Intimidation in Magistrates Court for defendant giving own defence against injustice of revenue raising cameras. The Magistrates Court of Victoria in Moorabbin is an eye opener for the injustice metered out by the Magistrate when as defence why the conviction for a 6km over the speed limit the defendant made a statement about the Australian design rule applicable to the speedometer installed in his vehicle. The ADR 18/02 says ...' every vehicle must be fitted with a speedometer which must indicate the actual vehicle speed, for all speeds above 40 km/h, to an accuracy of +/- 10 per cent.."
Incredibly the Magistrate disallowed the applicable legislation applicable to speedometer tolerance be heard, on the basis that the defendant is not an expert in speedometers. This is a law being read, it has nothing to do with the need for a defendant to possess speedometer expert credentials - such procedure by the Magistrate would appear on initial reading to be an act of intimidation by the Magistrate taking advantage of a citizen defending himself and that defendant being unfamiliar with his legal rights and court room procedure.
