Waste tax payers money trying to defend something that you obviously would never win? Are you serious? First of all id assume he IS a tax payer and has every bloody right to defend it in court, a system appointed so regular people can have a voice in the first place!Markmywords wrote:You should just suck it up if you have got a ticket why waste tax payers money trying to defend something that you obviously would never win.Cameron wrote: Expected a caution? Nope. Would have made an interesting day in court though, I've got the spare time and the inclination to fight those kind of things.
Rules are there for a reason (and yes people do and don't agree with them the powers to be make them so we follow them) if we didn't have rules we would have total anarchy on the road.
If you break them you should be penalized.
We do have some emerency workers here both paid n volunteer and they dont enjoy going to fatal accidents for a start and to say your insurance would be void straight away !!!
Rules being there doesn't meant that are RIGHT.
I understand your Emergency worker argument however, that is part of the job. As insensitive as it sounds, the amount of people dying on WA roads is an insignificant amount compared to WA's population and size. It really is not even a blip on the radar. Going off on tangents that speeding is the major culprit is just bullshit. Even the governments own figures clearly show speeding isn't a major factor, its just a contributing factor.
Also instead of bullshit penalties, hows about some one gains the gonads and make it an actual difficulty in obtaining a drivers license? compulsory extensive driver training at your own expense, compulsory vehicle maintenance with a "stamp" book (meaning if you do it yourself, or at a workshop, just need to get the book stamped saying everything is in order) start driver education earlier. showing movies or ads about drink driving or speeding do fuck all, people don't relate to it unless they have experienced it in person. Seeing an EMS worker pulling out a body of a car in a TV ad isnt as affective as the politicians and morons seem to think it is.
anyway thats all from me. <_<