Got Booked Doing 100kmh In An Exit Ramp!

[XRSICKT]

About a month ago I was on the (Sydney) M4 from the mountains, took the Reservoir road exit after the Caltex and McDonald's to go into Blacktown. So now I’m on reservoir road then I hear the sirens so I go into the left lane and stop at the light thinking the officer will go straight past me to go get whoever he's chasing, he stops pulls down his windows and says "Mate!" I pull down my window thinking he's going to tell me one of my lights isn't working or tires is flat or something while he waits for the traffic to clear before he takes off but he asks me to pull into the next servo which is just across the road so I do and he begins to book me for going 30 to 45km (I think) over the speed limit while exiting the M4 which is supposed to be a 60km zone and at the same time pointing to his speed gun, surprised by it all I agree to everything he says take the ticket and then off he goes. I even locked up the car to get some water from inside the servo..

I payed the fine and took the 4 points that same day and sure enough every time I take the exit now I brake right down to 60km from 100km in the space of a hundred meters which pisses off everyone behind me..

A couple of nights ago I get home and find a 3 month suspension letter in the mail!!

SH!T I though, that’s a bit harsh, I have committed no offences since late 2000.

What are my options?

I don't want to go to court without some good backup, the officer did his job although I should have mentioned that it would be a bit dangerous slowing down so quickly but as I said I was so surprised by the whole thing, I didn't say anything except for thank you sir (he must have thoughts what an idiot he just thanked me for giving him a ticket).

Has anyone been able to successfully have a similar fine withdrawen and if so, how?

[iTec]

you havnt got a hope in the world... once you pay the fine it is an admission of guilt

[Russ F6]

Not sure if its true but I heard that anything over 30km/h is an instant loss of licience. You could still possibly take it to court but as said before you have admitted fault by paying the fine. Maybe talk to your solicitor, if it goes to court you could just apply for a good behaviour bond for 12 months

Good luck with anyway mate...

RUSS

[Trough Lolly]

the only thing u can do is dispute the license loss and goto court to appeal for a 12 month black license (1 point)

BUT if u get done for sumthing in that 12 month period, the original license loss doubles.

OR you could write a letter totally disputing the incident and state how the speed decrease is dangerous in such a short distance, but your chances of winning that one are a million to one.

take the black license.

[tab]

That's absolutely farked

As they said though I think it's too late. Up hear paying the fine finalises the offence, if you want to contest it you have to notify them before the fine due date.

How far on to the off-ramp where you? The whole point of them is to slow down once you exit the bloody freeway isn't it?

Definitely seek some advice though as they may be some recourse. Best of luck with it.

[TURBO4LT]

Pretty sure your out of luck if you paid the fine, also pretty sure you cant take the 12month probationary for that type of offence, check the RTA site.

[XRSICKT]

I though I’d be good and pay the fine as soon as I got to work but I guess I should have given myself a couple of days to get over it then look a the fine print, you guys are right I don’t think there is much I can do now except take the 3 months and get on push bike.

Told the boss about it, its a company car and all plus I need it for work. I put a plan together when before I rang him with the distances between all our sites and the closest train stations and there is nothing over 5kms, I explained the whole thing and he said yeah no worries, I’ll be taking a week of leave at the end of each month because work has been chasing me for years about having too much leave and using that time to finish the renos to the house. I will be working from home one day a week as well so that’s cool. The RTA give you about a months to get yourself organised for the suspension which I’m thankful for.

At the end of the day I think this is a good thing anyways because I’ve been spending way too much time at work and needed to find that balance again, my lovely wife has been patient with me and the renos so now I can finish it all, work will leave me alone about having too much leave and I will be hopefully a whole lot fitter.

However I will still look into it, I’ve looked and this offence is not eligible for a black license and taking it to court won’t get me anywhere.

[XRSICKT]

!WTF!, City Rail want to you to buy a train ticket for your bike as well..

Its obviously been a long time since I've caught a train, next thing I'll find out is that you can't smoke on em no more.

[urslow]

The best option is not to speed.

Id take photos etc and write a letter explaining your record etc ... About all you can do...get a character reference some someone credible also.

[ravenhard]

I know that exit ramp very well as I live close by. I cant believe you got booked. That ramp has to be one of the longest ramps around. Its not normal as it basically has to take in effect another exit and on ramp from the adjacent red rooster/caltex servo. So its basically 3 or 4 times longer than any ramp you have ever seen. I regularly take that thing at 110km/h and sit on the arse of anyone going heaps slow......man I must of been very lucky all these years... will definitley be taking it easy although I always thought it was 80k's for a while then drop down to 60k's at the end....