Hmm, on the plus side, makes Perth's congestion woes look, um, woe-less.Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
Admittedly I don't wrk in the city.
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Hmm, on the plus side, makes Perth's congestion woes look, um, woe-less.Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
Admittedly I don't wrk in the city.
Well I got slapped with a $250 fine and 3 demerit points just for touching my mobile to activate the hands free car kit at a traffic light.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
Talk about the irony... wasn't going to call or sms but doing that just in case the wife calls.
Tried to do the right thing but the copper wasn't listening and just wanted to issue the fine.
Very off putting... No room for a warning as well. :mad:
That sounds like meeting a revenue quota to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChlorHex
Yeah, that's what I thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
Thinking of disputing this or is this just not worth it seeing that there's an obvious bias with their probable monthly quota.
$250 isn't a small sum of money for honest law abiding folk...
If you've got the time to dispute it and you're confident you weren't in the wrong, its $250 plus your 3 points worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChlorHex
I've disputed a couple parking tickets, different situation as the meter was busted and I had called in at the time to report it and had a situation number, but all it took was an email both times.
perhaps taking the effort to dispute it might be enough to convince the authorities you at least intended no harm.
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Originally Posted by ChlorHex
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Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
I wouldn't bother disputing it as when you look at it in black and white you were clearly in he wrong. You may have been trying to do he right thing but you touched your phone while driving, a clear offense. I understand that you were stopped at traffic lights and trying to connect to hands free, but when it comes down to interpretation of the word of the law, you're in the wrong and that is how it will be seen. (IMO)
Good luck disputing it but from personal experience, they won't even consider withdrawing the fine. I was fined for something similar about 4 years ago and I can tell you that any infraction involving a mobile device is considered a 'high-range' offense and cannot be reversed. It's considered as bad or worse as driving while under the influence of alcohol / drugs. Sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChlorHex
Posting this here so hopefully others can see it.
As most of you know, we built-on about 4 years ago using Farrugia Building Services and have had no end of trouble with the builder Anthony Farrugia. It started out when we had the first significant downpour. Water started flowing over the top of our gutters into the eaves creating mould spots / damage to the outside of the house. This was because he blocked off one end of the gutter with the apex flowing toward it. Basically, the rain water had nowhere to go.
To make matters worse, he didn't connect the only downpipe (50 mm in size) which services 3/4 of the roof to the storm water so now we have moisture getting trapped under the slab shifting the foundations of the new room. It has now separated from the rest of the house.
On top of that, there was one side completely missed that has no flushing under the roof tiles near the iron valley so water is basically running back under the tiles and into the roof cavity cracking the ceiling and creating further water stains / damage inside the house.
We had a building inspection done a couple of weeks ago and the assessment made was that the builder was highly negligent in his workmanship. The inspector to his credit stated that we should be going through the Department of Fair Trading (mostly due to the fact that we originally contacted the builder to rectify these issues 4 years ago which he refused to do and became verbally abusive).
Given the storm we had last night which most Sydney-siders would have known about, we now have a lovely water feature running down the door frame of the new room into several strategically placed buckets.
It's come to a point that we simply cannot wait for the Department of Fair trading to make a ruling and have had to proceed with the repairs ourselves which will leave us out of pocket approx. 9k. Our chances of reimbursement are next to nothing.
Word of warning to anyone considering using Farrugia Building Services located in Quakers Hill NSW - stay away. He is a violent scam artist who will take your money and run. Do not make the mistake we made.
mate as a truckie i'm getting fines all the time for some of the most stupid things. 1 i really like is the tie downs are 10mm over length and they go through and give you a 600 fine and 6 points for each 1(20 to a trailer) or you have a bit of dirt on the tow hitch for the dog trailer.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChlorHex
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Originally Posted by 5FDP
Gee, that really sucks mate - and 9k is a damn fair chunk of change! Dirty buggers! :mad:
On a sorta similar (but not really and at least 9k less important) note - if a Zadong Pei attempts to join the Ozformers FB chat group, or any group you run (I run Big Angry Trev's Transformatorium: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1308.../?notif_t=like) do not let them join. I didn't think about it at the time and they laid low for a few months but sure enough today they started trying to flog sunglasses on my FB group! :mad:
I thought it somewhat dodgy that some half dressed asian girl with only a half doz FB friends wanted to join my FB group. But then it was a demographic I didn't seem to be catering too and wanted to let it be known all were welcome :p I think some other similar girl (bet they are pimply male teen spammers in real life) joined that day too, so now just to await her doing the same. :rolleyes: