Double Demerits Christmas/new Year.

[Ten Four]

Really? I read 4 or 6 points....

[Nic_A31]

No...but you are 4 or 6 times more likely to see red/blue lights with P plates up.

[Crackfox]

Really? I read 4 or 6 points....

Nah thats only in the eastern states. They were going to introduce a similar rule here where you start with 3 demerits+ 3 more each year you drive till you have the full 12,along with the other learner/p plate changes in july 2008 but then decided against it. Though it is likely it will be introduced sometime in the future

[Ten Four]

No ones going to pull over a maroon au fairmont....

Cheers Crack for the info. Big relief for me there

[Mayuri Krab]

I'm going up to Exmouth with my parents during the Christmas break & originally I was going to take my car but after careful consideration I have decided to take the Camry instead

Also isn't it in the Eastern States where a Red P-plater can lose their license straight away from just 1 speeding fine (even if its just <10km/h over)...

[Mr. Keets]

Perth has the worst drivers in the known universe. There should be a blitz on keeping left and not acting like an arse hat. Keep left, be courteous.

Yes, this does have a PR component to it but statistically there were a higher number of fatal during the Christmas period. It would be nice if all the money the gubernment made from their speed cameras went to road safety, training, road maintenance and creation...and not that clown Dorrington.

Happy Kwanza...now shut up and eat your yams.

[rev210]

I like 'Stupid Tax'

Taxing the stupid is the best way to raise money for all the additional costs the taxpayer incurs throughout the year because of the Stupid person. Stupid People need to be at least partially self funded is my view.

Double fines help raise important revenue for things like increased medical funding for hospitals to treat the people eating the small desicant packages in electrical goods and paying for the printed warning on the packages that say "do not eat".

You see unlike you and me the Stupid persons brain has trouble with understanding plainly stated warnings like road signs. For example when a Stupid person sees a speed limit sign, the Stupid person's brain starts to become inflamed causing pain and discomfort. The Stupid person reacts by suddenly saying stupid things, popping any collar on an article of clothing they or someone nearby may be wearing and ,if handy, eating any nearby desicant packet or item with 'do not eat' written on it. But, in most motor vehicles manufacturers have not been using desicant packets for many years (choking a stuid person is the best way to remove the seizure and it was included for drivers as a complimentary feature in the past as a part of first aid kits to shut down Stupid Person passengers in such an event). As a result, the stupid person then makes gurgling noises and loses further control of their already limited thinking capacity. Sometimes causing them to drive in a manner considered illegal and or dangerous.

Also, for this reason gently removing the stupid peoples licences via double points is one humane way of getting them into a safer and less costly lifestyle for the tax payer.

I love revenue raising speed cameras, traffic light cameras and double fines. Naturally stupid people don't because they aren't able to understand road rules and laws and due to brain malfunctions can't control a motor vehicle or open a new DVD player in a safe way. So lets support the governments move to have them become more self funded and get them off the road. It's for the good of all

Edited December 21, 2009 by rev210

[SKYRYAN]

Speaking of stupid people, f**king P plater bitch on the freeway this morning looked over to her blind spot.. probably saw me.. and kept coming over into my lane anyway. Stupid people wear my brake pads down more

[rev210]

Speaking of stupid people, f**king P plater bitch on the freeway this morning looked over to her blind spot.. probably saw me.. and kept coming over into my lane anyway. Stupid people wear my brake pads down more

Just think,

as a policeman you could have given her double demerits and a double fine for dangerous driving. The double points may have been enough to remove her licence completely as well. I think dangerous driving is a 6 pointer normally? so that would make it 12 and goodnight.

The double fines handed out mean less pressure to increase your taxes.

So you have more money in the pocket thanks to less stupid people on the road wasting your brakes and less tax increases.

[SKYRYAN]

I was a vulnerable little victim on a bike, with a bigger safety risk too *sob sob*

Your point reminds me of the graffiti signs on the trains, something like "your train fares would be a lot cheaper if we did not have to clean up this graffiti so often"

[Mr. Keets]

Seeing as this thread is about to be fragged by Mike, lets go find out what

has to say on police.

[Tony de Wonderful]

Perth has the worst drivers in the known universe. There should be a blitz on keeping left and not acting like an arse hat. Keep left, be courteous.

I've worked in the Middle East and they are far worse...they are very reckless, but having said that they are predicable in being reckless and not giving any courtesy etc. In Perth though people can't merge I have noticed...it's all hesitancy and unpredictability; nobody seems to know what to do?

[Mr. Keets]

I've worked in Africa a bit and they are pretty bad I guess I just expect more from Perth drivers given the level of training

[skins]

The double demerit points is that australia wide now ? From memory qld never used to have that.

[mickey]

Fines don't double though...that should also double IMHO.

Although, from experience the worse drivers don't pay their fines anyway. I know some people with over $25,000 in unpaid fines and they're still driving, go go gadget Centrepay!