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Well, I'm quite aware that there are invariably many on this forum that do not agree with much of what i have to say. Absolutely no problem, I LOVE a good discussion, & am very much aware that others have different opinions to mine, so....all good, as long as it doesn't get personally derogatory,..I don't do it myself, and I see no need for it..
Anyway, Wifey & I got back home this afternoon after spending two absolutely glorious days driving Gracie around the Yarra Valley, whilst staying at a wonderful place, Chateau Yering.....just out of this world.
Anyway, we get back home, and we open the mail, & Wifey's copped an "Infringement Notice",....3 points & $317 for doing 52 kph in a 40 zone. The 40 zone may be known to some of you Melbournites,...as you are going in a northerly direction downhill along Warrigal Rd, just after you pass the Matthew Flinders Hotel, for some unknown reason it's 40 kph & has been for a long time,..and we know that!
Anyway, Wifey's made a boo boo, she hasn't slowed down quickly enough (she's slowing down from 60), so she's copped THREE points for being 12ks over, 52 in a 40 zone (why it's a 40 zone, divided road etc,..I don't know!,,she has been in the process of slowing down, but obviously, not quickly enough.
Not much we can do about it, we've done the crime, so we'll do the time,..and luckily it won't have much influence on our financial position or driving freedom. We've already paid it.
BUT, for a struggling family, a $317 fine could be devastating, they may simply be unable to pay,....anything. And again, for whatever reason, THREE points for, in my opinion, an easy error, could, in some cases, result in loss of license, which if you need your license in your work, could mean loss of your job, income, etc etc,..could ruin yor life,...FOR WHAT???,...being 12ks over in a 40 zone, that shouldn't be 40 (well I know plenty of others who live in the area that can't understand it either!)
Anyway, I know there'll be the "usual suspects" on here that are "perfect",..never make a boo boo, but in terms of what crimes are happening everyday in Melbourne, where no penalties are handed out by weak as water magistrates for far worse "crimes", I thought that what Wfey copped was just crap....just the way I feel anyway.
pickles.
Very Very Lucky!
Mea Culpa. I did it to- Clock in my D3 suggest it was 9.45. It was 9.27. 70kph zone V 40KPH zone. 25 over and my first infringement in decades had me running and riding a bit more than I already enjoy.
My bad of course. Honestly think fines could be set as a % of income as my fine was not a bother for me at all either but would have hurt some people a lot more as well. Shhhh on that idea please
LordRover
SubscriberIf wifey has had a clean record for 5 years a nicely written letter will get her off, I don't understand the 40 zones either but at least they aren't 25 like in SA.
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OldBushie
SupporterYour Wife got caught speeding and copped a fine and 3 demerits, Boo Hoo.
If you do the crime you do the time simple as that, Jumping up and down moaning about how unfair it is pointless and will fall on deaf ears.
Many of us have been busted for speeding at one time or another and Yes it is a PITA when it happens But moaning and whining about how unfair you have been treated because of being caught for lapse in judgment when driving is pitiful.
We all know that speeding is illegal so if you get caught by Mr Plod the best thing to do is to cop it sweet and do your best not to do it again.
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ForumSage
Pickles you have all my sympathy - the penalties being applied for many road infringements in Victoria - simply do not fit the "crime".
I'm the first to agree that these clowns that do excessive speed in built up areas need the book thrown at them..... knowing the piece of road you are talking about, I'd say how dangerous 52 km/hr is would be very debatable....
I see dozens of drivers every day that are not speeding - but are far more dangerous than that!..
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Swaggie
I agree with Mr Loanrangie. If it is her first offence, a nicely worded letter admitting the crime, pointing out she has never done such an embarrassing thing before, and she'll never do it again.
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A bit harsh Trout, Pickles isn't 'jumping up and down' about his/their situation, but the blatant revenue raising that will cause hardship to battlers.Originally Posted by trout1105
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
I agree with you Pickles.
There, that a surprise?
BTW I got done recently for doing 74 for what had previously been an 80 zone until being cut to 60 so can sympathize.
OldBushie
SupporterI may have been somewhat harsh But speeding is not only a crime it has been proved to cause accidents and deaths.
Try telling a parent of a child that has been run down by a speeding car that speeding is not that serious and the coppers are just using it as an excuse to raise revenue
We all know that speeding is dangerous and we all know it is illegal and yet many of us still speed.
I myself am NO angel in this regard and I have been busted on a few occasions that have cost me money and demerit points that left me feeling stupid for speeding in the first place.
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Swaggie
Actually, speeding is not a criminal offence, it is a traffic offence.
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