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Who can shed some light for me
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:52 pm
by Gazza
Just wondering
If you get done for speeding outside of N.S.W, lets say for example "victoria"
do you loose demerit points as well as a fine?
or just pay a fine?
Re: Who can shed some light for me
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:58 pm
by Stereo
Speeding is one thing, but planning on speeding, thats just wrong!
Re: Who can shed some light for me
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:02 pm
by Glen
Unfortunately yes. There was even some talk a little while ago them converting to NSW equivalent points eg if it's a 1 point speeding penalty in Vic and a three pointer in NSW then you get Three points.
Re: Who can shed some light for me
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:50 pm
by Mike
Depends. There are two forms for them to fill out. One for the original fine and they will send this one to you, the second one is what they send to the interstate RTA. This will determine if the points are transferred. Sometimes they are feeling nice and/or lazy and don't fill out the second form so you only cop the fine in the mail.
Re: Who can shed some light for me
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:35 pm
by Gazza
dont know if this would change things but
but it was one of those point to point safety cam's
Re: Who can shed some light for me
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:49 pm
by Mike
Might be trouble. RTA pen pushes have a lot more spare time then cops...
Re: Who can shed some light for me
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:57 pm
by Nosferatu
Mike wrote:Might be trouble. RTA pen pushes have a lot more spare time then cops...
I got done coming back from MotoGP last year just before crossing the QLD border, and I only got a fine. I don't know how true it is, but a mate of mine who moved to vic from queensland told me he doesn't loose points off his QLD license, he looses them from a "notional" vic one, meaning they give you 12 points to play with, but they can't take your license. I don't know how that would work. Like Mike said though, the road warriors probably don't care for the extra paperwork as much as the desk jockeys, and its probably not worth their time anyway.
Re: Who can shed some light for me
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:57 pm
by Six Addict
the new rule is that u cop the interstate fine amount and then they convert the points to the NSw equivalent...
vic has a fairly high fine but only 1 point for low range speeding... so now u cop the high fine $$$ and then the RTA converts the 1 point to 3 points...
the way i see it, they should keep the whole thing either in your home state or the state in which the offense happens... not mix and match...
Re: Who can shed some light for me
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:10 am
by Saki
I think NSW is the punishment capital of Australia. My step dad had a QLD licence got nabbed in TAS for speeding and had to pay the 110 fine and 0 pts!
Re: Who can shed some light for me
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:08 am
by Richo
Gazza wrote:Just wondering
If you get done for speeding outside of N.S.W, lets say for example "victoria"
do you loose demerit points as well as a fine?
or just pay a fine?
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