{"id":91242,"date":"2015-06-08T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/91242\/juicy-tidbits\/"},"modified":"2015-06-08T10:06:58","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T08:06:58","slug":"juicy-tidbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/opinion-edition\/2015\/06\/08\/juicy-tidbits\/","title":{"rendered":"Juicy tidbits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the recent GCN article, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/90833\/man-nabbed-doing-226kmh-on-n3-highway\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man nabbed doing 226km\/h on N3 highway<\/a>\u201d, a 33-year-old man claimed that he was speeding to avoid being late for an appointment with his mother-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>Though his excuse seems unbelievable it made me think of what other excuses are used to avoid speeding fines or in worse cases arrest.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>In my personal experience, friends have made up stories of forgetting their wallet (and therefore licence) at home as they were in rush to leave the house and get somewhere important, when in fact, their learner\u2019s licence happened to be in the glove compartment of the car.<\/p>\n<p>After posting a question on Facebook and Twitter, here are some more excuses:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Wife is in labour.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Late for my wedding.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Late for a funeral.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Alarm is going off at my house.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Sick child.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Family member in hospital.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Family member involved in an accident.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Late for appointment with my personal trainer.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Late for work.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Speedometer is broken, so I didn\u2019t know I was going so fast.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Military emergency, used by soldiers in uniform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sandor Oroszi shared his experience explaining, \u201cI was heading home after college.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was speeding, having a cigarette and talking on my phone, making plans for the night, when I was stopped by the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told the cops I was late for my evening job and got off without paying a R2 000 fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another Facebook user, who wishes to remain anonymous, explained how she got out of paying the full amount on her fine, \u201cIf you take the fine\/fines to the traffic department and give them a story about not having money they will reduce them for you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had R2 500 worth of fines and I only paid R400 after they reduced them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever used an excuse to get out of paying a fine?<\/p>\n<p>Do you think it is right to avoid paying the fine\/fines for something you have done?<\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">@GCNnews<\/a>, 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