Hello,
I've been charged with evading police under section 64A of the Roads Act as I momentarily panicked and increased speed as police turned to pursue me for speeding on a road classed as a highway. At no point was I given a stop signal. I stopped (somewhat erratically, unfortunately) voluntarily and waited for them to come to me. Total distance was no more than 1.5 km (likely less). In the formal charge and summary of facts from the informant, he states that they had lights and sirens. If they have video evidence of my driving to support their allegation, which also includes what I'm quite certain is a false allegation of driving dangerously over the mid-line of the road, should this not also evidence that they did not give a stop signal?
What would be the informant's motivation for overtly lying? Is this fact (which I can't prove!) likely to be of no consequence as this information is only in the preliminary brief?
I've been charged with evading police under section 64A of the Roads Act as I momentarily panicked and increased speed as police turned to pursue me for speeding on a road classed as a highway. At no point was I given a stop signal. I stopped (somewhat erratically, unfortunately) voluntarily and waited for them to come to me. Total distance was no more than 1.5 km (likely less). In the formal charge and summary of facts from the informant, he states that they had lights and sirens. If they have video evidence of my driving to support their allegation, which also includes what I'm quite certain is a false allegation of driving dangerously over the mid-line of the road, should this not also evidence that they did not give a stop signal?
What would be the informant's motivation for overtly lying? Is this fact (which I can't prove!) likely to be of no consequence as this information is only in the preliminary brief?