Thanks (Was Helmet)

Thanks everyone for their helpful and some not so helpful comments.
The helmet fits OK with me, I'll stick with it.

I am waiting for a speeding ticket on my mailbox, the bloody speeding
camera captured the front of my bike on Sat evening when I was
travelling ~65km on 60km zone. The cops were in the car so I hope they
didn't write my number down (very slim I know). Another $200 out off
pocket.

Cheers

 

I'm not sure if it would be legal for them to do that - the whole idea is
that the speed camera is supposed to be automated, and as soon as you
introduce humans into the equation you get errors. There are already issues
with the calibration of the cameras, and if the coppers try to ping you with
a little post-it note with your rego on it, you'd probably be able to
challenge it successfully. IMHO I don't think they'd bother. Anyone have
advice to the contrary?

Also, if you're in Victoria the people running the speed camera aren't
likely to be police, which means it's one civilian's word against yours -
something that generally won't hold up in court and they almost certainly
won't want to test on such a flimsy case

FWIW if your speedo was reading 65km/h unless it's way more accurate than
99% of bike speedos, it was reading high and you were probably only
travelling at 62-63km/h anyway. Not sure if they'll actually flash you if
you're only going over the posted limit, but it's entirely possible that
subtracting the "legal tolerance" amount will make you actually end up under
the speed limit again.


Good luck anyway - I hope you don't hear from the buggers...


Regards,
Andrew