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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

Gosh the internal review process for traffic fines is such a crock of shit.

I'm challenging a red light camera fine as I think it was incorrectly issued - my car crossed the stop line when the light was yellow, then it turned red and the cameras went off. You have to cross the stop line after the light has turned red to commit the offence (at least that's my reading of the law). Wrote a detailed review application with reasons, my recollection of the situation, referring to the photo evidence you can access etc, all I got back is "we are satisfied the offence was committed". That's it. Pay up or go to court.

I'm in this crap position of having only my recollection of the situation to rely on. I can't prove my car was in the intersection when the light was still yellow outside of pointing to the police photo which shows exactly this. But that wasn't good enough for the review, so it's probably not good enough for court either. It's a really expensive fine too. Feels like guilty until proven innocent rather than the other way around.

I've been much more careful since this fine, the light goes yellow I'm stopping. I don't trust those fixed cameras one bit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Ooh - I have first-hand experience with this! I had green, but needed to stop because a pedestrian was crossing the intersection illegally somewhere in Hawthorn. I was over the line, but not 100% over the line. When the pedestrian cleared the way, I continued and the camera went off. Your whole car needs to be over the line when the light turns red. The flash goes off the same millisecond, there is zero grace on that.

I challenged, and had to go to court. Explained what happened and the magistrate and he agreed that I was not breaking the law. I can't find the outcome term online now - I'm at work and don't have time to research it. I can explain what happened in layman's terms though:
When you challenge the offense, you are saying the police made a mistake. That you shouldn't have been issued an infringement. The police will fight you in court over that.
In my case, I was given a verdict that basically meant "person is guilty but there are extenuating circumstances", and I didn't need to pay the fine etc. It did cost me a day off work, though

If you are saying your front tyres were over the line, so you're not guilty, I don't think that'll fly. Your whole car has to be over the line when it turns red. In my case, they could see I was doing like 5-10km/h when the light turned red, I obviously wasn't zooming through. So while the photo didn't show the pedestrian, they believed me.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Shout out to Australians for making good music (King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, Flume, and more).

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Today on our drive to Christchurch we got acquainted with Brian FM. Brian is our soul mate. ๐Ÿ’œ

https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/13-05-2023/who-is-brian-and-why-is-he-breaking-every-rule-of-fm-radio

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We need a Brian here in Melbourne, only, taking playlists sent in by people.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (6 children)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (8 children)

Moving ramblings (kinda want a whinge, feel free to swipe past)

To be honest I can't be bothered and don't have the energy to pack. Emotional energy mainly. I've got so much to do, and my childish mind just keeps reverting to "TO HARD. HIDE UNDER PILLOW TIL IT GOES AWAY", which I'll admit is beneficial in the short term, but I am moving TO.MOR.ROW and have only taken over 2 boxes and a bag of loose stuff

I don't have to return the keys until Friday, but I don't have a way to get back on Thursday or Friday besides the bus, so catching 3 buses or a bus and 2 trains just isn't practical with boxes and bags. I'm pretty sure only a small removalist van was booked (I didn't organise it), so while they probably can take a couple of boxes, the rest of my stuff will just have to make do with a few car trips

Considering I'm going to be moving again sometime between late next year and the end of 2026, it's looking kind of tempting to donate half my shit to the salvos and live like a nomad by necessity. But having done that, I do know that it's a depressing way of living, and you just amass new shit to fill the space anyway

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Absolute steal on one of the mrs's Christmas presents! She wanted some tea so I went to grab one of the tea2 gift packs. One was like 85 bucks, the assistant stopped me and said "hey just so you know if you buy 2 its like 80 bucks" and was like "so 160 in total?" he goes "no, both for 80" wait so I get a second one, and have to pay 5 bucks less? Heck yes!

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Had a garbage sleep with last night's temps. But on the plus side I could have a really long sleep. I only just properly got up. Though I did get up for half an hour for a quick zoom this morning. I needed it though. I feel less emotionally strained and foggy, and like I can properly get into the swing of moving

It is just dawning on me that cause of my screw up with trying to redirect that parcel that's now gone into hibernation in Adelaide, I can't actually have internet at the new place until it arrives. Guess I can't finally put my 1.1TB of banked mobile data to use (full 5g even inside at the new place!) Initially speedtest.net was reporting about 300mbps down, but Amaysim caps their download speeds to 100mbps. It settled out at about 115mbps. That makes it faster than the max NBN speed I can get at the new place, so perhaps 5g home internet is actually a practical option

Edit: temperature chart

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

I feel less emotionally strained and foggy, and like I can properly get into the swing of moving

When we were 18 I moved into a new place, and on night 2 or 3 I got up at like 3am for a drink or something and walked straight into a freakin wall. Ever heard the sound of an idiot bounce off the wall at 3am? it sounds hilarious. Unless you're the idiot. So make sure you turn a light on if you need to get up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Silly question. Is it normal for a hairdryer to overheat and cut out way before youโ€™ve finished? Is this a quality issue or is it faulty/damaged?

Iโ€™ve been having this happen with different cheap hairdryers. And while my hair is difficult to get dry/takes ages, it isnโ€™t even going for a long time. I only ever rough dry my roots and am having the dryer cut out before Iโ€™ve finished doing that.

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