昨天收到张罚单，是说我上个月accident “sharply stop by other car “ 28天内交罚款150.
问了好多朋友，没有这种情况交罚单的，都是超速闯灯没安全带等等。 堵车的时候车都跟着紧，碰到后面也是normal accident并且我赔偿相当痛快， 警察当时也没给罚单啊。实在不服气啊。
It is different here from China. Giving you a ticket is because you have breached the New Zealand law - The Land Transport Act 1998. It doesn't matter whether you have sought out the damage of your car or the other party's car. The insurance is the only the civil matter (in Chinese: Min Shi ) but the police ticket is traffic criminal matter (in Chinese: Xing Shi). It is seperated.
If police have attended to a car accident. They must make a fininal decision in the report. According to the law and the driver's action, including the evidence they have got. They will decide whether to charge you or give you a formal warning. They can give you a ticket or a warning if it is not serious. They can also prosecute you to the court like Careless Driving if it is more serious.
In your case, if you disagree with the police charge, you can only go to court to defense your self or through the lawyer (it wouldn't be cheap). But the police also get the other driver or other witnesses to give evidence in Court. The court judge will listen to both parties and see the evidence and then make the final decision. If you lose the case, you still need to pay the ticket and plus the cost of court fee.
Therefore the police will make decision base on the evidence in different case, not what the drivers think. Nothing you can blame the police as they are just doing their job. Sometimes if you witness a bad driver on the road and you report it, police still can issue a ticket for the driver if the evidence is enough.
Please read the road code again even you are experienced driver. If you obey what the rule says, it will save you money even your life (you only have one from your parents).作者: 肥猫999 时间: 2010-2-6 23:12:43
