SAT 29/10: Drive through Royal + Breakie at Cronulla

wassup · Postby **wassup** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:33 pm

neilhr wrote:thanks everyone, it was great meeting you all Despite the cops and bikes, the run was awesome!
I've put some photos on my blog, including another panorama image of just the cars. Make sure to zoom in!
http://ggroadster.net/2011/10/national- ... un-oct-11/

95er & wassup, is it ok if I add some of your photos to the blog collection?

Cheers everyone

Neil

Hey Neil,

Nice to meet you. Looking forward to seeing how your NC progresses - its a very clean looking car and my wife just loves the concept of an automated roof.

Feel free to use my pics as needed. If anyone wants a particular pic in high res just let me know. More to come!

Adam (Wassup)

wassup · Postby **wassup** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:35 pm

Oh what a feeling!

wassup · Postby **wassup** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:43 pm

neilhr · Postby **neilhr** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:45 pm

wassup wrote:
neilhr wrote:thanks everyone, it was great meeting you all Despite the cops and bikes, the run was awesome!
I've put some photos on my blog, including another panorama image of just the cars. Make sure to zoom in!
http://ggroadster.net/2011/10/national- ... un-oct-11/

95er & wassup, is it ok if I add some of your photos to the blog collection?

Cheers everyone

Neil

Hey Neil,

Nice to meet you. Looking forward to seeing how your NC progresses - its a very clean looking car and my wife just loves the concept of an automated roof.

Feel free to use my pics as needed. If anyone wants a particular pic in high res just let me know. More to come!

Adam (Wassup)

Cheers mate, ive added some of your great shots

Likewise interested to see how your whitey progresses

See both of you on the next run

Suspense · Postby **Suspense** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:45 pm

Great photos!

Apart from a bit of a low point, great run this morning and nice to meet a part of the community. Thanks every one for a good run and all the support :wink:

Catch you soon!

mr2 spyder · Postby **mr2 spyder** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:22 pm

Great little run. Too bad about the slight mishap in the nasho. Good to see a few new faces and hope to see you all soon. Hope there was a bit more help as far as donations to our unlucky group member and hope this has not put him off either. Was certainly glad I was in the ADUB this morning. Being and old kent was in my favour also I think?

yem11n · Postby **yem11n** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:31 pm

wassup wrote:From the back

Naked guy in the window (far right in the photo)... ok top off.. :mrgreen:

Man, that's alot of MX5s.. photos look good.

Yemin

PaulF · Postby **PaulF** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:19 am

mr2 spyder wrote:Too bad about the slight mishap in the nasho... Hope there was a bit more help as far as donations to our unlucky group member and hope this has not put him off either.

What happened??

Twiggy · Postby **Twiggy** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:59 am

PaulF wrote:
mr2 spyder wrote:Too bad about the slight mishap in the nasho... Hope there was a bit more help as far as donations to our unlucky group member and hope this has not put him off either.

What happened??

I have PM'ed you xx

Twiggy · Postby **Twiggy** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:01 am

wassup wrote:

What a stud :mrgreen:

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:26 am

Nice looking 4WD you got there Reggie

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:49 am

Sailor wrote:
Nice looking 4WD you got there Reggie

thanks mate... will change soon enough

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:00 pm

Dollar's UP...Ohlins are DOWN. :evil:

dave2221 · Postby **dave2221** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:31 am

Find out where this happened, if the cop car was in the same place, might be able to argue that he couldnt get a read on you from the gun......

Louise Hall
October 26, 2011 - 3:49PM

A motorbike enthusiast has spent more than $60,000 to prove he was not driving at 90km/h over the speed limit in the Royal National Park.

John Busuttil, 29, was charged with riding his Suzuki 1000cc motorbike at 149km/h in a 60km/h zone on Lady Wakehurst Drive in May last year.

He faced a fine of $1744 and a six-month suspension of his driver's licence.

In the Sydney District Court today, Judge Greg Woods quashed the conviction and returned Mr Busuttil's licence, finding the highway patrol officer's use of a radar gun was "radically wrong".

Judge Woods also awarded Mr Busuttil costs, to be determined next month.

The court heard Senior Constable Matthew Chaplin detected Mr Busuttil's bike travelling at 149km/h using a LIDAR gun.

However, the radar inside the patrol car was also operating, and it put the bike at a speed of 76km/h. The radar reading was recorded by an in-car video, which Mr Busuttil subpoenaed from police.

Mr Busuttil, who was represented by his barrister father Joe Busuttil, also engaged a surveyor and an internationally accredited radar expert, who gave evidence that it would have been impossible for the LIDAR gun to detect such a high speed at that point of the road.

The court heard that a LIDAR gun must be able to track a target in a straight line for three seconds in order to produce an accurate reading.

In June this year, Senior Constable Chaplin told Sutherland Local Court that he measured the stretch of road "hundreds of times" and it was 325 metres.

However, a report by a surveyor, tendered to the court, showed the line of sight from where Senior Constable Chaplin was standing was only 237 metres and the straight stretch of road was just 180 metres.

Senior Constable Chaplin had said the bike was still 150 metres away from where he was standing when the three-seconds lock was recorded.

Roy Zegers, who told the court he had 30 years' experience in radar equipment, said that distance would not be long enough for the LIDAR gun to get a reading if the bike was travelling at 149km/h.

In quashing the conviction, Judge Woods said: "The miscalculation by over 100 metres of the distance is extraordinary and fundamental."

He said the police officer would not have acted with malice but, in this case, it was correct to order Mr Busuttil's legal costs.

Outside the court, Mr Busuttil said he had spent 18 months and thousands of dollars to prove he was not speeding.

"It's cost a lot but it's worth it in the end," he said.

His father said police charged 22 drivers for speeding on Lady Wakehurst Drive on May 8, 2010, and 10 of them had their licences disqualified.

"I suspect there's something more going on here than just an error," he said.

He encouraged other drivers to challenge speeding fines if they believed they were not speeding.

"If you don't believe you were speeding, take them on."

Mr Busuttil's costs included about $40,000 in litigation costs, which were incurred by his father spending eight days and eight half-days in court at $3500 a day.

The rest of the costs were made up of the fees of solicitors, three expert witnesses and other expenses such as filing fees and court costs.