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Carry on

There IS an actual law, that they have to radar you OVER and MAINTAINING the speed above the speed limit for 3 secs. So, if they get you slowing down, technically, I dont think they can ping you.

I got done once, over took a bmw, as I eased off and pulled back in, he come over the ridge, flashed the lights and came after me. Asked me why I was speeding, I replied, I was overtaking, and decelerating at the time. All I got was a nod of the head, and a have a nice day.

But overtaking isn't an excuse for speeding. There's no law to let you exceed the speed limit.

The radar itself has to get a lock on you and get several samples within a certain tolerance before it will display a speed. I guess if you deaccelerating quick enough, it wont beable to lock a speed.

on friday night it was 3am and i had to go back to my friend's house because i left my house key there. so i rode there normal speed, looking for speed cameras and police cars and obstacles on the road. got to my friend's house, grabbed my key, headed back home quick because i had just checked the conditions and i just wanted to sleep. so i was doing 140 in a 60 zone (don't worry, the road is very wide and u can see for ages), i slowed down to 110 as i popped over the crest of a small hill, and there in the car park of a tavern facing the road was a police car to think that i had passed there about 5min earlier and it was all clear...

anyway i quickly slowed down, but still passed them doing 80... luckily nothing happened, but i was crapping myself and kept looking in my mirrors for flashing lights. i've never sped like that on suburban roads, but it only takes the one time to stuff u up

Gosling1

bloke got nabbed on the Hume near Goulbourn last month in a Bentley - radar got him at 239kmh -- apparently as he was slowing down rapidly......

I'm guessing it might be a Bentley Continental GT
What a car .. if i had $660,000 i'd buy one
http://www.rrab.com/bcontgt.htm
just a quick quote from the above web site
The Bentley Continental GT was the fastest genuine 4-seat car in the world - a sporting coupé without rival.
and with power like W12-cylinder-engine (72deg angle between two main banks, 15deg between staggered cylinders), bore x stroke 84 x 90.2 mm, capacity 5998 cc; 4 valves per cylinder, 4 overhead camshafts, 552bhp/411KW at 6,100rpm, torque 650Nm (479lb ft) at 1600 rpm,twin KKK turbochargers

I,ve worked on and driven a Bentley Turbo R and they go like a cut cat
but the Continental GT is a work of art that i wouldnt be calling a Limo

BTW Tape your so lucky ..... bet you had to wash out the draggins when you got home

Sorry to hear Mick and as everyone's been saying, lucky he didn't get you a tad earlier.

I got done yesterday 20k's over driving to EC... My 1st ticket in NSW...

Sorry to hear it Mick, but at least its the "best kind of bad luck"

Hurts huh, plain rotten luck m8, 3 times yesterday I JUST missed being pinged by car mounted a radar, Maleny, Kilcoy and Buderim and each time I had just slowed down from warp speed so I was very lucky indeed.

Cheers

BeamMeUpScotty

scotty37 wrote:Hurts huh, plain rotten luck m8, 3 times yesterday I JUST missed being pinged by car mounted a radar, Maleny, Kilcoy and Buderim and each time I had just slowed down from warp speed so I was very lucky indeed.

Cheers

BeamMeUpScotty

You must be developing the 6th sense needed to keep a license many times I have *sensed* something, slowed down, and there they are, over a crest, or behind a tree around the next bend, whatever, but it is amazing the number of times this has happened over the past couple of decades........( I do have an abominable traffic record mind you.......), so it hasn't always helped....... btw nice sign off mate

cheers
ICannaeGiveErNoMoreCap'nDave

Lucky Mick ! Seems like you got the best of a worst case scenario.

My 6th sense & lady luck have bode me well over the last few years.

Only time i've (so far) been pinged is by a bloody roadside camera for 14 over going up from spit bridge, talk about not paying attention to gearing & the big assed fuggin sign's!!

That also takes into account countless hooning attempts when trying to slab it back home in car/on bike for distances of 300km+ at an average of 20 over. Only ever had to do a runner ONCE.

good stuff mate

its even better when they dont have a camera and try to get u to confess ur real speed.

Benno wrote:There IS an actual law, that they have to radar you OVER and MAINTAINING the speed above the speed limit for 3 secs.

Incorrect. The latest breed of lasers will detect you instantly. The older models required approximatley 2 to 3 seconds to to provide an average speed, but the new ones hit you and provide a reading in as long as it takes for the laser to leave the gun, hit you and bounce back. At the speed of light that's ummm, farken quick.

You don't need to be maintaining any speed. If you're over, you're over.

Steve_TLS wrote:But overtaking isn't an excuse for speeding. There's no law to let you exceed the speed limit.

However, I am of the understanding that there is case law with regards to this matter. That is, someone fought it, went to court and the judge dismissed the matter saying that it was reasonable to speed whilst overtaking. BUT.... and isn't there always? The speed at which you are overtaking needs to be reasonable. If you are overtaking a car doing 90 in a 100 zone and you sneak up to 110, you're probably going to be ok. If you overtake that same car doing 200, you're probably going to get done for speed dangerous.

Moderators note: Please stop typing all of your responses in bold. It's annoying the crap outta me!

Bad luck about the points, but least you didnt lose your licence last saturday; unlike some.


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