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TalonPro Sep 22nd 2008 8:08 am

Please help with speeding ticket!!
 
Ok so a couple months ago i was caught doing 89km/h in a 50 zone. Now i know this is speeding but i was picked out of a group of cars all doing around the same speed as me. Also that 50km/h zone i was caught doing 89 in was around 100 meters from the 80 zone, yet again i was picked out of a bunch of cars. Lastly i was pulled over exactly 3.6 km away from where i was caught speeding is that allowed? Should i bring this up in my trial tommorow?

Im in Victoria, British Coulumbia too incase anyone is from there i can tell you the location.

Thanks you if you can help answer anything

Talon Pro

Ben W Bell Sep 22nd 2008 8:13 am

Re: Please help with speeding ticket!!
 
Trial? It got to trial? You were speeding, and have admitted it. Pay the fine like everyone else.

TalonPro Sep 22nd 2008 8:14 am

Re: Please help with speeding ticket!!
 
No i dont think it is fair when everyone around me was speeding, some where going even faster

Butch Cassidy Sep 22nd 2008 8:18 am

Re: Please help with speeding ticket!!
 

Originally Posted by TalonPro (Post 6809368)
No i dont think it is fair when everyone around me was speeding, some where going even faster

On that basis If I go out shooting tourists in the face in DT Calgary should I get away with it?? :confused:

TalonPro Sep 22nd 2008 8:20 am

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Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy (Post 6809384)
On that basis If I go out shooting tourists in the face in DT Calgary should I get away with it?? :confused:

you should if everyone is doing it why should they pick u out of a crowd of people shooting everyone they should charge everyone not just one person

Oakvillian Sep 22nd 2008 8:21 am

Re: Please help with speeding ticket!!
 

Originally Posted by TalonPro (Post 6809368)
No i dont think it is fair when everyone around me was speeding, some where going even faster

I don't think whether you think it fair or not will have much bearing on the case. You were speeding; you were pulled over; you were ticketed; you should probably have paid up and got over it.

Good luck in your trial. Your liability for costs will likely be more painful than the fine and the licence endorsement.

Butch Cassidy Sep 22nd 2008 8:21 am

Re: Please help with speeding ticket!!
 

Originally Posted by TalonPro (Post 6809392)
you should if everyone is doing it why should they pick u out of a crowd of people shooting everyone they should charge everyone not just one person

Sniff Sniff................................






I smell Troll;)

Getting There Sep 22nd 2008 8:25 am

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Originally Posted by TalonPro (Post 6809392)
you should if everyone is doing it why should they pick u out of a crowd of people shooting everyone they should charge everyone not just one person

Would you be coming forward to say "sorry officer, I was guilty too" if they stopped someone else other than you? You got caught...it happens.

Getting There Sep 22nd 2008 8:26 am

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Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy (Post 6809397)
Sniff Sniff................................






I smell Troll;)


Me too.

fuschiagirl Sep 22nd 2008 8:58 am

Re: Please help with speeding ticket!!
 

Originally Posted by Getting There (Post 6809418)
Me too.

And me:eek::curse:

iaink Sep 22nd 2008 8:59 am

Re: Please help with speeding ticket!!
 

Originally Posted by TalonPro (Post 6809368)
No i dont think it is fair when everyone around me was speeding, some where going even faster

Whats "fair" got to do with it? Everyone speeds, not everyone gets caught. You were caught, so that's just too bad. Too late to say "Just pay the ticket", but maybe the cop wont show up in court...

I guess this is another case of YABWB.

Steve_P Sep 22nd 2008 9:06 am

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Is there any significance to your user name?

Are you driving a Talon like one of these?

http://www.carsearch.com/photos/783165.jpeg

Sort of an invitation to be ticketed especially as you admit you were actually speeding.

You should have just paid the fine instead of feeling put upon.

Sorry no sympathy.

Alberta_Rose Sep 22nd 2008 5:54 pm

Re: Please help with speeding ticket!!
 
Was it a "construction zone"? If so, you may find the fine is doubled! :rofl:

I'm sorry to laugh, but I can see you in court stamping your little foot, and wailing "It's not FAIR!!:curse:" :p

macadian Sep 23rd 2008 12:20 am

Re: Please help with speeding ticket!!
 

Originally Posted by TalonPro (Post 6809368)
No i dont think it is fair when everyone around me was speeding, some where going even faster

Hey, welcome to the real world! Wake up, smell the coffee....life aint fair...pay the fine, cut your losses and move on (adhering to the speed limit as you do so)...;)

Alberta_Rose Sep 24th 2008 2:20 am

Re: Please help with speeding ticket!!
 
What really amuses me is when people state speed traps as a reason to leave the UK ..... as if we didn't have them here! :p


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