New Nsw Car Hoon Laws . Grandma Policing .

[svo supporter]

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.

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

[Dave3911]

Originally Posted by svo supporter

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

Well at 45km/hr over you'd be looking at a month impound.... So no. But nothing stopping you driving away in another vehicle.

[XR6Naranja]

Just like to add that I live in NSW of current and I was pulled up doing 65 in a 50 zone, now the zone was previously a 60 zone before road works and bike lanes, and had thought it to of not changed, the extra 5 was going down the hill.

The copper was in the side street, the signs are in low visioned areas, and so I pondered about going to court over the incident rather then losing my job and license.

So I proceeded to look it up, turns out that you cannot go to court under your own will, not the cops, if you haven't held a full license for 1 year.

And myself going to court under the reasons I had which were, he was on a side street, I was told this wasn't allowed truth or not, not sure, he was originally parked not ready to turn at all, and I was going to do my own study and provide a tonne of evidence about previous road works, current state of the street and the location of the signs, but rather cop it on the chin then be laughed at in court if what I provided would get me no where, 3 months no license and $128 fine, maximum from 10-20km over offences.