Lad Spends Over £50k Fighting A £130 Speeding Ticket

This guy really likes being right. So much so, that he has spent $71,000 fighting a $180 speeding ticket.

Fair.

Mustafa Al Shakarji moved over to Australia from Iraq back in 2002. According to Q13 Fox, he found that his new country was much less corrupt. So when he got a speeding ticket back in 2012 which he fully believes was given unjustly - he fought it.

Not only that, he's still fighting it.

He's fought a speeding ticket before (and won). He spoke to news.com.au regarding the last ticket, and said: "In Iraq I couldn't stand up to speak out, but here you can when you don't think it's right, so why wouldn't you?"

When it comes to the case he's currently fighting, police have accused him of travelling 88kmh in a 60kmh speed zone (that's roughly 55mph vs. 37mph). However, he says that he "was not speeding, absolutely."

Apparently, his family think he's crazy and should "just pay the fine".

Some people will go to any length to prove they're right. And why the hell shouldn't he, to be fair.

Mel Ramsay

Mel Ramsay has been a Senior Journalist for Tyla and LADbible since 2015. She started her career writing obituaries and funeral guides online. Since then, her work has been published in a wide variety of national and local news sites. She is part of the BBC's Generation project and has spoken about young people, politics and mental health on television, radio and online. Contact her - [email protected]

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