Jump to content
SAU Community

Speed Fines in NSW lowered

Nexus9

By Nexus9,
in General Automotive Discussion

 Share

Recommended Posts

NXTIME Grand Master

NXTIME

Posted
Posted
lol.. you're as bad as me duncan..  

one day I would like to cause an accident braking ridiculously for a speed camera.. this is my goal. if more people did that they'd be banned. Either that and "braking too excessively for speed camera" would be made an offence.

Actually it can tend to happen anyhow.. a whole line of traffic drives ridiculously slow because of a camera everybody can see - what is that doing for the "flow of traffic"

It's an invisible speed hump.

I would rather pay the $130 fine and keep the extra point.

This is the govt we are talking about, they give with one hand and take with the other.

blacky Community Regular

blacky

Posted
Posted

I think this is a positive move. sure it sucks that your demerit points will be in alot more danger, but form the responses in this thread i thinkits safe to say that most of us would think twice about speeding especially in school zones., with such large punishments in place.

i know i'd rather lose dollars than points.

and just quickly:

The State Government makes more than $1 million a week in revenue from fixed speed cameras and Treasury is yet to determine how it will accommodate the revenue loss.

how disgraceful, the first thing they think of is how theyre going to make up the loss. what about the peoples lives that will potentially be saved by the changes? Why not comment more on that?

my god.

Beer Baron Grand Master

Beer Baron

Posted
Posted

I too would rather loose a few more bucks than points.

the crazy thing is say some poor young P plater goes through a speed camera at 66 in a 60 zone. which is on a nice straight divided road on a clear day with no traffic - hardly dangerous behaviour. that poor bugger will have his licence suspended for 3 months. I hardly think he'll give two f**ks that the fine was ony $70 odd instead of $130...

I reckon they are lowering the fines to soften us up for a VIC like zero tolerance. They'll say since we've lowered fines we'll now be booking people that exceed the speed limit by more that 1km/h.

siksII Grand Master

siksII

Posted
Posted
I too would rather loose a few more bucks than points.

the crazy thing is say some poor young P plater goes through a speed camera at 66 in a 60 zone. which is on a nice straight divided road on a clear day with no traffic - hardly dangerous behaviour. that poor bugger will have his licence suspended for 3 months. I hardly think he'll give two f**ks that the fine was ony $70 odd instead of $130...

I reckon they are lowering the fines to soften us up for a VIC like zero tolerance. They'll say since we've lowered fines we'll now be booking people that exceed the speed limit by more that 1km/h.

its crazy for p platers... especially red p platers, who cannot exceed 3 demerit points, so if they have one of these low level speeding offences and a p plate falls off one day and they get caught for it, thats it, 3 months without a licence.

Shell Grand Master

Shell

Posted
Posted
Speed cameras would be looked at to make sure they were in the right location for safety improvement rather than revenue raising.
oh, well they won't have to move any... haven't they always told us the current locations were for safety, not revenue raising??? :cheers:
Brackez Contributor

Brackez

Posted
Posted

What a cynical bunch you are! At least these are steps in the right direction rather than the usual tax-payer funded ad campaigns plastered in papers, tv etc to justify their revenue raising.

If they are going to persist with the principle of no tolerance, speeding by 5km/h increases braking distances heaps etc, then they must attempt to show that the focus is on improving safety rather than treasury balances. Increasing points and dropping fines seems a fair way to do it.

I'll agree that the point penalties for you guys in NSW were too high to begin with though, no points in WA for up to 9km/h over.

igor Rising Star

igor

Posted
Posted

I think the most encouraging aspect of the story is that Costa is stepping forward and asking for motorists opinion. The idea to make penalties harsher for right lane hoggers is commendable.

I also think they should do the same for tailgaters. The way i see it at the moment tailgating is very hard to police. If there are easily quantifiable rules as to when one is tailgating then both the driver and the cop will have an idea. For example: "You have been driving less than 2 cars lengths behind that car for more than 3 seconds. Have this fine and have a nice day."

Kristov Enthusiast

Kristov

Posted
Posted

I know this is off the topic but

If they are going to persist with the principle of no tolerance, speeding by 5km/h increases braking distances heaps etc, then they must attempt to show that the focus is on improving safety rather than treasury balances.

They say that exceeding the speed limit by 5kmh is going to double your chance of crashing and another 5kmh will triple your chance of crashing etc. What are the chances. I mean as percentage. Im thinking if you take the number of crashes in Australia everyday divided by the number of people who drive a car in Australia everyday that number would be pretty small right? So does anyone know the actual numbers? :)

predator Grand Master

predator

Posted
Posted
If they are going to persist with the principle of no tolerance, speeding by 5km/h increases braking distances heaps etc, then they must attempt to show that the focus is on improving safety rather than treasury balances. Increasing points and dropping fines seems a fair way to do it.

I think they should do nothing.. why are they always changing the system every 5 minutes in every state?

Keep the same rules in place for 10 years.. saves a lot of ****ing around.

They can only save so many lives, it's at the minimum - government needs to get over it on focus on other things.

The_Paladin Experienced

The_Paladin

Posted
Posted

i think it's a good change.................if the government was using speed camera's soley to earn money like a lot of people are saying then this current move flies in the face of logic, it wouldnt make any sense................

speeding fines are less discrimintory towards performance car enthuasts too............this isnt a move to harm that group of enthusiasts.

they need to be cracking down on bad driving practice more......................that's going unnoticed.

Brackez Contributor

Brackez

Posted
Posted

'Keep the same rules in place for 10 years.. saves a lot of ****ing around.'

True, but that only works if the rules make sense and actually work. Otherwise they'll be either reviled or ignored, in which case you might as well not have them at all.

Standardisation of speed limits/penalties between states wouldn't hurt either.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • weikleenget
      R32 GTR clutch master cylinder adapters

      By weikleenget · Posted

      I replaced the whole clutch line with the chase bays braided hose, I think it removes that loop, is it the short hose that comes immediately off the slave or is there a drawing in the manual to find what you’re referring to? It was just re-bled when I upgraded to the nismo slave, old slave worked fine but I thought that might help, didn’t change a thing. It’s like the first half of the pedal is pushing air and then when it finally actuates the master the friction zone is tiny. Makes it practically impossible to launch the car
    • Kinkstaah
      MLR's Bogan cruise ship

      By Kinkstaah · Posted

      Yep, that was one of the things we learned fast in the past with our MX5. When you drive with the top down, you are effectively standing out in the sun, 100% of the time, and not getting in any shade (because roads aren't shaded generally!). Just like standing out in the middle of a field on a sunny 27C day is a bit of a bad plan, so is sitting in a MX5 without sun protection.
    • The Bogan
      MLR's Bogan cruise ship

      By The Bogan · Posted

      I also just ordered some Frankenstein bolts and side mounts to fit a hard top Just in case I do find one, basically so it doesn't need to be fixed to the car with only the front latch.......and then gaffa tape to keep it in place for the RTN journey from wherever I get it
    • The Bogan
      MLR's Bogan cruise ship

      By The Bogan · Posted

      If your temps are fine now, you probably won't have any issues with where your vents are as they don't look right up at the windscreens high pressure area, so any differences when giving it the beans for extended happy laps would be minimal, but, they should vent heaps when stuck in traffic  Much like how that reverse cowl on my SS let "visible" heat out when stationary, but, because it was basically at the windscreen my coolant temps on the Hwy actually raised because air was being fed into it at speed (110kph), to only come back down to around 90° when I got off the Hwy And your 100% correct about the NC currently not needing vents, but, if I was to add a turbo, and a oil cooler and intercooler in front of the condenserand radiator, and then take it to the track???? It is apparently a recommend requirement if I don't want to worry about coolant or oil temp issues, but, any of the above are possible scenarios, over time As it sits now, with the triple pass radiator and stock air conditioning system, I have absolutely no issues with either temps or air conditioning efficiency, I've been basically daily driving thie car for the last month, both on the Hwy, and peak hour, bumper to bumper traffic, but, that's pretty much expected from basically a standard engine  Talking about no issues daily driving, it was 39° the other day and I was sitting in bumper to bumper traffic on the M5 and then M7, with the top down, and with the air conditioning blowing nice cold air on my feet, balls, and face, well, there was one issue, my head and arms got pretty sun burnt Note to self: leave a hat and sunscreen in the car for such days 🤣
    • sonicii
      Mechanic in Victoria

      By sonicii · Posted

      I would agree, unless you need something specific to the HV motor/battery side repaired or investigated, any mechanic will be able to perform normal services, but if you prefer, maybe look for a mechanic who regularly services/repairs Nissans, the VQ engines are pretty common in the Nissan lineup.  Sorry, I can't make any suggestions, I don't live in Vic.
×
×
  • Create New...