A woman driver in New York has been fined $446 for speeding and spent more than A $100,000 on a lawsuit with the police. (photo by the Daily Telegraph)
According to the Daily Telegraph, a 24-year-old female driver was charged with speeding in 2015 and fined 446 Australian dollars by the police. However, she dissatisfied and brought a lawsuit to the court. After two years of legal struggle, the police gave up their defense. Indemnify the woman for $33000 in litigation costs. But the driver said she had spent more than A $ one hundred thousand on the case and wanted to continue to take legal action to recover more costs.
In October 2015, the driver was stopped by police as she drove past (Blue Mountains), the new state`s Blue Mountain. At the time, the woman was fined A $446 for speeding on a hand-held speedometer. The woman chauffeur disagreed and appealed to the court. The lawsuit lasted more than two years.
Younis (Carol Younes), a lawyer representing the driver, said the police had submitted information during the proceedings that the handheld tachometer had been tested for accuracy in the manner recommended by the manufacturer and had been approved by the police. In practice, however, the police did not approve.
Younis said the police should clarify the issue and admit that the court was misled in the case.
She also questioned why drivers spent an average of A $3330 a day to obtain expert evidence to refute the accuracy of the police`s hand-held tachometer, and all they had to do was provide a proof that she did not consider it to be valid.
A spokesman for the new state police said the police`s failure to approve accurate testing of hand-held tachometers was fixed in March.
It is reported that, because of this problem, the police gave up the defense and compensated the female driver 32,999 Australian dollars in litigation costs.
But Assistant Police Commissioner Kobe (Mick Corby) said he was confident in the accuracy, calibration and training of police officers. The details of the lawsuit have been resolved and will not affect current or future speedometers and their use.
