Sly's General Questions

[RHR]

If the small obnoxious child (13y/o) of the next door neighbour, decides to warm up and rev his 2 stroke motorbike to 72,000 revs before going on the road and popping mono's without a helmet, all at 6 in the morning. Am I legally allowed to cave his head in with a mallet while he sleeps?

Lumpy

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You could give it a go but..... I dont like you chances of it being legal.. Only one way to find out

Edited 13/12/06 01:14 PM by revheadrobbo

[Fat-Tony]

If the small obnoxious child (13y/o) of the next door neighbour, decides to warm up and rev his 2 stroke motorbike to 72,000 revs before going on the road and popping mono's without a helmet, all at 6 in the morning. Am I legally allowed to cave his head in with a mallet while he sleeps?

Lumpy

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YES, he needs to be shown a thing or 2 about the hippy way

[Lumpen]

If the small obnoxious child (13y/o) of the next door neighbour, decides to warm up and rev his 2 stroke motorbike to 72,000 revs before going on the road and popping mono's without a helmet, all at 6 in the morning. Am I legally allowed to cave his head in with a mallet while he sleeps?

Lumpy

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You could give it a go but..... I dont like you chances of it being legal.. Only one way to find out

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OK...Plan 2.

Can I tell the Police that he's hiding 'Terrorist Illegal Boat Heroin Poppies' under his bed and have TRG cave his head in with some from of improvised mallet?

Lumpy

Edited 13/12/06 01:54 PM by Lumpen Proletariat

[RHR]

Sounds ok to me

[Slymeat]

I've got a question, one of the roads near my house is an 80km/h zone, however someone managed to wrap their car around the light post which had the 80 sign attached. This sign is normally the one which tells traffic that it's now an 80 zone and not a 60.

I drive along this road every day and do 80, as does everyone else. I fairly sure every cop in the area also knows it's normally an 80 zone as there is a school zone near by and it's not uncommon to see cops there.

my question is during the time that the sign has been knocked down does the road become a 60 zone (given that there is a 60 sign 200 meters prior to the 80 zone starting) or does it stay an 80 zone even those there is no sign there?

More to the point if I was booked for doing 80 in the area even though the sign is no longer there would it be something I would be able to say there was normally a 80 sign there it was damaged due to a car accident?

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Signage of the speed limit does not actualy dictate the speed limit on any partiuclar roadway. I now this sounds ridiculous, but the speed limit on any given road is defined by a class/catagory that although is held on a some computer in some office, it actually decides the speed limit. Signs only advise drivers of the speed limit as you are unlikely to have access to the computer records.

My answer to your question is that if you do 80k and the most recent sign covering the roadway before this section says 60 than no you cannot be done for exceeding the speed limit. This however can apply to desiganted work site zones where a reduction in the speed limit is accepted by law.

In the vent your ticketed for such a speed under such circumstances than you would be 1) very unlucky and 2) you would be able to contest it very easily and win costs.

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The gazzetted speed limit applies, thus it is still an 80.

[Slymeat]

The RTA cameras only allow for an error of I think of 2 to 3 km/hr, your best bet if you have a good driving record is to write a letter and attach it to a cheque for the amount, in this letter you state that you have not been booked for how ever long but they like to see several years and that it was only a small amount, also state that you understand it is an offence and you know you were in the wrong. It's a case of swallowing your pride I know, they will usually send the cheque back if they decide to send you a caution. Although beware doing this prevents you taking it to court at a later date. I do not know if there are minimum legal amounts for the speed measuring devices but they generally have an error depending on the type of radar of +-2km/hr. I believe it is inherently unfair to issue such low speeding infringments, as it is not in the sprit of the legislation. That said the commisioner of the RTA has the final say, not me.

P.S. Radar is not my strong suit so I cannot be exactly sure, as I do not use it.

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Thanks Sly.

Looks like I need to spend a little while in front of MS Word...

Cheers.

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UPDATE!!!!

Got a reply in the mail today from the Vic Police.....

The infringement has been retracted and a warning applied, due to the circumstances.

WOO HOO!!!

Thanks to Sly and everyone else for the advice. Saved me $134 and the demerit point. I will have a beer for you all.

Cheers

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Hey the beer ( I mean OP Bundy ) should be coming my way though.

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Here ya go mate....

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Hey that looks like the one that is in my hand now.

P.s all donations accepted.

Edited 15/01/07 01:53 AM by Slymeat

[aniken]

Let's say, hypothetically, you were driving a leased car registered in, say, NSW under a company name. You are the sole driver of the car while its leased. Continuing this hypothetical story, while interstate (for the sake of argument, let's say you were in Canberra) you were issued with a parking ticket. You have 28 days to pay, before they start sending reminders etc., but within that time you give back the car and its sold / auctioned off (end of lease). 100 or so days later, you haven't received so much as a reminder notice.

So, my friends, do you sleep easy? How long would it take them to just give up and write it off? Is there some sort of inter-jurisdiction agreement that would allow the NSW authorities to follow it up and take action?

[Blonk]

Let's say, hypothetically, you were driving a leased car registered in, say, NSW under a company name. You are the sole driver of the car while its leased. Continuing this hypothetical story, while interstate (for the sake of argument, let's say you were in Canberra) you were issued with a parking ticket. You have 28 days to pay, before they start sending reminders etc., but within that time you give back the car and its sold / auctioned off (end of lease). 100 or so days later, you haven't received so much as a reminder notice.

So, my friends, do you sleep easy? How long would it take them to just give up and write it off? Is there some sort of inter-jurisdiction agreement that would allow the NSW authorities to follow it up and take action?

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Are you serious Ani??

I hope you havent done that.. It is pretty desperate thing to do..........

Just pay the ticket and do the right thing. Simple

[harvyk]

Let's say, hypothetically, you were driving a leased car registered in, say, NSW under a company name. You are the sole driver of the car while its leased. Continuing this hypothetical story, while interstate (for the sake of argument, let's say you were in Canberra) you were issued with a parking ticket. You have 28 days to pay, before they start sending reminders etc., but within that time you give back the car and its sold / auctioned off (end of lease). 100 or so days later, you haven't received so much as a reminder notice.

So, my friends, do you sleep easy? How long would it take them to just give up and write it off? Is there some sort of inter-jurisdiction agreement that would allow the NSW authorities to follow it up and take action?

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I'd be waiting at least a year or two before breathing easy. One of the guys at my old work got a parking ticket, ignored it and they where still chasing him up 2 years later, they never forget, it just sometimes takes a little while before sending the first reminder notices. (They may never forget, but they are certainly slow in acting)

[Buf-Phoon]

Let's say, hypothetically, you were driving a leased car registered in, say, NSW under a company name. You are the sole driver of the car while its leased. Continuing this hypothetical story, while interstate (for the sake of argument, let's say you were in Canberra) you were issued with a parking ticket. You have 28 days to pay, before they start sending reminders etc., but within that time you give back the car and its sold / auctioned off (end of lease). 100 or so days later, you haven't received so much as a reminder notice.

So, my friends, do you sleep easy? How long would it take them to just give up and write it off? Is there some sort of inter-jurisdiction agreement that would allow the NSW authorities to follow it up and take action?

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I'd be waiting at least a year or two before breathing easy. One of the guys at my old work got a parking ticket, ignored it and they where still chasing him up 2 years later, they never forget, it just sometimes takes a little while before sending the first reminder notices. (They may never forget, but they are certainly slow in acting)

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Gooorne got 'im yes , fark off your out