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#speeding

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Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:

Picture getting caught doing 64kph in a 50kph area. Then imagine being so stubborn you'd fight an $80 speeding ticket all the way to the Supreme Court, and lose most of the way.

Aucklander Peter Prescott racked up $34,000 in legal fees and was declared bankrupt when he couldn’t pay them.

The lessons? Don't speed in 50kph zones and don't pursue a hopeless case through the courts. That's only for wealthy folk.

odt.co.nz/news/national/how-80

Otago Daily Times Online News · How an $80 speeding ticket spiralled to $34K and bankruptcyA man who took his fight against an $80 speeding ticket all the way to the Supreme Court, and lost at nearly every turn, racked up $34K in legal...
#NZ#Speeding
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NSW.Biodiversity

An increase in dorsal fin injuries

"In the last two months four dolphins have been found with their dorsal fins either injured or completely severed.I'm not saying what object it was, but it's a definitely a watercraft or a propeller that's severed the dorsal fin."
abc.net.au/news/2025-04-07/dol
#dolphins #habitat #speeding #watercraft #motorists #trauma #boats #hydrofoil

ABC News · Dorsal fin injuries sustained by dolphins in Bunbury, WA, worry conservation groupBy Pip Waller
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CTV News Ottawa

Number of speeding tickets dropping at Ottawa's busiest photo radar camera
King Edward Avenue continues to be the hot spot for speeders on Ottawa roads this year, but the number of tickets issued by the new photo radar camera continues to decline as drivers adjust their speeds on the Lowertown road.
#traffic #speeding #Ottawa #KingEdwardAvenue #Lowertown
ottawa.ctvnews.ca/number-of-sp

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Joseph Lim :mastodon:

#Chinese #driver hits multiple vehicles, #killing one in #Pattaya
"Officers detained the Chinese driver, identified as Zhang Yigong, for alcohol & drug testing. Police said the #crash involved 5 cars, 2 pickup trucks & 5 motorcycles, with 4 people injured & rushed to nearby hospitals.. a witness who was at a nearby petrol station said the #speeding minivan first collided with 2 pickup trucks & attempted to escape, hitting other vehicles along e road"
More #PRC #scumbags 👎
bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

Bangkok Post photo of the crashed white Toyota Alphard minivan and the tattoo-covered unrepentant and smug-looking mainland Chinese driver seated in the center, with a local police on the right.
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1 Aby vs 100 Gorillas

Question for drivers who have had trouble keeping to speed limits, especially those with adhd:

How do you teach yourself not to speed?

I got pulled over yesterday and got a ticket for speeding. It's my 4th in the almost 6 years I've been driving - although the other 3 have been for less than 10km over and was following the flow of traffic.

This one was for over 10km over.

I was passing someone who sped up as I was passing them, and I didn't notice I'd sped up so much to get past.

I've noticed that I'm more likely to speed when I haven't taken my ritalin, because I feel anxious being behind another car and not being able to see ahead of everything.

I also feel like I drive better if I don't take my ritalin, because my reflexes are faster and I'm taking in ALL the things around me instead of having a more narrow focus.. so I prefer not to take it if I'm going to do a long drive (yesterday was Bathurst to Sydney and back.. so like 8 hours).

I don't really have a sense of how fast I'm going, and I do check my speedometer but everytime I do that it's taking my eyes off the road so I can't be constantly looking at it.

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I don't want a lecture about the dangers of speeding. I KNOW.. it's literally why I'm asking, Chad. I was a nurse for a long time - I have literally seen what speeding does to people, probably more so than most.

#audhd#autism#adhd
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