Thread: Want to avoid jail - 900m close to a dwelling

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

Not the way some think but you’re spot on!

Learned the hard way in my late teens / early twentys. Had two polar opposite experiences. One where i was in the right and cops made it difficult. The other was Where i was way way in the wrong and got off pretty lightly all things considering.

My brother was always in trouble with the law, Every officer here probably knew him by name and face. Me never been in trouble or had any dealing with the police. Got pulled over in a "boyracer" hot hatch. 11pm. all Wof, rego cert, Breath test name and address into here. *beep* Zero alcohol. "you are free to go" He starts walking back to the car. Name clicks, walks back asks if i'm any relation to *brothers name* yeah he's my brother.
Cop then proceeds' to check the car height and has a closer look at tires, wants bonnet popped to look and see if it all matches the cert.
I blew a fuse. Swore at him and lots of names. All because he had no problem with me and now because of my brother hes checking everything and treating me as if im a criminal. Ended up on the side of the road for over a hour while he power tripped, threatened to be arrested for disorderly behavior and radioed for someone else to come look at my car. Making the wait even long. While everything i said was true. Just wrong way of approaching the situation.

Not long after did a runner on a 750cc sportbike as didn't have a bike license at the time and was going 140 in a 80 zone. Bike ended up braking down and him catching up to me. Asked bunch questions, i was calm polite and told the truth on everything. He went back to his car came back after what felt like forever. "everything you are telling me is true" my reply, yeah i did something stupid and got caught not going to lie about it now. He could of taken my license on the spot, sent me to court for doing a runner and a few other things. I got about 70 demerits and just over 1000 dollars in fines and kept my license. Considering i needed my license for my minimum wage job that was the lifesaver. It sucked paying that off at 40 bucks a week for what felt like forever.
Sold the bike not long after finishing paying off the fines. Luckily most of us grow up eh.

So yeah, how you approach things defiantly has a sway on the outcome.