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$180 trip to work...
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:50 pm
by sublime19
I'm driving to work this morning, same way I drive everyday. There's 2 lanes, and a small lane opens up to the right for people who wanna go right. the middle lane has the overflow of people wanting to turn right so i can either wait in the middle lane for 10 minutes for all the people to turn right or i can go in the left lane, like everybody always does, and it's a T2 lane.
There's a cop standing on the corner waving me to turn left into the street, and there's alrdy abt 5 cars there. He gets my license, tells me i was driving in a transit lane and says "well i got some good news, there's no demerits involved", hands me a fine for $189 and I just drive off.
So while I was there, for 2 minutes, that's about almost a 1000$ in fines they've issued. I'm guessing they've easily got a quota of 10 gran this morning at a minumum.. stupid people like me copped a fine
can't believe it
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:58 pm
by sublime19
I don't know if this is true, I was talking to a guy in my break at work, he used to work at RTA in the office, he said if I get a speeding fine and I lets say the fine is for $100. If i sent in 110.05, then legally they have to send me a cheque back because it's over $10 that I've paid.
Now, if I don't bank that cheque, after 12 months the "open invoice" gets deleted off the system by default as it's been for that 12 months, I havn't cashed in the chq, so the invoice has been closed and written off, and I don't loose any demerits. He says he's done this numerous times, and it's a loop hole.
I don't know if this works, I've never got a speeding fine yet, but he was pretty confident when he told me
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:24 pm
by Ju5tin
A mate of mine told me that he has done this as well. It didn't need to be over $10. I believe it was only slightly over the amount requested. It stopped him from losing his license, however still had to pay for the actual fine.
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:45 pm
by kazbah
Thats so old its turned into an urban myth!!! I have heard it doesnt work, but who knows
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:45 pm
by sublime19
well u gotta pay the fine regardless, but saving demerits will go a long way
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:42 am
by Gpx_xxx
Fines r *~delightful!~*!!! i copped 12 parking fines since i got my fto and thats only 1 1/2 months
and haf of em were $175 each
eastern suburbs is sh*t!
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:12 pm
by sublime19
Gpx_xxx wrote:Fines r *~delightful!~*!!! i copped 12 parking fines since i got my fto and thats only 1 1/2 months
and haf of em were $175 each
eastern suburbs is sh*t!
lol well.. pay for your parking!
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:38 pm
by Bennoz
Jeez.... dont you remember the jingle!
"~Dont get bust-ed in the bus lane~"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:08 pm
by sublime19
Bennoz wrote:Jeez.... dont you remember the jingle!
"~Dont get bust-ed in the bus lane~"
lol well it was a T2 lane if u have somebody in the passanger side u can travel in
"~Don't get bus-T-ed in the T lane~"
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:18 pm
by khunjeng
I setup speed cameras in buss lanes for people like you....hehehe
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:54 pm
by Hobbsie
Gpx_xxx wrote:Fines r *~delightful!~*!!! i copped 12 parking fines since i got my fto and thats only 1 1/2 months
and haf of em were $175 each
eastern suburbs is sh*t!
youd think someone would start paying or parking in the right zone after the first couple of fines
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:58 pm
by Gpx_xxx
LOL i do park in normal zones but f*** im late 10mins bang fined and be4 in the city i parkd front to back instead back 2 front bang copped a $120 fine and parked in my street bang copped $170 fine lol so *~delightful!~* haha
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:09 pm
by Hobbsie
oh ahaha i thought u mean in the same place!
yeah those bullshit fines are annoying.. i remember earlier this year i got 2 fines in one hit for parking outside my house.. for parking the wrong way around, and for parking on the grass next to the curb (there wasn't even a sidewalk.. or anything) cos apparently i was half on council land
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:01 pm
by Gpx_xxx
lol hobbsie ahhaa i like your rims man haha
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:53 pm
by Hobbsie
Gpx_xxx wrote:lol hobbsie ahhaa i like your rims man haha
omg. they came with the car. get over it hahaha
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:52 am
by Gpx_xxx
Hobbsie wrote:Gpx_xxx wrote:lol hobbsie ahhaa i like your rims man haha
omg. they came with the car. get over it hahaha
LOL I CANT!! ahhaha
its really funny man haahha red wheels with red car? ahaha i started crakn up when i saw it lol