Burgey

hey mate, all good.

so i'm a support worker, i drive around disabled people to appointments/shopping/etc. Stupidly on Thursday I was caught fiddling with google maps on my phone at a red light by a motorbike cop, pulled over and whacked with a 10 demerit point hit because its 5 points for phones now and double demerits. I normally have a phone holder like cabbies but it broke a few days earlier and yeah

Other than a 2 point speeding fine in Jan my current record was clean but 10 points is a massive hit, now I have 1 point left to last nearly 3 years. it's gonna be tough as I drive all day for work, I know I'll make a mistake somewhere and likely lose my job.
My question is do you think I could successfully appeal the double demerits part of this incident? 6 points left would be a helluva lot more handy than 1. Is there a lot of subjectivity involved with this? I objectively ****ed up with the phone, but do you think a judge could look favorably on me in the circumstances?

Hey mate, can I ask you a quick legal question. Sorry to bother you but I just got majorly ****ed by double demerits yesterday

Would never think otherwise, Burg

Taking a break from the forum until the WC. Nothing to do with you, of course.

Doing my bit for #bertmentum: twitter.com/cricket_gc/status/1108101087066755073

Yeah it feels like it, but it's very early doors.

Aye mate it's working on all devices, tried a few.

There’s a few haha. Let me know if you’re ever around. I’d love to buy you a beer and a real steak.

Doing well overall. Happy to see you doing so well. When are you ever coming to the mainland?

What’s going on buddy?

Lol.. the funny thing is your whinging about others' whinging is the only constant here at CW.

Cheers

Cheers mate

It just boils the blood, that I go to a doctor after an accident in which the other party had admitted full liability for but apparantly i have to pay for the doctor.

Its not even a huge amount, but its just not my fault

All good mate, just wanted to some advice

Basically, I got a message from the Doctor (private clinic) saying that CPT insurance won't cover my fees and that I have to pay it myself

Surely thats rubbish? I even got a free motorbike while Im waiting for my insurance pay out (Bike was written off)

As in CTP wont cover this fee

Hey Burgos

I went to a doctor on Monday to have my leg checked out and gave them my insurance claim number for the person that hit me

I've just got a message from the Doctor saying that they will not pay this fee and that I have to pay it myself

That's bullshit right?

Yeah I got one. Said I couldn't work etc

Cheers mate. Will go see a Doctor in the lunch break

Burgos

Some woman cleaned me up when I was on my motorbike on Saturday evening. She's admitted complete liability for the bike because it's now completely ****ed I think. But are my rights to further compensation stuff if I havent gone to the doctors within 24 hours? To be honest, my injuries aren't horrible, but I'm missing a few days of work and December is my busiest month in retail

Thanks mate, appreciate it......you're a top shelf fella and it's amazing how you look out for the forum members here. I promise you as and when I can get my arse up to Sydney you'll be the first call mate. Anyway I'm all good, just been a crazy few weeks...tempted to post about it but tbh it's almost too ****ed up to discuss (not my wife n kids ftr, a ****ed up brother who has been terrorizing my elderly mum and step dad) But it's sorted now and they are safe. Cheers again mate.

As funny as the sig is you probably should asterisk it out.