Comments on: NSW Police boycott fines indefinitely

By: andrew

andrew — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:16:28 +0000

I hate the nsw police nothing but revenue raisers i hope they all burn in hell

By: Clowns

Clowns — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:17:33 +0000

Don’t get too excited ladies and gentlemen.

#1 Not all Police follow the “no fine” ideal. It’s voluntary.

#2 Highway Patrol will issue you with a Field Court Attendance Notice instead of a fine (ie: a charge) by the roadside. No fine, no chance to pay, straight to Court.

So by all means flout the road rules and see how far that gets you when you say “but youse can’t give me a fine.”

Traffic/speed enforcement has nothing to do with revenue (for the Police anyway), it’s the role and focus of the Highway Patrol. Simple. If you don’t wish to contribute to the revenue raising, don’t break the law.

Since Police cannot strike or take industrial action (unlike other services/jobs) this is their only method of ‘hurting’ the State Government and highlighting the poor treatment they’re getting from the Government.

By: Jim Dandy

Jim Dandy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:36:12 +0000

I’m gonna do 7’000’000 kms in my bro’s uncles cousins dads datsun with a worked 0.5L two stroke Lada motor.

By: AzzXR6

AzzXR6 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:36:21 +0000

I was looking at this earlier today at work… And I was speaking to one of my friends about it. I work for Victorian Road Authority who I won’t name on a public website for legal reasons. My friend and I were trying to figure out how they could possibly make this happen. Lets say for example, the Police manage to do this and they do not fine anyone for the whole week (doubtfully). What about the remaining government agencies? The RTA in NSW has it’s own police (as does the Vic RTA), and they literally are the equivalent of Police on the roads. This is not going stop them from fining people. And the EPA, they have the ability to fine people on the roads as well… And another thing they’re saying that they aren’t going to fine anyone for a week??? Why just a week?
I personally think it is just a ploy to get people to believe this so that they do speed, and drive unregistered cars on the road so that more people get caught.
Also having said that, lets not forget that a Police officer has the choice to fine you, they don’t have to do it, it is their discretion! Even if this does go through, I could almost guarantee that someone in NSW will be fined by the NSW Police next week.

By: John

John — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:18:33 +0000

Yes, this just proves that the police are the revenue-raising arm of the government. No surprise there.

By: Trogdor

Trogdor — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:15:29 +0000

So basically the police will now only book people at their discretion (i.e. if you were being an idiot) rather than by default.

Proof (as if we needed it) that speed-based enforcement is mostly about revenue.

By: Sam-R

Sam-R — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:48:08 +0000

This action highlights that traffic fines are mostly about revenue raising. How dare they insult our intelligence by saying its not!

By: Yanzo

Yanzo — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:05:03 +0000

fine free would be cool but i’d prefer the no v8′s/ turbos/ superchargers until 25 rule to be lifted. i thought i was allowed to drive them once i got my opens but i found out i couldn’t… WTF!?!?!??!?!

By: George

George — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:20:03 +0000

Michael Sutcliffe – that comment referred to the fact that the Police Association president was asking for a more visible police presence on the roads, not the ‘fine-free’ initiative.

By: MrQuick

MrQuick — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:53:44 +0000

What about demerit points?

I’m assuming you won’t be fined but demerit points will still apply.

If not, all motorways in Sydney are now temporarily autobahns? (I can dream can’t I?)

Damn need to go back to Germany.

I just wish parking inspectors just did that too for a week in the city, it’d make life a lot easier.