VICTORIA'S most infamous elderly speed demon, who was nabbed doing 164km/h, has had her licence suspended for 12 months.
Judith Slade, of Heathcote, was caught speeding on the Murray Valley Highway in July.
The feisty 81-year-old, who gives her occupation as sheep shearer, was intercepted after speeding past the car of her younger secret lover near Lake Boga after a weekend tryst at a Mildura hotel.
Yesterday she pleaded guilty at Bendigo Magistrates' Court to driving at a dangerous speed and failing to obey her licence conditions, theBendigo Advertiser reports.
The court was told Ms Slade's licence had a VicRoads condition banning her from driving outside a 30km radius around her home when she was detected speeding. Private corporations can make their own terms and conditions. They are not 'laws' because they require your agreement and consent for them to apply to you. You are not bound by the terms of a bank loan unless you agree to be bound, similarly, you are not bound by the conditions applied by a department store, restaurant, or sporting arena until you signify your intentions to interact within these fictional worlds. Similarly, Vic Roads, as well as other corporations that profit from people who purchase licence's, registration and other items from them can impose their own conditions on people who freely choose to contract with them. You already have a common law right to travel on the land which is enshrined and recognised by the Australian Constitution, and international law. You agreed to give up these rights when you voluntarily entered into contract with Vic Roads and submitted an application with them to grant you with one of their licence's.
The magistrate cancelled Ms Slade's licence and disqualified her from getting a licence for 12 months. She was also fined $850.
Speaking to the Herald Sun in the days following the incident in July, Ms Slade objected to being branded a hoon, and vowed to fight to stay on the road. Interesting how corporate media applies the appellation "hoon" onto an innocent person -everyone is innocent until proven guilty- accused of a "driving offence".
"They're going to be hell-bent on taking my licence off me for good," she said.
"I have spent my life driving without an accident or insurance claim."
She claimed at the time her speed was less than police clocked her at.
And she said her "friend" had ended their romance after the publicity surrounding the police pursuit and speeding infringement.
"I don't want to go out like this," she said. "I'll admit I was speeding a few kilometres an hour over, but no big deal. My friend, I haven't heard from in a couple of days, and that's very sad."
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