Revenue Raising???

[Ausfree]

As some of you know, I work as a busdriver. Yesterday one of my workmates was involved in an accident while driving his bus. He was slowing down to turn a corner, he was on a straight stretch of road when a P plater rammed the rear of his bus. The P plater admitted he was texting, had only bought his car the day before and now it was written off.

There is about (at a guess) $10,000 worth of damage to the bus and it will off the road for sometime. A lady living nearby called the police and when they arrived and realised nobody was injured, they didn't want to know anymore about it. They said the matter was between the parties involved and the insurance companies to sort out.

I realise the laws have changed in the last few years, so I'm not blaming the police, but my point is this.............

Both drivers, should have been breath tested and the young bloke charged. The police were on the scene and didn't do anything.

If you are doing slightly over the speed limit you could be charged and given a fine but here we are where an accident happened that is more serious than a slight speeding lapse of concentration.

Are the police being used by the government solely as a means to raise revenue.

I know there are serving police officers on this Forum and I am in no way having a go at police officers, they are doing their job as laid down by the law.

[Eevo]

maybe the police used their discretion and thought the p plater had suffered enough.
a fine for using mobile phone while driving though should of been prudent.

[JDNSW]

Having been in a similar accident in November, I sympathise entirely with you - exactly the same police response.

John

[Mick_Marsh]

I thought any incident involving public transport was mandatory breath test.

Yeah. I reckon the angry people with those flashing lights are micro managed under government policy. Not necessarily to revenue raise but possibly to be seen to be doing something to distract the public's attention from the real problems.

I get rather annoyed at the number of times I am stopped for a random breath test in the Commodore and yet when I drive the Mercs, Landies or John's Territory, they ignore me.
I guess in the Commodore I must appear to drive like a drunk. Or the police are directed to profile.

[UncleHo]

I was lead to believe that if damage was over $2000 then the police had to attend,and that was an insurance requirement.

[SSmith]

I was lead to believe that if damage was over $2000 then the police had to attend,and that was an insurance requirement.

It is in road law that the police must be notified of the incident, the dollar threshold varies from state to state but it is there for all that i have read.
They decide whether or not to attend and or whether to issue infringements. I would imagine that decision making process is not a simple one.

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[Homestar]

I was lead to believe that if damage was over $2000 then the police had to attend,and that was an insurance requirement.

Not heard of that in Vic. Same thing happened to SWMBO last year - P Plater wrote his car off slamming into the back of her RR. Damage to RR was just over $8K, his ****box was a total loss. His insurance couoghed up the whole lot without question and I had it repaired at my choice of repairer (which was a bloody expensive specialist Mercedes repairer):D

Only problem with that was that the back of the car now looks like it just rolled off the showroom, and the rest of the car, well.... doesn't...

[PhilipA]

Got my NSW rego renewal form yesterday and there was a leaflet inside detailing when to call the cops.
Briefly if a driver suspected of being drunk, someone hurt, or driver refusing to give details, or traffic obstruction.
Regards Philip A