Should I pay an overseas speeding ticket?

[ukusa]

got one in the post from Aussie. Up in Cairns in the rental car, 70 in a 60 = A$135.00 (about NZ$180). Was running late for the airport (when we got there flights were delayed for 3 hours anyway, bugger).
Anyway, does anyone know what would happen if we didn't pay. Would something get flagged if we entered the country again, or would it eventually just go away.

Surely it's a bigger loss for them (in taxes etc) if I didn't go back there because of a smallish fine.

Interested to know thoughts/experiences of others.

[scott411]

got one in the post from Aussie. Up in Cairns in the rental car, 70 in a 60 = A$135.00 (about NZ$180). Was running late for the airport (when we got there flights were delayed for 3 hours anyway, bugger).
Anyway, does anyone know what would happen if we didn't pay. Would something get flagged if we entered the country again, or would it eventually just go away.

Surely it's a bigger loss for them (in taxes etc) if I didn't go back there because of a smallish fine.

Interested to know thoughts/experiences of others.

if it is through a rental car company i think they will make you pay, it will be somewhere in the conditions, i am suprised they did not just take it out of your credit card

[ukusa]

if it is through a rental car company i think they will make you pay, it will be somewhere in the conditions, i am suprised they did not just take it out of your credit card
We already paid them, they took a A$50 "administration" fee out on my credit card for getting a fine. It was in the fine print (no pun intended). There letter said we will shortly be getting the fine in the mail from the police (or whoever issue them over there). We actually got the fine before the rental car outfits "fine".
I assume their administration charge was for forwarding our details to police/fines dept. then writing to us.

[phill-k]

got one in the post from Aussie. Up in Cairns in the rental car, 70 in a 60 = A$135.00 (about NZ$180). Was running late for the airport (when we got there flights were delayed for 3 hours anyway, bugger).
Anyway, does anyone know what would happen if we didn't pay. Would something get flagged if we entered the country again, or would it eventually just go away.

Surely it's a bigger loss for them (in taxes etc) if I didn't go back there because of a smallish fine.

Interested to know thoughts/experiences of others.

Yes you will be flagged and the next time you go back if you are on a kiwi passport you will be locked up for 7 days.:yes:

[Tink]

Yes you will be flagged and the next time you go back if you are on a kiwi passport you will be locked up for 7 days.:yes:

Was thinking the same thing... I would pay!

[Mully]

I suspect if you don't pay, the Police will go back to the rental company and make them pay.

Then they'll take it out of your credit card anyway.

Just pay up and slow down, Rossi. Oh wait, it was in a car. Slow down, Vettel

[ukusa]

Yes you will be flagged and the next time you go back if you are on a kiwi passport you will be locked up for 7 days.:yes:

lucky me, it was the missus who signd it up :yes:

I'll tell her to holiday elsewhere.

[cs363]

Just pay it, things like that have a nasty habit of biting you in the arse when you least expect it if left unpaid. Besides, as others have pointed out - if you don't the rental car company will have to pay and then they will pass the charges onto you, probably with another 'administration fee'.

[scumdog]

I didn't.

And it was my own Caddy.

Probably still a wanted man in Canada:shutup:

[Winston001]

Had the same thing happen. I paid the fine rather than face arrest the next time I'm ever in Queensland. Plus the rental car contract stated the rental company would pay any fine and was authorised to debit my credit card.

Life is too short and Oz too close for a holiday to risk an idiot experience in the future.

[Madness]

lucky me, it was the missus who signd it up :yes:

I'll tell her to holiday elsewhere.

That's the story. Tell her how wonderful Fiji is, then you can feck off to Thailand! :yes:

[Banditbandit]

got one in the post from Aussie. Up in Cairns in the rental car, 70 in a 60 = A$135.00 (about NZ$180). Was running late for the airport (when we got there flights were delayed for 3 hours anyway, bugger).
Anyway, does anyone know what would happen if we didn't pay. Would something get flagged if we entered the country again, or would it eventually just go away.

Surely it's a bigger loss for them (in taxes etc) if I didn't go back there because of a smallish fine.

Interested to know thoughts/experiences of others.

Only if you want to go back ...

[James Deuce]

It's a good way to provide the necessary motivation to never return to the horrible red desert land that crawls with poisonous insects, reptiles and pseudo-mammals. Awful place.

[Mully]

crawls with poisonous insects, reptiles and pseudo-mammals.

And that's just the people.

Oh yes, I went there.....

[Scouse]

Nah write a letter to the Aussi Police and tell them to shove it up their arses

[Bass]

I believe that if you don't pay, it starts to accrue penalty increases and so if you go back in say..... 8 years time, you get socked with a massive bill.

[Owl]

Only going to hurt for a short time if you pay! At least then, you can put it behind you and move on.:mellow:

[buellbabe]

Why would ya NOT pay?

For the "thrill" of getting away with it?

Cos you hate aussie cops?

Do you pay your tickets here in NZ?

From what other people have said it sounds like it ain't just gonna 'fade away in time'...

Pay it.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Yes you will be flagged and the next time you go back if you are on a kiwi passport you will be locked up for 7 days.:yes:

authority for that proposition?

[Toaster]

got one in the post from Aussie. Up in Cairns in the rental car, 70 in a 60 = A$135.00 (about NZ$180). Was running late for the airport (when we got there flights were delayed for 3 hours anyway, bugger).
Anyway, does anyone know what would happen if we didn't pay. Would something get flagged if we entered the country again, or would it eventually just go away.

Surely it's a bigger loss for them (in taxes etc) if I didn't go back there because of a smallish fine.

Interested to know thoughts/experiences of others.


Simple, put yourself in the shoes of the poor bugger trying to earn a living renting out the car to you. How would you feel if your customers rip you off?

Do you really think it worth ruling out returning to Australia is worth a fine your other half incurred and should rightly pay?

Personal responsibility, pay them what you owe them. You would expect the same in return if you were them.

[phill-k]

authority for that proposition?

TTP will do it as you pass customs & passport control:woohoo:

[SPman]

I believe that if you don't pay, it starts to accrue penalty increases and so if you go back in say..... 8 years time, you get socked with a massive bill.
In WA they just cancel your licence if the fine isn't paid within 28 days and don't reinstate it until the fine is paid - who knows what happens in those foreign Eastern states.......charge you with driving while disqualified, probably!