Red_V_Roger

Agreed - that's why they do nothing to police tailgating, middle lane hoggers and any number of other crap driving things you see here.

There's no revenue in it for them.

Amazulu

Exactly - they are tax collectors for the state government.

joej23

Thanks for all the useful replies.
I don't understand how it would show up if I tried to re-enter the country as I only showed them my driving licence and not my passport so all they have is my name really.
I guess I will have to think about if I will be coming back to Australia at all in the future which will determine whether I pay the fine or not.
The ticket was bullshit anyway, the road was in the middle of the desert, straight for miles and with no other cars around.

sammyg

They only need your name mate, police/customs/immigration all have access to the same database Police can get all the info they need off your driving licence and this then goes into a far larger database, accessed by many government agencies...as i stated earlier - immigration work closely with Police.

Understand your frustration though with a crappy ticket like that

sammyg

There are hundreds of traffic infringement tickets, including follow too close and fail to keep left, don't be so naive as to think these types of driving behaviours are ignored...

Also, you are entitled to your opinion but do not forget the primary role of traffic Police is to reduce the road death toll (and traffic cops are often the first at the scene of horrific fatals T/A's) which is bloody high in Aus

They do this by correcting poor driving behaviour with fines WHEN they see someone driving outside of the road rules guidelines - including speeding amongst many other things...

ABCDiamond

Back in 2001, I went into NSW RTA after buying a car, but only had a UK licence, they checked my residence from that by logging into immigration and confirmed the date I had last arrived, and my status.

My best guess, is that the inter department linking is now even more sophisticated.

Cheetah7

If you want to come back then I would pay it, you broke the speed limit by a considerable amount, so should expect nothing less.

Hino

Single vehicle rollovers account for a large proportion of road fatalities in this country, especially in outback and "desert" areas. So the only life the copper was trying to save by sitting there in the middle of nowhere was yours.

"No other cars for miles around" ???

I do assure you that there was at least one....Probably very brightly coloured with lots of chrome and bright flashing lights on top. If you think back, you will probably recall it "appearing from nowhere" in your rear view mirror.

If your outback driving skills are so poor that you couldn't see a bloody cop car, how the hell do you expect to see the dust coloured kangaroo, camel or cow by the side of the highway. Just waiting to wander onto the road and turn you into just another statistic ?

My advice is for you not to pay the fine, get yerself a 'record' in this country to prevent you returning, and spend the rest of your homicidal driving career back in pommyland.

Far away from 'revenue raising' Australian cops.....and also, thankfully, myself and my loved ones.

Have a safe trip back.

moneypenny20

I know we all believe in different things and have different attitudes to things or events but most of the time I can kind of get my head round why someone has the opinion they do. However if someone breaks the law and admits they've broken the law then I honestly can't understand why they wouldn't accept the consequences

OK so loads of you and more in 'real life' believe that the police are just running a money making scheme and the speed limits are wrong, that's fine, that's your right but the fact is that they are the rules and as residents/citizens of the country we have to abide by them and if we break them and get fined/penalised/convicted etc etc then that's what we have to accept.

Probably sounds patronising or sanctimonious to some but hey, that's life, it's just my opinion, not expecting anyone to take any notice of it.

this charming man

i agree, speed kills and the comedown is awful.

Pollyana

There is a questioin on the majority of vsa application forms about whether you owe a monetary debt of any kind to Australia. A couple of posters on here have had fines listed against them, and have had to clear those before they were able to proceed with the application. Be warned if you ever intend to migrate here.

joej23

I would not roll my car over in the outback because I actually know how to drive, only an idiot would manage that.
Plus the police car wasn't behind me, don't assume things you know nothing about. They came from in front of me, over a hill, and got me on radar, so I had next to no time to react. Plus the car was not brightly coloured at all, and why would the lights be flashing as they drive down the road if they are not responding to an incident?
I'm probably not going to pay the fine, if that means I can't return then so be it, I can live with that.
Also, I never said the cops here were 'revenue raising' so please don't quote me on that.
In future, only respond to posts if you have something useful to say.

moneypenny20

Nonsense, going at speed, a small rock or animal in the road could cause a swerve ending up in a roll. Nothing to do with being an idiot or not.


Kind of lucky that it wasn't a broken down car on your side of the highway over this hill then, wasn't it, if you had no time to react?

joej23

Swerve maybe, roll unlikely unless the driver has no clue.

Going at 125kph rather than 110kph will make little difference in this case.

moneypenny20

At the beginning of the thread it was 135kph.