, I don't even want to know about it.

same as qld :ymca:
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Old 28-01-2006, 07:41 PM   #42
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Anyone booked for 'speeding' or 'exceeding the speed limit' in NSW past a derestiction sign lately?
WTF is that?????
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Old 28-01-2006, 07:56 PM   #43
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WTF is that?????
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/rulesregul...wnloads/p3.pdf
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an end speed-limit sign or speed derestriction sign on the ... Speed derestriction
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Old 29-01-2006, 02:12 AM   #44
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I thought mine was pretty funny - but you had to know the car.

I got booked when I was on my P's for doing 78k's in a 60 zone in my 1978 Toyota corolla. We figured out by looking at the photo, that it was the peak speed I had reached from a stand still several hundred meters ago. I had dropped my GF off at work, floored it (which is the speed of any modern car taking off at a normal speed) and slowed down. At my peak, the copper took the picture.
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