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Re: My speeding ticket hearing of 5/12/1995

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From: H.E.
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 00:00
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>>So are you saying that if police were set up to catch a bank robber that
>>they had been tipped off about, and you noticed the guy get out of his car
>>with a balaclava on, and you somehow stopped him from robbing the bank and
>>possibly shooting people, possibly himself (or the other way around in
>>Victoria), then you've committed a crime?

>>Surely interfering in a police operation means causing the operation to
>>fail [to catch the bad guys] as opposed to preventing the crime.

>When a person is speeding the crime *is* being committed. You are just 
>enabling the bad guy to get away with it. 

At least the speeding driver will behave him/herself for the rest of the 
journey. 
Regards, Hany
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From: hanscom@gil.com.au (H.E.)
Subject: Re: My speeding ticket hearing of 5/12/1995
Date: 1995/12/24
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