Speed zones: Ballan woman heads down dead-end road in court

By Evan Schuurman
Updated November 2 2012 - 4:19pm, first published April 27 2011 - 2:19pm
FINE: Emma Kosh has faced court over her second speeding fine she has received from the same 60kmh zone on Dyson Dve, Alfredton.
FINE: Emma Kosh has faced court over her second speeding fine she has received from the same 60kmh zone on Dyson Dve, Alfredton.

A BALLAN woman caught speeding twice in two months on the same stretch of road fronted court yesterday, urging the magistrate to consider a moratorium on the second fine until after a state government review of speed zones.Emma Kosh, 45, was twice fined $234 after she was caught speeding in the 60km/h zone on Dyson Drive between Scarborough Crescent and Remembrance Drive in Alfredton. The first time Kosh was caught doing 85km/h in March last year and willingly paid the fine. But yesterday she fronted court after being fined for doing 72km/h in the same section of road in May, which she described as an “unjustified cash grab”.On both occasions her speed was checked by police cars stationed on the side of the road.During her address to magistrate Peter Couzens, Kosh cited an article in The Courier (“An end to confusion”, April 7, 2011), which detailed the speed zone overhaul.She said the fine deserved a moratorium until after the review was finalised and that the area under question warranted a higher speed limit. “I am here in court to have my case heard because I believe it is an unjustified cash grab to be putting speed cameras in areas where the police know they are going to receive a large amount of positive speed breaches just to get revenue,” Kosh said.“There is no need from a road safety issue that this should be a 60km/h speed zone ... and it is my duty to let the authorities know instead of being a sheep and humbly paying hard-earned money for a crime I feel was wrongly administered.”Kosh told the court she would even accept the job of standing beside the 60km/h sign on Dyson Drive waving a “slow down” road sign as punishment.But Mr Couzens said the potential changes to speed zones would not be applied retrospectively, which would rule out the proposed moratorium.“I hear what you are saying ... none of us, including myself are immune,” Mr Couzens said.Kosh was charged with exceeding a 60km/h speed sign by 10km/h but less than 25km/h. The case was adjourned until May 25 after Kosh was offered more time to consider her plea.

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