Let’s face it: speed limits on motorways and highways are, most of the time, too low for our taste. By "our" we mean most motorists, including those people that use their vehicles only for point A to point B transportation. Getting a speeding ticket for being 5 km/h over the limit is frustrating enough, but getting fined without being at fault is as bad as it gets.
Zac Murray approves to that.
See that screenshot above? That’s Zac’s ticket for going 100 km/h (62 mph) in a 100 km/h zone. The officer that awarded Zac with that ticket may be a bit mental at first glance, but the truth of the matter is no police officer was involved in this ordeal. As it happens, Mr. Murray found the violation for traveling at an alleged 100 km/h in his mail box.
The fine? AUD 151 or $117 at current rates.
After posting the ticket on Facebook to much amusement from his friends, Brisbane Times got in touch with Zac. The police eventually corrected their mess-up and Murray didn’t have to pay up for a mistake he didn’t make. "The cops called, they were real cool about it, just said 'Yep, sorry about that, the fine's been withdrawn. And I was like, yeah OK, we all make mistakes, and that was it." So what the hell happened out there?
According to the Queensland Police, the amusing hiccup was traced back to an error during “manual adjudication processes.” The analogue camera that recorded Murray at 100 km/h was being tested by an operator, but there’s no inaccuracy with the 100 km/h recorded by the device.
Queensland Police says that the alleged ”error occurred during the manual adjudication processes where these records were not identified and rejected as per standard practice, and subsequently two notices were issued to the registered owners of the vehicles.”
Though the ticket gingerly reads “exceeded speed limit by less than 13 km/h” for traveling at 100 km/h in a 100 km/h zone, we're happy Zac and the Aussie Police settled this matter without too much hoo-hah.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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