I appreciate that police and RBT units are an effective tool used by police to prevent accidents and save lives.
I live in a small town with around 1000 residents near the beach. There are 2 ways into my town and of course 2 ways out.
The police quiet frequently use the main road as an RBT stop at least 2 times a month and sometimes 2 x a week.
At first I thought it was a good thing that this was happening and looked after my local area keeping drunk drivers off the road and helping keep my area safe.
HOWEVER. I started being pulled over continuously on my way home from work , This year alone I have been pulled over and random breath tested at least 5 times already.
It started getting annoying after i had lost a P plate on my way to work and on the way home was fined a large amount of money and lost demerit points. I was pulled over again 2 weeks later in the same place where i was then fined $448 and will lose 3 demerit points minimum for obscure number plate with P plate for my P plate slightly covering the last letter on my number plate after it was tied on to try and stop it from coming off and being fines and possibly losing my license. 8 days later I was pulled over again and could not find my license at 1st and was threatened with more fines but then found my license down beside my seat.
I wish to take my case to court to ask for leniency and a chance to keep my license.
What I would like to know is can I get all the information from police on their stops in this location.
EG;
How many times this year and last year have the police set up RBT in this location
How many actual drink drivers are actually caught here to prove why it is needed so often
How many OTHER fines are given out in this location
I would also like to know if this becomes harassment after being continuously pulled over at the end of my street simply trying to travel home from work in normal daylight hours.
I have never seen the police in the position at night time or early hours of the morning when a large percentage of drink drivers are usually on the roads.
These set ups are usually around midday to 2pm
Im starting to feel harassed by our local police in my small home town.
So my main Q's are.
1 Can I get the information I seek from police or any other place. ?
2 Can this be deemed harassment ?
I live in a small town with around 1000 residents near the beach. There are 2 ways into my town and of course 2 ways out.
The police quiet frequently use the main road as an RBT stop at least 2 times a month and sometimes 2 x a week.
At first I thought it was a good thing that this was happening and looked after my local area keeping drunk drivers off the road and helping keep my area safe.
HOWEVER. I started being pulled over continuously on my way home from work , This year alone I have been pulled over and random breath tested at least 5 times already.
It started getting annoying after i had lost a P plate on my way to work and on the way home was fined a large amount of money and lost demerit points. I was pulled over again 2 weeks later in the same place where i was then fined $448 and will lose 3 demerit points minimum for obscure number plate with P plate for my P plate slightly covering the last letter on my number plate after it was tied on to try and stop it from coming off and being fines and possibly losing my license. 8 days later I was pulled over again and could not find my license at 1st and was threatened with more fines but then found my license down beside my seat.
I wish to take my case to court to ask for leniency and a chance to keep my license.
What I would like to know is can I get all the information from police on their stops in this location.
EG;
How many times this year and last year have the police set up RBT in this location
How many actual drink drivers are actually caught here to prove why it is needed so often
How many OTHER fines are given out in this location
I would also like to know if this becomes harassment after being continuously pulled over at the end of my street simply trying to travel home from work in normal daylight hours.
I have never seen the police in the position at night time or early hours of the morning when a large percentage of drink drivers are usually on the roads.
These set ups are usually around midday to 2pm
Im starting to feel harassed by our local police in my small home town.
So my main Q's are.
1 Can I get the information I seek from police or any other place. ?
2 Can this be deemed harassment ?