Re: Careless Driving - Witness lives 700km away? argyll wrote:Just a quick one - the report is not saying that there were 2 lanes in each direction with different speed limits. R1 is the road you were both on and has 2 lanes, one in each direction with a 30km limit for both. R2 is the road that inters…
Re: Careless Driving - Witness lives 700km away? jsherk wrote:Yes both the officer AND the witness MUST be at the trial in order for you to be convicted. If either is not there, then they must drop the charge.
If the other person is from the US, there is a good chance they will not show up to the trial…
Re: Careless Driving - Witness lives 700km away? UnluckyDuck wrote:To my knowledge, in order to secure a conviction, the witness and the officer need to testify at the trial. So if the witness or officer (or both) don't show up, charges will be dropped.
The next bit of my post is my pure thinking, so i…
Careless Driving - Witness lives 700km away? Hello,
I was charged a few weeks ago for Careless Driving. It was rainy and slippery, I was driving what seemed slowly around a corner and the person was coming around the corner fast and going over the line and coming in my lane, so I slammed on my bra…
