A work colleague and I just got done for not wearing a seatbelt. $141 each and 3 points for me I work on a moderate sized campus of RMIT University in Brunswick and I needed to move a very heavy UPS (Uninteruptable Power Supply) from one side of the campus to another. So I decided id throw it in the car and drive it from building to building, simple enough. I was on a public road for 30 meters in order to get from one carpark to another as i pulled out a police car drove by and hooked a huge U-Turn in a busy street to pull me up By this time I had already parked and got out of the car. I explained that I was working on campus and needed to move the gear and that we were only on the road for about 5 seconds doing less than 20km per hour but she didnt care. WTF Anyways ive looked up the road rules and found this Gem. Needless to say we will both be contesting it Stu
Hard luck mate good luck contesting it but i guess it could have easily been avoided by simply putting the seatbelt on as it only takes a couple of secs, and of course we all know what the coppers are like give them a wiff of something wrong and generally they'll come down on you. Good luck though mate.
Re: Hard luck mate There are good cops, and there are bad cops. Unluckily for you, you found the latter. Good luck in court, even though you won't need it.
Go for it! I think that is abuse of Police power. I know this will start a riot, but experience in NSW, is that young Policewomen are far less inclined to give you any leeway, than their male counterparts. Not always, just mostly.
So. You still broke the law... ..as it stands, and got caught. Take it on the chin like a man. Learn from the experience, and wear your seatbelt next time. Your chance of getting off, especially in Victoria, on a technicality in the regs, is so close to non existant, to not worry about it.
Sorry to hear but Thats right accross the road from the Police complex, could you have found a worse place to do that if you tried?? :LOL: Good luck with contesting it. Regards Mark
Re: Sorry to hear but Which is all the more reason for them to understand the nature of what I was doing. The police use our carpark as a thoroughfare to escape the traffic on Sydney Rd which is frowned apon by Property Services but let slide as an act of goodwill. Im in no way condoning not wearing a seatbelt in normal driving circumstances but pulling us up after completing dangerous manouveres in traffic is just rediculous. I spoke to my wife afterwards about what happened to me and she said "was that woman a blonde dyke looking thing cos she pulled me up as well doing Random Breath tests just up the road" Seems this woman was on a mission to complete some sort of quota as she apparently was parked for a while on Dawson St doing the solo RBT thing. In any case the way she treated me and my colleague by yelling at us in public while i was parked in a private carpark is unaceptable in my opinion. The whole encounter makes the Police Force laughable. I have to agree with Chilli of all my encounters with police the females seem to be the most untennable. Stu
Don't know about Vic Police, but in NSW all conversation is recorded. So the Officer is required to talk to you in a civil manner, and to tell you that the discussion is being recorded.(bit embarrassing for her, if she was yelling at you). I would write to The Area Commander for that region, and point out the details (not forgeting to mention the "off street parking" that is being tolerated by the University, in the interests of good relations with the Police Force). I would also mention that you took the long way around (inside the Uni grounds) so as to limit the amount of time you would be outside the property, and obstructing normal road-users (because of your slow progress). Point out that you felt you were operating in a very responsible and considerate manner, and request his assistance in this matter. It won't necessarily work, but it can, and if it fails, you still have the option of going to Court and telling your story there (sort of like "two bites of the cherry", instead of one). Good luck Mate.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I've always thought that it takes a certain kind of person to WANT to become a copper... The female's are even worse - to WANT to go to work in those conditions on a daily basis takes something 'special' :LOL::LOL::LOL: (definition of 'special' to be individually interpreted)...
My daughter (God Bless her) wants to join the Federal Police Force. Come to think of it, she can be a bit of a bitch at times!
Good luck with it... Its a shame that its the good ones that always get caught. Have someone represent you in court.. you will be less of a target.... All the best.
