Hi, I have received an Infringement Notice from Victoria Police for going 71kms in a 60 km zone. The penalty is a loss of 3 demerit points plus a $317 fine.
The infringement notice does not record my driver’s license number correctly. It is short by one digit. The last digit has been omitted by the police officer. The space is left blank. My name and address are correct.
Does any one know if this omission is fatal? I don’t want to write to Civic Compliance Victoria because all will happen is that the police officer will correct the mistake and re-issue the infringement notice.
The other thing is that I was caught somewhere on Frankston Flinders Road in Tyabb. This is s non metro area and most of the road is 80 kms per hour however in some areas it is 60 kms per hour. The police officer when he stopped me told me I was doing 71kph and what was my reason for speeding. I replied that I thought that it was a 80kph zone. He told me that it was 80 Kph where I had stopped but it was 60 kph where he first detected me by radar from a side street.
Am I entitled to ask for the police office to provide me with the nearest intersecting Street where I was detected so I can work out what the street signs say in relation to the speed limits. I am not familiar with the area and was genuinely surprised that I was speeding. I want to go back and check the area to satisfy myself .
I am happy to go to court and show the magistrate that the Infringement Notice does not record my licence number correctly.
Any advice would be appreciated.
The infringement notice does not record my driver’s license number correctly. It is short by one digit. The last digit has been omitted by the police officer. The space is left blank. My name and address are correct.
Does any one know if this omission is fatal? I don’t want to write to Civic Compliance Victoria because all will happen is that the police officer will correct the mistake and re-issue the infringement notice.
The other thing is that I was caught somewhere on Frankston Flinders Road in Tyabb. This is s non metro area and most of the road is 80 kms per hour however in some areas it is 60 kms per hour. The police officer when he stopped me told me I was doing 71kph and what was my reason for speeding. I replied that I thought that it was a 80kph zone. He told me that it was 80 Kph where I had stopped but it was 60 kph where he first detected me by radar from a side street.
Am I entitled to ask for the police office to provide me with the nearest intersecting Street where I was detected so I can work out what the street signs say in relation to the speed limits. I am not familiar with the area and was genuinely surprised that I was speeding. I want to go back and check the area to satisfy myself .
I am happy to go to court and show the magistrate that the Infringement Notice does not record my licence number correctly.
Any advice would be appreciated.
