******* - I got a speeding ticket
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So i was cruising out to Atherton in my rented Fairlane V8, going through a village and the speed went 100 - 80 - 60 - 40 - 20 - 60 - 80 in the space of 800m or so.
I got to the 60 and thought it was the 80, so started accelerating, then he jumped out from behind a sign and stopped me.
Oh well i thought.
So we had a chat i didn't tell him i was living out here, just that i was on holiday (he asked how long i was in queensland for not OZ...
He then shows me his magic gun with the numbers 75 showing.
Oh well i though $50 or so, i'll pay it tomorrow.
Then he says, sorry that'll be a $200 fine and you can only pay at x between the hours of 9-4 and they shut from 12-2.
I said you're having a laugh aren't you, had a bit of a joke with him and he dropped it to 72 in a 60, still a $133 dollar fine though.
He did suggest that if i was going home soon not to bother paying as they can't do anything about it, but i said i'll just pay it and frame my speeding ticket and put it next to my 7 Euro Austrian speeding ticket.
I got to the 60 and thought it was the 80, so started accelerating, then he jumped out from behind a sign and stopped me.
Oh well i thought.
So we had a chat i didn't tell him i was living out here, just that i was on holiday (he asked how long i was in queensland for not OZ...
He then shows me his magic gun with the numbers 75 showing.
Oh well i though $50 or so, i'll pay it tomorrow.
Then he says, sorry that'll be a $200 fine and you can only pay at x between the hours of 9-4 and they shut from 12-2.
I said you're having a laugh aren't you, had a bit of a joke with him and he dropped it to 72 in a 60, still a $133 dollar fine though.
He did suggest that if i was going home soon not to bother paying as they can't do anything about it, but i said i'll just pay it and frame my speeding ticket and put it next to my 7 Euro Austrian speeding ticket.
Let me clarify.
I was in Perth, on a UK license, on the freeway and got pulled over by a cop on a bike.
I was fined even though i said i was leaving the country the next day.
my work (through the rental company) eventually got the fine demand. this was waaay over the due date as it took so long to get passed to the boss.
then the court summons came through...
then the 'failed to appear in court' came through...
all of this before i moved to Perth permanently.
i phoned the cops and asked about the fine, the points and the subsequent ban when i moved to Perth and before i got a Aussie license. the cops said "what points, fine and ban?"
believe me or believe me not. your choice.
I was in Perth, on a UK license, on the freeway and got pulled over by a cop on a bike.
I was fined even though i said i was leaving the country the next day.
my work (through the rental company) eventually got the fine demand. this was waaay over the due date as it took so long to get passed to the boss.
then the court summons came through...
then the 'failed to appear in court' came through...
all of this before i moved to Perth permanently.
i phoned the cops and asked about the fine, the points and the subsequent ban when i moved to Perth and before i got a Aussie license. the cops said "what points, fine and ban?"
believe me or believe me not. your choice.
Pommygranite said:
toomuchbeer said:
I've just been pulled, and received 2 points, and $150 fine for 93kph in an 80kph. A f
king dual carriageway, and 80kph......
Surely the Magna WONT DO 93kph?....king dual carriageway, and 80kph......
and yes, I am ashamed of all the fluffy animals I left killed by the completely inappropiate speed. I mean 93 on a dual carriage way is completely wild and I was struggling to control the car as the world zipped by in a blur.
f
king fking fk fk fk fk....... and breath.....Still, the up side is I'm still on a UK licence, so will avoid the points until I get an Ozzie licence.
One interesting thing to come out of it, was the copper (who was from the uk) was telling me that unlike the uk, where if you get the 13 points and a ban, in Oz, all the points are then taken off ya licence and you start a fresh. He was saying it's almost worth getting the ban to clear the licience if I find myself getting close.....
you hit the nail on the head.
I've heard many 'true, it happened to a mate' stories about Fly in, fly out guys, deliberately getting points, to clear the license, just before they bu99er off for 3 months!
its like paying $100 for a new license i guess! (if it has ever happened in the real world..)
I've heard many 'true, it happened to a mate' stories about Fly in, fly out guys, deliberately getting points, to clear the license, just before they bu99er off for 3 months!
its like paying $100 for a new license i guess! (if it has ever happened in the real world..)
Wouldnt it bugger up your insurance premiums for a while though?
I heard on the news today that the laws are going to be changed to remove the option of filling out a stat dec and saying you dont know who was driving....the registered owner of the car is going to cop the fine / points so now would be your last chance to do a stat dec!
I heard on the news today that the laws are going to be changed to remove the option of filling out a stat dec and saying you dont know who was driving....the registered owner of the car is going to cop the fine / points so now would be your last chance to do a stat dec!
i have a mate with an here in Sydney who has gone through this twice in 3 years. Each time most all offenses were stupid limits changes, once a *shock horror* too small plate on their pushbikes on the back of their
Each time he's taken the 2 (or is it 3) month ban, and left that with -0- points and no insurance come back. So it may well pay to just take the ban, clear your license, and walk away pissing yourself with laughter ;-)
here in Sydney who has gone through this twice in 3 years. Each time most all offenses were stupid limits changes, once a *shock horror* too small plate on their pushbikes on the back of their Each time he's taken the 2 (or is it 3) month ban, and left that with -0- points and no insurance come back. So it may well pay to just take the ban, clear your license, and walk away pissing yourself with laughter ;-)
toomuchbeer said:
One interesting thing to come out of it, was the copper (who was from the uk) was telling me that unlike the uk, where if you get the 13 points and a ban, in Oz, all the points are then taken off ya licence and you start a fresh. He was saying it's almost worth getting the ban to clear the licience if I find myself getting close.....
Edited by Steve-B on Sunday 22 March 02:53
If you dont declair the bans to the insurance you are committing fraud. Personally my view on insurance is even if we are all 100% in the right and have a problem they dont want to pay. If there is a way out of a claim they will take it. When i had my claim last year my insurance tried to not pay out as they said i had the wrong visa and was in the country illegally!!! I kid you not.
Its your duty of care to inform them of any conviction or claim over the last 5 years. When i had to claim i had to get written notice from the police saying what convictions i had got in WA. Imagine what the insurance would have said if it came back with bans when i had declared it clean
Here is an easy one for us pomms. Keep two uk licences (which some people did for driving in Europe
). When you get banned in one state hop on a plane to another state and obtain a second licence. I know your supposed to change licence within 12 months of residency but they dont seem to care about it...
Its your duty of care to inform them of any conviction or claim over the last 5 years. When i had to claim i had to get written notice from the police saying what convictions i had got in WA. Imagine what the insurance would have said if it came back with bans when i had declared it clean
Here is an easy one for us pomms. Keep two uk licences (which some people did for driving in Europe
). When you get banned in one state hop on a plane to another state and obtain a second licence. I know your supposed to change licence within 12 months of residency but they dont seem to care about it...well, today, I received yet another speeding fine. 
Came as an Traffic Infringment notice 'photographic evidence'. Amount due $75, no points.
Road is Reid Highway, and has a legal limit of 90kph. I was doing warp factor 97kph....... fking bds. This is no more than a cash cow.!
Photo is from behind, so there's a lovley piccy of the rear of the focus, a zoomed in one of the reg, then, which makes me laugh, an enlargement, which I assume when your taken from the front, will give the drivers face, but this is from the back, so just the light cluster.
God I love driving in this place. The fker must have been hidden well.
Just noticed the overall photo has some details at the top, date, time, multinova, and a speed of 98kph. It's so kind of them to taken 1kph off.
Came as an Traffic Infringment notice 'photographic evidence'. Amount due $75, no points.Road is Reid Highway, and has a legal limit of 90kph. I was doing warp factor 97kph....... f
king bds. This is no more than a cash cow.!Photo is from behind, so there's a lovley piccy of the rear of the focus, a zoomed in one of the reg, then, which makes me laugh, an enlargement, which I assume when your taken from the front, will give the drivers face, but this is from the back, so just the light cluster.
God I love driving in this place. The f
ker must have been hidden well.Just noticed the overall photo has some details at the top, date, time, multinova, and a speed of 98kph. It's so kind of them to taken 1kph off.
If I promised to abolish scameras, scrap hooning laws, introduce sensible speed limits (30kps around schools, up to 130kps on motorways), scrap luxury car tax and deport all the enforcement neanderthals would I get into office? K.Rudd here I come...
On a serious note, when I do move to Aus, how long can I drive on my UK licence before I have to get a local one?
Licence is 12 months on a working visa, 3 months if here as a resident (officially). I know of someone who changed their licence over after 5 years and there were no questions asked. Bring a few uk licences over and have a field day collecting different Australian state ones
Don't be too keen to rush over, in paper today of a scheme to add 3000 average speed cameras at 30km intervals all over WA. Cos as we know, speed kills, not lack of driver awareness or lane discipline or road conditions or..or..or..
Don't be too keen to rush over, in paper today of a scheme to add 3000 average speed cameras at 30km intervals all over WA. Cos as we know, speed kills, not lack of driver awareness or lane discipline or road conditions or..or..or..
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