[Closed] What's annoying you currently? (Complaining now banned)

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You know I'm in for a good day as my dad just asked "So what time are we going to see Star Wars?"

I fail to see the problem?
Hope you enjoy your marathon DVD run!

Lighter fluid removes the adhesive nicely

Money makes the world go round for those that want a spin on the carousel.

Those that don't are left in the gutter, it's the sad truth.

I feel for you buddy. That's ridiculous, $200 for that!? Now that's unjust. They should take into account the severity of the speeding and any past fines you may or may not have got to make a properly weighed and just prosecution rather than that bullshit.

Flying back home on Saturday.

But, boy, what a fantastic eight months it's been.

Forgive me if I've missed some relevant points earlier in the thread, but if that $200 is AUS$200 then the fine's almost the same as what you'd be fined in the UK for the same offence, isn't it? (This assumes that you still get AUS$3 per £ like in the good old days, but I suppose it's probably less now.) I got a £60 fine for doing 35mph in a 30mph zone. At night. With nobody around at all (except for a perishing speed camera). On a wide multi-lane road. No parked cars. No pedestrians. Not in a built-up area.

If you don't speed you won't get a ticket. A nameless friend got a DUI (1st offense) and it has set her back $4,000.00. My opinion is that it wasn't tough enough as I believe there should be jail time involved no matter what.
Thomas

Same here, Tom. But that's only because I've not been unlucky enough to be captured on-camera.

That may sound that I'm constantly and recklessly speeding but I'm usually quite law-abiding when it comes to keeping to the speed limit (that's what common sense and being involved in a serious accident does to a person).

I'd be quite happy for every car to be fitted with some sort of monitoring device that monitors speed and if register as speeding you automatically get points deducted from a running total. Lose all your points and you get some sort of action taken against you.

Part of the problem I have with the system at the moment is that the irresponsible drivers can get away with dangerous stuff and "minor" indescretions are punished - just because your unlucky enough to be caught. If there were a level playing field, with all people having to stay within the limit - or else - then it wouldn't be so bad.

I did. Sadly I was then caught speeding on the motorway a few days later so ended up with points anyway. I think I was doing 79mph which is the lowest speed at which you would be stopped.

Yes, there is.

And that's what we're discussing here I seriously doubt Steven or anyone else from the board that got fine for few extra km's above the limit are reckless drivers in general.

Until the law is changed don't speed.

While speeding is against the law, I wouldn't agree that it is automatically wrong. It depends on the circumstances, of course, but most motoring accidents occur in slow-moving traffic. In an urban area then there's no question that the speed limit should be low and people should stick to it - but I struggle to see who the victim is (and therefore why it's any more "wrong" than recording a program off tv and passing it to my friend to watch, which is also illegal) if I choose to drive at 80mph rather than 70mph on a non-busy stretch of motorway. It's virtually unheard of to hit another car when traveling at speed - most accidents are as a result of burst tyres. And frankly in that case it's not likely to make much difference what speed you're doing if it's more than 50 or so.