on โ03-11-2013 10:04 PM
Are they allowed to ask for your phone to look at what you have just texted or just been texted??
My Miss got pulled over today cause the policeman said he saw her head look down.
on โ04-11-2013 05:32 PM
As for switching off her driving (fog) lights, that was yet another good gesture on his part, instead of fining her for contravention of Australian Road Rule 217.
Add that to the fail to display P plate, I think she should be thanking her lucky stars.
on โ04-11-2013 05:35 PM
@cq_tech wrote:
That was an act of kindness, as it is illegal to drive in built-up areas with fog/driving lights switched on unnecessarily. The fine's about $187, too!
In SA it's $218 + $60 victims of crime levy.
on โ04-11-2013 06:07 PM
on โ04-11-2013 11:08 PM
Who the hell is the 'victim' in the case of driving with undipped lights, I wonder?
The oncoming driver/s dazzled by the undipped lights who then go on to crash into a stobie pole or parked car or some other solid object maybe?
on โ05-11-2013 04:27 AM
on โ05-11-2013 06:43 AM
Yep, every infringement notice carries the $60 levy, even if the fine itself is less than $60. Goes into a "fund" which is supposedly kept separate from general revenue, but recent reports say it has a healthy, growing balance, with very few payments made from it. One wonders if it's earning some decent interest and where that goes?
on โ05-11-2013 07:51 AM
the victims of crime levy covers you in a way. its the source of compensation payouts.
โ05-11-2013 05:32 PM - edited โ05-11-2013 05:33 PM
@lakeland27 wrote:the victims of crime levy covers you in a way. its the source of compensation payouts.
Very little of which are being made. Many victims have referred to my ol mate Leon that they get dribs and drabs as offenders are able to pay "compensation" on a pay it off basis to the courts. I'd have thought the fund would be there to pay it, and anything courts can recover from offenders would then go back into it.
on โ05-11-2013 05:34 PM
your old mate Leon. Anything to do with the radio?
โ05-11-2013 05:39 PM - edited โ05-11-2013 05:40 PM