request the fine be revoked based on the fact there is no specific legislation citing driving in the right hand lane is an indictable offence.
Sorry, Aaron, but it is, actually.
Road Rule 130, nationwide.
rodimus, I'm definitely seeing a trend in your posting history. I can recall you having gotten into problems with house construction (bricks), property management (date of tenant vacating, overlap with new tenant), and now road rules, and in each case come on SS ranting and raving, emotional and angry out of all proportion to the event.
In every instance, the problem was due to you not understanding the regulations governing that domain, or feeling that what you wanted, or believed was commonsense or fair to you, should over-ride the law. Then you get hugely annoyed when the other party acts in accordance with the law, rather than your preference, and refuse to accept any responsibility for your ignorance (or choice, or role).
I seriously doubt that I'm going to get through to you - likely you'll just instead assume that we're all picking on you, and insult me too
- but I would suggest that if you listen and stop being defensive for a moment, you just might get something useful out of what I'm about to say.
It's your responsibility to be aware of your responsibilities, as a party to a contract, as a landlord, and as a driver. When you fail to fulfil your responsibilities, whether through ignorance or choice, there may be consequences. The sooner you accept responsibility for your own actions and their consequences, the better; for your career, for those around you, and for your own health.
Accepting consequences, "taking it on the chin" and learning from it, is a much cheaper and healthier option, long-term, than turning every consequence into a perceived injustice which you have to fight with so much emotional energy.
I'm not unsympathetic, because I have a big problem with injustice myself, and when I believe I'm in the right, I'll fight very hard for my corner. But I have come to realise, over time, that sometimes when I was younger and fought things, I wasn't actually totally innocent; I was just frustrated because I didn't think what was happening was
fair.
I try, now, to cop consequences on the chin when I'm in the wrong (even if it's not fair), and when I'm in the right, I defend myself vigorously, but try not to get too emotional about it. Ultimately you can make yourself really sick getting so worked up about injustice. One of the marks of maturity is realising and accepting that life often
isn't fair.
