Anyone been pulled over for a speed they werent doing?

[jt327]

Hey all,

was driving along the hume near goulburn on the weekend, and for those who dont know its a 110km/h zone.

anyways had cruise on 119 when i saw the cop with his radar on the side of the road. i knew that he had already seen me so i didnt bother slowing down. wasnt sure if he would book me or not, but that question was soon answered when he quickly spun around after me.

so he pulled me over and started having a go at me..i wasnt being smart or anything.. yes sir, no sir sort of stuff, but he was yelling and carrying on. anyways to my amazement he tells me that he clocked me at 133km/h!!!

i knew i wasnt doing 133, so i tried to calmly and carefully tell him that i had my cruise on 119, and that there was NO WAY that i was doin 133. i admitted to speeding but not that much!

anyways he said i must have had my foot on the accelerator or something (which i didnt), but when i asked to see some sort of print out or proof that he had clocked me at that speed he sorta backed off a bit. he went back to his car to write the ticket and came back with a 15 and under (so less than 125) like it should have been.

i guess my question is, has this happened to anyone else? was there a chance that he didnt really get a good reading and just had an estimate?? haha or could the radar have just been faulty..??

also..if he had read me at 119, would he have bothered pulling me over??

[ss60lt]

every person i know ha ha ha.o by the way trust me never admit u r speeding.if u were to go to court u would lose straight away.

[seedyrom]

yeah.

I got done for 127km/h on the Sturt Highway in a 100km/h zone in the middle of nowhere.

I was easily doing 150+.

I said nothing ;)

I reckon he had a plausible 30 below reading locked in. He'd be able to visually judge a speeder and present them a speed they'd easily agree to without protest. :yup:

[Rotty]

In NSW I would not be surprised if they pulled you up doing 119 in a 110 zone. Is the speedo reading true? No major changes to tyres etc? I say that because I used to have a Jeep Wrangler...changed the standard tyres to 33 x 12.5 inch Coopers..threw my speedo out nearly 20kmh! Had to get it regeared...just a thought..

[Super_Matt]

Some of the highway guys down this way can be pretty hard but there are some good ones.

I've gone past one just south of maurlen doing 116km/h and never got a second look.

[saaz]

Most times in that area I cruise past cop cars on the side of the road (of which there is always at least one or two on a trip) at a true 115 and have never had a second look. I never try and go closer to 120 as that is a danger area. But then I am in A WL so am respectable :)

[Evman]

Some of the highway guys down this way can be pretty hard but there are some good ones.

I've gone past one just south of maurlen doing 116km/h and never got a second look.

I think you'll find (at least here in WA) that the highway patrol guys are only really out to get the big speeders. I'm sure if they're having a slow day they'd start picking up more minor offences, but the main targets for our highway patrols over here are looking for the people doing 15+ over the limit.

Back on topic...Sort of... I got pulled over for not stopping at a stop sign. 3 points, $150. I had stopped. Turns out the copper was a good 500m directly behind me. There was a second copper in the car, and "both saw me do it" so I had no chance if I took it to court. My only offence in 3 years, and I didn't do anything wrong. Typical.

Evan.

[Big_Valven]

Not been done personally, I regularly sit on a speed very slightly over the limit on highway driving (I am not naming a figure) and they don't mind, i've even driven straight past a motorcycle parked, pointing the radar straight at me.

If you've been done and you don't think you should have, ask to see the speed detector's calibration certificate. Also if you are innocent there can be errors, I have found in the past the breathalysers are not necessarily accurate so I would question the speed detectors too, again if you know you are innocent there isn't any reason not to take it as far as you need to, to be cleared. I sure would.

[APCLB]

Some of the highway guys down this way can be pretty hard but there are some good ones.


I'll agree with that.

Although,the last 3 times I was caught speeding in the last 7 years was going through Goulburn,first 2 times was in a work ute in double demerit season & the old sarge let me off a fair bit.
You'd think I'd learned a lesson......
Last time they got me at 151km with a tri-pod mounted lidar,I was honestly over taking a semi tipper that dropping blue metal over the road,sh!t was bouncing off the roof etc,so I booted it abit.
Last I looked at speedo was at 141km,was abit suss at the final verdict tho,151km!!!I pulled over straight away,I pleaded my case to the copper & he thanked me for being upfront & pulling over for him,but couldn't change anything as I was caught by lidar.
I'm told that lidar is infalable?So I didnt bother with court etc( also after recieving some good advice on this forum!) ,paid the fine & walked!
Thing that really really pissed me about the last fine was that I was honestlydoing the speed limit all the way from Sydney,right up untill I caught up to that fking truck,was determined not to get fined again in Goulburn lol.
I will definately not get done going through Goulburn again!!!!!:)

[michaels1v8]

Cant say it has ever happened to me but I have only been on the road for a year and a half so have a lot of experience to gain in life.


Off topic but does anyone know the tolerance to speeding in WA? Like if you were 5kms over would you get booked but not at 4?

Just curious.

CHeers,

Michael

[VZ_V8]

on a radar detector 1KM over will get u a fine depending on how it is set.

here is a link to the speeds and the fines/demerits associated.

http://rac.com.au/go/community-and-information/motoring-advice/motoring-issues-and-road-safety/legal-matters/infringement-penalties-and-demerit-points

Also apparently over east P-platers only get 5 demerits?? they are much harsher over there. We get 12 here and a BAC of .02 limit. Also we only have 1 P stage no P1 P2.

I believe i have a fairly large fine on the way from over taking someone on the way down south..... damn frustrating slow drivers.........

[MitchyVYSS]

Had my cruise set at 120 and got done for 137kph. Oh well, I was doing the wrong thing and I got caught.

[WW-VFSSVR]

All I am going to say is that when I drive in the Adventra with the Navman, when you do 110 on the Speedo, the navman says 102. Which one should I take as being right?:confused:

I did take a tarago a year back and found when I sit on 110 the navman said i was doing 96??:spew:teaches me for driving a toyota.....

Should I assume the Navman (GPS) Speed is more accurate?

[dominator_SS]

no never been puller over for speeding

[HSVMAN]

All I am going to say is that when I drive in the Adventra with the Navman, when you do 110 on the Speedo, the navman says 102. Which one should I take as being right?:confused:

I did take a tarago a year back and found when I sit on 110 the navman said i was doing 96??:spew:teaches me for driving a toyota.....

Should I assume the Navman (GPS) Speed is more accurate?

Navman can be used in a court of law apparently.

I've been pulled over more times I can remember for speeding. The best response I had was when I said "that's nothing you should have seen what I was doing earlier" and she replied "I was referring to your driving sir".

When I leave this job (which is pretty soon) I am fitting the best anti radar gear to my new ride.

I do not advocate speeding BTW :)

[Peter B - CV8]

Never had an unrealistic speed recorded on any fine... in fact, have found that on most occassions the officer has dropped the speed down a bit (to a lower category) - amazing what can happen if you don't give them attititude.

[ls1-Ac-Cobra]

I've been pulled over by a cop in windsor and he asked why i was speeding and I said that my thong (the ones on your feet) was wedged between carpet and the gas peddle I was doing 133 in a 80 he gave me a ticket for 30 over but said it was up to rta if any further action was taken as it was all on camera and it was loss of licence for three months because i had been introuble with traffic offences so much. Bloody laws.

[SS Enforcer]

Never had an unrealistic speed recorded on any fine... in fact, have found that on most occassions the officer has dropped the speed down a bit (to a lower category) - amazing what can happen if you don't give them attititude.

This is my experience exactly , I have been let off a few in cars, it's been 24 yrs since I got a speeding ticket in a car. Had a few in trucks mind you but nearly allways at bottom of big hills . I have never had a dodgy speed attributed to me and then they were usually written down to the lowest catagory. So I have never complained about getting nicked. I hear plenty of stories about coppers stitching guys up but never experienced it myself.

Attitude goes a long way apparently.

cheers

[Toddler78]

Never been hit up for a higher speed then I was actually doing, have always just coped it on the chin as I was in the wrong. I was lucky on Sunday, was looking at houses to buy, looked at the last one, on the way home, in a 50 zone, stupidly stabbed the throttle in 2nd then slow down go around round about then onto main road look up and motorcycle cop pulls me over oops.
Asked for my licence which I gave him, and to my amazment his coment to me was "Nice car you have there Todd, mate back there I was behinf you doing 80km and I was keeping up with you that is a 50km zone, and you need to use your indicators every now and then, dont do it again have a nice day!":bow: I couldnt beleive it was very greatful, and he also saved me a fine as up the road down a hill where every one usually just rolls down and pick up speed there was another one with the laser out, and I probably would have gone past that speeding so very lucky indeed.

ps speeding is bad

[Rustle]

i was pulled over for doing 4km/h over......:headbang:

no ticket but i think he just liked the sound of the car, he kept commenting on it

[Avalanche]

well, someone i know really well........ was out late one arvo in his xd x chaser that was a beast for a fraud. Any how , no one around & thought he would wind it up with the new 3.45 diff & extractors that were just fitted. So upon exiting a certain roundabout down our way he proceeded to wind out to 6000rpm in top, & as this coon was setup like a group c touring car it just stayed in its own lane until slowing down to 80 for the Cough, dapto exit cough. ( no one else around from what i saw,while watching of course). As he came to a stop to turn right a blue vn came screaming up behind with lights flashing. Turns out that he had passed this cop somewhere parked off the side road. He estimated the driver was doing 140-150 in a 100 zone., to which the driver admitted as we all know 35km/hr/1000rpm in top is alot more. In the end the officer said, i know you were just giving it a squirt but it is still illegal to do so on a public road, you will hear from me. He did get a call from the officer to take licence & rego details, & proceeded to crap himself for months. After 6 months of crapping he realised that the cop was not going to take any action. This he thought was way tougher than just copping a fine & points, sure made him slow down from then on.

[nudenut]

Never in writing. As a young bloke I had a couple of bike cops do their best to give me a bad attitude to the boys in blue though ...

1. Blue lights on the northbound Mitchell freeway Hutton St offramp (for those in Perth). As I got near they went off and the cop bike took off, so I watched for him in case he came back on, and sure enough as I went past the onramp there he was in my rear view. Made sure I was doing 100, slowed down to 80 before the offramp 80 sign at Karrinyup Rd, and sat on 78 all the way along as he followed. He pulled up alongside at the lights and told me I was doing 100 along the offramp in the 80 zone. I said I was very careful to slow down to 80 before the sign but he insisted ... until I told him that I'd seen him on the offramp and had been watching my speedo since he came back on ... so he changed it to "well you were doing at least 90". I repeated that I was careful to be doing less than 80 at which point he said if I kept arguing he'd give me a ticket instead of a warning. So I shut up and eyeballed him, until the lights changed when he took off like a bat out of hell, guesstimated 100 in the 70 zone. Good job dickhead.

2. About 2 weeks later, left lane on Canning Hwy, doing between 60 and 65 with traffic in the 60 zone, right lane traffic doing about 70. At the next lights, bike cop pulls up alongside and says "you were speeding back there". I replied that I was keeping up with traffic, doing an indicated 60. His reply was a beauty - "You were speeding, not by much but slow it down. If you'd been going as fast as that Magna there [pointed to car in the right lane] I'd have given you a ticket." Clearly fishing for abuse so I said "thanks officer" and shut up. Didn't pull the Magna over (of course) before he turned at the following set of lights.

Until those 2 incidents I had a lot of respect for traffic cops, afterwards my attitude was more like "**** those arseholes". Bad attitude I know, it's better now but then I'm a lot older and hopefully wiser. Also I had a very good experience with a guy (unmarked) who pulled me over doing about 130 in a 100 zone, had a good chat about why it was a bad idea, then let me off with a warning - slowed me down much more than a fine would have.

I wonder how much some of arsehole types of traffic cops contribute to the bad attitudes some younger drivers have.

[HSVMAN]

Never in writing. As a young bloke I had a couple of bike cops do their best to give me a bad attitude to the boys in blue though ...

Your first encounter is almost identical to one I had. Saw him enter motorway (cop car) and sat behind me several cars back. I overtook two trucks staying at or below limit of 80.
He followed me for about 6 km before stopping me when I exited the motorway. He changed or added to his reasons (for pulling me over) several times before I lost my cool and told him if he didnt have anything constructive to offer I was on my way. I also suggested very politely that the name on his police ID wasn't his real name...
I then drove off

[SteveK]

I did take a tarago a year back and found when I sit on 110 the navman said i was doing 96??:spew:teaches me for driving a toyota.....

Should I assume the Navman (GPS) Speed is more accurate?

On a recent trip up to Sydney I did a check to see how accurate the speedo in the Munro was. I set the cruise onto 110km/h via the digital display. Needle was showing about 111-112. Had the GPS on the N95 going and it was showing 110.2km/h. Went under those radar speed checks along the Hume and it said 110km/h.

That's pretty accurate. I just stick with the digital display now.

Steve

[dysfctn]

On a recent trip up to Sydney I did a check to see how accurate the speedo in the Munro was. I set the cruise onto 110km/h via the digital display. Needle was showing about 111-112. Had the GPS on the N95 going and it was showing 110.2km/h. Went under those radar speed checks along the Hume and it said 110km/h.

That's pretty accurate. I just stick with the digital display now.

Steve

Hopefully it's similar on my VT.. The needle looks to be 1 -3 kms faster than the digital speedo readout. I always go by the digital, and haven't been booked yet so it must be pretty accurate.

[VX2VESS]

Hey all,

was driving along the hume near goulburn on the weekend, and for those who dont know its a 110km/h zone.

anyways had cruise on 119 when i saw the cop with his radar on the side of the road. i knew that he had already seen me so i didnt bother slowing down. wasnt sure if he would book me or not, but that question was soon answered when he quickly spun around after me.

so he pulled me over and started having a go at me..i wasnt being smart or anything.. yes sir, no sir sort of stuff, but he was yelling and carrying on. anyways to my amazement he tells me that he clocked me at 133km/h!!!

i knew i wasnt doing 133, so i tried to calmly and carefully tell him that i had my cruise on 119, and that there was NO WAY that i was doin 133. i admitted to speeding but not that much!

anyways he said i must have had my foot on the accelerator or something (which i didnt), but when i asked to see some sort of print out or proof that he had clocked me at that speed he sorta backed off a bit. he went back to his car to write the ticket and came back with a 15 and under (so less than 125) like it should have been.

i guess my question is, has this happened to anyone else? was there a chance that he didnt really get a good reading and just had an estimate?? haha or could the radar have just been faulty..??

also..if he had read me at 119, would he have bothered pulling me over??

maybe check you speedo with a gps to be sure...

[vyssbeast]

I had my GPS to compare one day, and the speedo was readin abit lower occasionally.

I was curious though, is it only accurate on dead flat surfaces?

Any incline/decline would that cause an inaccurate reading due to altitude change with the sat. or that makes no difference?

[Boom]

Never been uprated on speeding, always been lucky enough to be downrated. Except for camera offences. Had a few let offs over the years too. Was travelling to work very early one morning on the F6 at a leisurely 130 when I saw a motorcycle come up behind me. He followed behind for a few ks before pulling alongside me. I looked over, something clicked and I looked again to see the lovely blue and white color scheme. I backed off, he shook his head and I followed behind at a more leisurely pace than previously.

[LargeRice]

GPS is accurate.
You cannot use your TOMTOM unit in a court to plead a case because these units do not store your driving data. The guys that were in the paper fighting their speeding fines with their GPS data were able to do so because they had full data logging units that recorded their every move.

Mind you they are trying to change the law to prevent that from happening....why...because it would mean their speed radars are not correct. The Police would rather keep wrongly booking people than fix the problem.

In my case i was coming home from the shops (about 1km away from home) and was busting to take a leak and i mean REALLY busting. I was doing mid 90's and got pulled over. The Officer said he clocked me at 81km/h....i almost jumped with joy. He did the usual 'why were you speeding' but i said i just wasn't concentrating....didn't think saying 'i'm busting to take a leak' would go down well and i figured copping 21km/h limit was a gift.

[Darkrayne]

I had my cruise set to 113kph in 110 zone headnig to Kalgoorlie few weekends ago and got pulled over by a patrol car going the opp way.. he reckoned i was doing 124kph! i was like.. youve got to be kidding.. cruise was set to 113.. i didnt fib to him.. he then glanced down at my tyres/rims and said.. and theyre stock 18s too yeah.. i said yea.. anyhow got licensed checked and breath tested and one said to me.. you got your exhaust done ey.. sounds good.. i said.. yeah just had a cam done too.. he smiled gave me my license back and they were on their way!.. so how can my speedo be 10k's out i want to know.. stock diff ratio/ stock size rims n tyres!..

Must be something with their equipment that reads 10kph higher!

[SchrgdVSV6]

As a P plater on my way home from uni I passed a cop car. I was doing the 70kph limit on the right lane, he was doing 60kph on the left lane (typical ploy). He seemed to ignore the others and followed me all the way home (he kept 100m behind me at least) and quickly pulled me over as I was getting close to my driveway. There was no radar reading as he said he estimated I was doing 80.5kph in a 70 zone. He gave me a lecture saying I should "know better than to pass a police car blah blah blah". I didnt say anything and went home and vented my frustration in other ways. I did learn a lesson, but it wasnt anything to do with speeding.

[muzza]

Some good (free) advice on this here website: http://www.trafficlaw.com.au/

Basically he says - deny, deny, deny. Anything you say can be recorded and later used in evidence against you. This goes for any traffic offense you may be stopped for. You simply have to provide your name and address.

I particularly recommend reading the stuff on drink-driving, frankly a bit frightening.:errr:

[VX2VESS]

I had my GPS to compare one day, and the speedo was readin abit lower occasionally.

I was curious though, is it only accurate on dead flat surfaces?

Any incline/decline would that cause an inaccurate reading due to altitude change with the sat. or that makes no difference?

need to hold your speed for GPS they are a coupl of secs slow to respond is all.
eg you could go up 2 k's and down before ethe gps saw it. better to do on th eflat with cruise and at 100kph to see the % variation. lower speed will have less variation

using one brand of gps at 100kph on the GPS my speedo says 105, on the tomtom at 100kph it says 103/104 on the speedo. the speed from the computer/pcm was 101... the other unit had 4 sats going, the tomtom had 8 sats going.

and in saying that if i sit on 100 gps speed everyone is going past me, bloody speeders....

[SteveK]

Some good (free) advice on this here website: http://www.trafficlaw.com.au/

"If you enjoy the risks of driving at high speeds then you will probably enjoy the risks of litigation."

I think this statement sums up those he defends. :) But he does have some very sound advice. Good website.

Steve.

[Big_Valven]

well, someone i know really well........ was out late one arvo in his xd x chaser that was a beast for a fraud. Any how , no one around & thought he would wind it up with the new 3.45 diff & extractors that were just fitted. So upon exiting a certain roundabout down our way he proceeded to wind out to 6000rpm in top, & as this coon was setup like a group c touring car it just stayed in its own lane until slowing down to 80 for the Cough, dapto exit cough. ( no one else around from what i saw,while watching of course). As he came to a stop to turn right a blue vn came screaming up behind with lights flashing. Turns out that he had passed this cop somewhere parked off the side road. He estimated the driver was doing 140-150 in a 100 zone., to which the driver admitted as we all know 35km/hr/1000rpm in top is alot more. In the end the officer said, i know you were just giving it a squirt but it is still illegal to do so on a public road, you will hear from me. He did get a call from the officer to take licence & rego details, & proceeded to crap himself for months. After 6 months of crapping he realised that the cop was not going to take any action. This he thought was way tougher than just copping a fine & points, sure made him slow down from then on.

Hey I love that. The cop could obviously see the reasoning behind what the guy did so decided to give him more of a reminder than a conviction.

Nice and creative. Pity it wouldn't happen these days.

[nang3]

on a radar detector 1KM over will get u a fine depending on how it is set.

here is a link to the speeds and the fines/demerits associated.

http://rac.com.au/go/community-and-information/motoring-advice/motoring-issues-and-road-safety/legal-matters/infringement-penalties-and-demerit-points

Also apparently over east P-platers only get 5 demerits?? they are much harsher over there. We get 12 here and a BAC of .02 limit. Also we only have 1 P stage no P1 P2.

I believe i have a fairly large fine on the way from over taking someone on the way down south..... damn frustrating slow drivers.........


uggh mate are you talking about between Perth and Margs/Dunsborough??? wheres theres heaps of slow cars in single lanes, but they all speed up miraculaously in the overtaking lanes haha.. farken pricks!!!!!

i was heading down to margs about 3 weeks ago, about 10th car behind a 80kph hyundai.. the hyundai sped up to 120kph for the next overtaking lane so no one could in fact overtake !!!!!

there were 2 multanovas and a handheld on the way back as well, thank fook for my Bel !!! :bow:

[Big_Valven]

I had my GPS to compare one day, and the speedo was readin abit lower occasionally.

I was curious though, is it only accurate on dead flat surfaces?

Any incline/decline would that cause an inaccurate reading due to altitude change with the sat. or that makes no difference?

Apart from the slow response time GPS is the most accurate domestic speed measurement device. It's all compensated, altitude and all.

[LargeRice]

Muzza said - I particularly recommend reading the stuff on drink-driving, frankly a bit frightening.

Funny you mention that. On the way home from dinner at a friends place i was driving and the wife was the passenger. We were pulled over for a breath test. I don't drink anyway so it's never a problem and i blow into the machine, it beeps and the officer says it's picked up something. I'm like WTF?? I don't drink and asked him the reading. He said it was zero but it was still picking up that something was there.

Considering my last beer was January and October 06 before that, this thing must have some serious detection abilities LOL.

[Big_Valven]

Yeah there's a lot of interesting stuff in there... like your rights if the police knock on your door. You really don't have to say or do anything which is interesting.

[Rotty]

That web site did have some interesting stuff on it, I don't that all of it is relevant outside of Victoria, but still a good read with good information.

[PeterS]

Some good (free) advice on this here website: http://www.trafficlaw.com.au/


Thanks for that, it was interesting.
Cheers :)

[Vx_Adonis]

Going through all these 'speeding' posts, its crazy to see what this country has come to if the governments can fine you big dollars for doing just a few k's over.
Now imagine ALL fines (speeding, parking, etc...) were directed to improving hospitals, more ambulances, helping poorer countries. How many times do you hear people complaining about hospital waiting lists, or on TV you hear charities pleading for money, what about the annual good Friday appeal?
One of my best mates is a nurse at a public hospital, and he always complains that he cant do his job properly - short staffed, lack of beds, equipment, funding.
One thing that my dad told me when i turned 18 many years ago was 'son, these days the biggest crooks in the world are those in government - they pretend to care, but in reality, will try and shaft you any way they can'. Now i can see where my old man is coming from.
In my perfect world all the governments and councils would give fines to charities and hospitals.................yeah right.
Sorry about my whinge, but things like this really piss me off.

[muzza]

No probs all - pleased to help keep us all informed:)

It's the same old story with Speed - the Gov't says "it's really f**kn dangerous to be 5 kays over etc etc blah blah" but if it was REALLY that dangerous they would be fining everyone $1000 per time and taking 6 points off every time - but they dont because they know they can milk the revenue for ever and still be in power if they keep the low fines for low speeds.

Be great if they actually decided to actually train drivers and FAIL lots more till they proved they had road-craft skills, not just test-passing skills.
But that would take political balls which they just dont appear to have.
:soap: off

[GRMJ]

Many of you will have driven under the speed check radar on the Hume Hwy in Victoria just south of the border. If its accurate, my WL (stock wheels and tryres) at an indicated 116 kph odd, is actually doing 111 kph. All Holdens I've owned have had speedos that have read read under actual speed especially from 100 kph on.

[dc_macca]

Hey all,

was driving along the hume near goulburn on the weekend, and for those who dont know its a 110km/h zone.

anyways had cruise on 119 when i saw the cop with his radar on the side of the road. i knew that he had already seen me so i didnt bother slowing down. wasnt sure if he would book me or not, but that question was soon answered when he quickly spun around after me.

so he pulled me over and started having a go at me..i wasnt being smart or anything.. yes sir, no sir sort of stuff, but he was yelling and carrying on. anyways to my amazement he tells me that he clocked me at 133km/h!!!

i knew i wasnt doing 133, so i tried to calmly and carefully tell him that i had my cruise on 119, and that there was NO WAY that i was doin 133. i admitted to speeding but not that much!

anyways he said i must have had my foot on the accelerator or something (which i didnt), but when i asked to see some sort of print out or proof that he had clocked me at that speed he sorta backed off a bit. he went back to his car to write the ticket and came back with a 15 and under (so less than 125) like it should have been.

i guess my question is, has this happened to anyone else? was there a chance that he didnt really get a good reading and just had an estimate?? haha or could the radar have just been faulty..??

also..if he had read me at 119, would he have bothered pulling me over??

I've had exactly the same thing happen to me in exactly the same spot.

Was driving my old 91 Camry, Conrad, and sitting on what I was certain was around 119km/h.... I made sure of this because a) the Hwy patrol guys are always camped just outside of Goulburn, and b) because I had 9 pts on my license and couldn't afford another ticket.

Anyway, so I'm going along nicely, singing to my favourite tunes, when I see a yellow-bibbed officer come out and agressively point me towards the side of the road... I couldn't believe it as i had glanced at my speedo seconds before to make sure i wasn't doing anything to get me pulled over.

The officer (he had scars all over his face.. he's gotten me once before but that face you dont' forget) showed me the radar gun, which said 133km/h.... I was flabbergasted.. I gave him the "you must get this alot, but i swear i wasn't going that fast" and he told me the radar doesn't lie... fair enough.

But imagine my frustration when, after going to court and narrowly avoiding a 3-month suspension, i found out some clown had put the wrong tyres on my car... They didn't look wrong, but sure enough the tyre serviceman told me it would have resulted in a 10 to 12km/h difference from my speedo to the actual speed i was doing.

I was THAT PISSED OFF!

So i guess it doens't relate because in this case the officer was probably right... but it just goes to show its not always the driver at fault.

[SSFreak]

Hey all,

was driving along the hume near goulburn on the weekend, and for those who dont know its a 110km/h zone.

anyways had cruise on 119 when i saw the cop with his radar on the side of the road. i knew that he had already seen me so i didnt bother slowing down. wasnt sure if he would book me or not, but that question was soon answered when he quickly spun around after me.

so he pulled me over and started having a go at me..i wasnt being smart or anything.. yes sir, no sir sort of stuff, but he was yelling and carrying on. anyways to my amazement he tells me that he clocked me at 133km/h!!!

i knew i wasnt doing 133, so i tried to calmly and carefully tell him that i had my cruise on 119, and that there was NO WAY that i was doin 133. i admitted to speeding but not that much!

anyways he said i must have had my foot on the accelerator or something (which i didnt), but when i asked to see some sort of print out or proof that he had clocked me at that speed he sorta backed off a bit. he went back to his car to write the ticket and came back with a 15 and under (so less than 125) like it should have been.

i guess my question is, has this happened to anyone else? was there a chance that he didnt really get a good reading and just had an estimate?? haha or could the radar have just been faulty..??

also..if he had read me at 119, would he have bothered pulling me over??

Yikes! I go past there a few times a year, always with the cruise control set to about 118. Every time I have gone through a radar trap (one time they had 3 traps set up) the cops have ignored me. I've been doing this for 5 years now but after your incident I think I might set it to something lower. :confused: