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Originally Posted by Redrum
The question is what are you contesting?
How did the police officer determine your speed. Was it via mobile radar, did he follow you at an equal distant/speed or was it his estimation etc.
Have you made admissions to the officer and if so was another person there to hear your comments. A lot of traffic officers carry micro cassettes/recorders etc as they work one up, to save them from complaint files.
Basically you have made admission to the offence here and as you are obviously at fault to contest it would by straight out lying. You can try and argue to a Magistrate your circumstances but a lot of speed infringements have a minimum statutory penalty and Magistrates' have no choice but to enforce it.
Best advice is as XA Coupe said, seek legal advice and options.
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The form says "lidar" whatever the hell that is, but it looked like a hand held radar. He showed me the speed recording of 123. There was no way i could say i wasnt going that speed, because it was recored. I jst gave him my reason, and the usual, i didint know it was that fast at all, i was more concerned about getting out of trouble. Thats when he said about the going over 90 etc.
What was i going to contest, i was considering maybe something along the lines of first time pulled over, out of character and the reason why i was actually speeding it. But from what ive read, that pretty much is a no-no for a P plater. So coping it on the chin looks like the best bet.