Good on him. I’m sure most coppers are decent but there’s an utterly bent underbelly of them out there.
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He was lucky they presumably didn't record his speed because he was almost certainly exceeding 60 overtaking 5 vehicles on that stretch of road. The police did not deal with things very well.
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I'm sure he'd have probably taken that if that were the case - 3 points and a fine would be much less damaging than a careless driving charge for insurance purposes, etc.
I think ultimately we're in 2026 (or 2024 in this case!) and dashcams are cheap and ubiquitous. There's no reason every police fleet car shouldn't have one and a careless driving charge, etc. should require that evidence to be submitted otherwise it is literally just one (unreliable) eyewitness account.
His points against the justice system are also valid. If they'd convicted you in absentia when you'd returned the paperwork they have f'ed up and should not get another shot. If they can't find a court date within 12 months for a summary only offence such as this it should be timed out. Only by including incentives like this in the system will it get funded/run in a better way.
I think ultimately we're in 2026 (or 2024 in this case!) and dashcams are cheap and ubiquitous. There's no reason every police fleet car shouldn't have one and a careless driving charge, etc. should require that evidence to be submitted otherwise it is literally just one (unreliable) eyewitness account.
His points against the justice system are also valid. If they'd convicted you in absentia when you'd returned the paperwork they have f'ed up and should not get another shot. If they can't find a court date within 12 months for a summary only offence such as this it should be timed out. Only by including incentives like this in the system will it get funded/run in a better way.