In short
From The West Australian
By John Falconer, Mt Claremont

April 5, 2006

In September 2002 it was alleged my speed was 72kmh and I received a fine for $100 and one demerit point.

This is my one and only traffic conviction in 50 years of driving.

At the time I considered it impossible to have done that speed, but being a former police superintendent, I knew I could never prove it. I reluctantly trusted that the Multanova and police system were correct.

But after reading the report (Opposition guns for multanovas, ¾) I know that I was innocent.

I remember that occasion as if it were yesterday.

I had just crossed the traffic lights in Selby Street junction with Cambridge Street and soon after changed lanes (as I always do at this point) in order to take a right turn at Underwood Avenue.

If I had known then about the possibility of a false figure I would have appealed.

 

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