Pretty harsh to be done for simply going across a speed bump on a slight diagonal. I know personally there's a speed bump at a local shopping center here that is sometimes difficult for cars that aren't even lowered to get over, if a car that was slightly lowered went over it they would have to go diagonal and have done so myself. If i was done for that at that particular speed bump I would felt pretty hard done by.
Sure I agree saying its all revenue raising after you've just been booked doing 140 in a 100 zone is horse ****, but getting booked doing something so minor as crossing a speed bump on a diagonal, they were clearly looking to do him for something.
Hang on, think about his post for a minute. The cop followed him for ten minutes, during which time he admits to driving over the centre line by up to one metre, and driving diagonally across speed bumps.
Does this really sound so insignificant? How many times did he drive onto the wrong side of the road, then divert to cross the bumps? As already said, the cop car was behind him for ten minutes - didn't he think that his behaviour would have seemed odd to other drivers? And what is the cop supposed to think if this nitwit in front keeps doing that for ten minutes at least?
Fair cop I'd say. And perhaps the first thing to do when the fine was paid would be to buy a new set of springs and raise the car so speed bumps weren't such a torment to him.
And to the OP. For 125k's to attract a $600 fine and license suspension for 3 months in NSW, you must be travelling at least 45 k's over the speed limit. The F3 speed limit is either 80, 100 or 110, depending on where you are. 15 or 25 k's over the limit won't get you a fine or penalty like that, even as a p plater, so I'm guessing it was the construction zone near Berowra, where the limit is only 80k's, because that puts you 45k's over the limit, where the big fines and immediate suspension would come into effect.
If I'm correct, 125 km/h in that area is bloody stupidity.
