Road Safety nothing to sneeze at

Hi TonBon

And some still seem surprized by my "on the ground" observations of lack of support for authorities as per my reply in post 75561

Hi Robin,

yes that was an interesting post. I myself have had my own negative experiences with the constabulary, i watched my father bashed at an anti freeway rally by police in the 70's, i have been booked for going through a red light when it was actually green and told by the officer that i could take it to court but he would "produce" witnesses to say it was red, interesting in that it was 2am on the pacific hwy in Kempsey NSW and the only people insight were the odd drunk falling out of the local, so i too struggle when it comes to aiding them. I guess i try and asses the situation, the crime and who is involved. In this case i would again try and fight it but at the end of the day, they are a law unto themselves and will find any way they can to back themselves up, no matter what. In my view, the authorities should be respected, but they need to earn that respect which they dont, instead they enforce authority which does nothing but either instill fear and or contempt.

Hi TonBon

I can feel for your situation , and the opposite of a friend of mine , a policeman who was in crowd control and a full bottle of beer was thrown annonmously striking him in the head leaving permanent partial disability.

It can be an unfair world.

There are some things you can do and I relate two little stories.

1/ I had the Patrol tweaked with a unichip - bad job, but they insisted they tested the car properly.
I always leave a gps with track recording on in the car - they were caught cold with the trace even showing that they would have been subject to our hoon laws.
So when we got gps'es for the family recently they all got the more expensive Nuvi 765's simply because they can record your track and speed.


2/ August last year near Bayswater station - someone complained to me that the redlight camera flashed when light was still green.
It took a little while but I setup and actually recorded the camera flash on a green light.

Digital camera's like bike Helmet cams can be used to record your travels cheaply these days and also used to support any driving incident's - however be warned, they can also show when you do the wrong thing.

Hi Robin
A guy tried the ' GPS Trace' defence in Wollongong court a few weeks back.
The evidence was refused- as the information could not determine or specify that that 'trace' was from the vehicle caught in the speed camera.

Great reply there Stef & Sal.........
Ain't that the truth....................Oh Yeah.

Fred.

I agree with Fred....great reply. Someone once said that when people are in trouble & need help they pray & or ask God for help if He/She cannot physically do something they call the coppers!!!

The story is probably from a US website/publication.

Regards