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Originally Posted by Dave3911
The court booking is irrelevant. The 'choice' to go to court goes both ways, not only do you have the choice if you get an infringement - but police have the choice at the time of the offence. They don't have to give you a ticket, they can summon you to court for ANY offence. Under 'normal' circumstances they just choose to process it via way of a traffic infringement notice. The recent industrial action they took last year is a good example of this - they had people attending court on all sorts of minor offences that normally would've just been tickets.
The point is that the ONLY way to get an immediate suspension in Victoria is via section 51 of the road safety act for a drink drive, or a drug drive offence - not speeding. Everything else waits until the offence is finalised before Vicroads will suspend. Whether you attend court or not isn't really relevant.
As for what happens in other states.... I'm lead to believe it varies GREATLY, but I can only speak with any confidence about Victoria.
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So you're saying, if someone goes driving at speeds well above posted limits,(ie above 45 KPH) the locals in that state will allow you to drive away with your car after the accustomary piece of paper.
No wonder that state is in disarray