Radar detectors make a comeback
IN A DISTURBING TREND, radar detectors are being offered for sale online in pop-up ads. Now, in the interests of transparency, we have to admit to owning a series of radar detectors way back when
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Tag: Speeding fines
Raises revenue, but does it save lives?
LITTLE WONDER DRIVERS are sceptical about the oft-repeated claim that speeding fines are all about saving lives. You only have to be in traffic when a police car is about to see how a visible
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Reader enquiry: I’ve been accused of speeding when I wasn’t
Well, Trent, welcome to the club! It used to be a basic tenet of our society that people were innocent until proven guilty, but this has gone by the board when it comes to speeding
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Reader enquiry: can I challenge a speeding fine?
“I have recently been issued with a penalty notice for exceeding the speed limit at a fixed camera site at Gaven in Queensland. At this point on the motorway, I always use my cruise control
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Deterrents simply aren’t deterring drivers from irresponsible behaviour
And the number of unpaid fines just keeps mounting up, while more and more unlicensed, unregistered, uninsured drivers laugh at the law. PLACE A POLICE OFFICER (or an unmarked grey Camry) beside a busy road
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How soon after a speed sign must you comply?
NOTHING IS MORE ANNOYING, according to some correspondence we have received, than being pinged for speeding soon after passing a change of speed limit sing. Well, the bad news is that you are expected to
Continue readingVictoria increases penalties for high range speeding.
DESPITE ANY AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE that speeding fines do not discourage speeding, the Victorian government, already one of the most Draconian, has decided to increase the penalties for speeding, and in particular excessive (or“high range”)
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Speeding tickets get automated
THE FUTURE FOR SPEEDING MOTORISTS looks ever more glum, with a strong possibility that speeding tickets will be issued not by police officers, but by new automated law enforcement systems. Such systems are currently under
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