He said Scylla tendered photographs comparing tyre sizes, along with printouts of information he had found on the internet, during his case in the Magistrates Court. 'He opined that that change meant that the car was, from then on, travelling faster than the speedometer indicated,' Supreme Court Justice David Peek said.
Scylla told the court that his car - a Mitsubishi Magna - was originally fitted with 15-inch rims, but he replaced them with 16-inch rims and a 'higher profile tyre' about six months after purchasing it in 2014 or 2015. The Supreme Court was told that between December 2016 and August 2020, Scylla had elected for 12 speeding offences to go to court - and in 10 of those cases, he had successfully argued to have the number of demerit point issued reduced. Magistrate Sprod refused before Scylla appealed that decision to the South Australian Supreme Court. Like paying the fine, you have a few options for doing so.
He elected to be prosecuted and pleaded guilty to the traffic offence in August 2020, but asked Magistrate Derek Sprod if he could reduce the number of demerit points incurred by two. The first step of fighting a speeding ticket in Oregon is to plead not guilty. In March 2019, David Scylla was caught speeding at 68 kph in a 60 zone on The Grove Way, at Golden Grove, by a speed camera.
