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Car and bike licence breaches are $100 and 35 demerits.
L plate offences are $100 and 25 demerits.
Years ago they brought in a forbid for anyone breaching licence conditions. But it doesn't carry impoundment powers. The police rarely take this seriously, as it's toothless.
The forbid only lasts until the licence conditions are complied with. Like, rider is carrying a pillion, breaching their 6L. The cop forbids, but as soon as the pillion gets off, the forbid is lifted. Crazy, knee jerk, ineffective rule.
Still, it adds to the great tapestry of legislation of people thinking they have achieved something.
Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
Licence breaches used to cost $400 each. So many people just racked up debt so quickly it became obvious they weren't going to get paid. So it was reduced to $100 a few years ago.
It has social impact, fines that get out of hand. It's easy to ignore them, as in "Just put it on my tab officer" bravado, but when that person grows up and wants credit to do anything unpaid fines bite them in the butt.
The craziest fine imbalance today is $80 for cellphone use while driving. Hardly surprising its rampant.
One thing to remember though, is fines are a balancing act. You can make a fine a million bucks, but nobody would expect to have to pay it, so its toothless.
Australia has significant fines for cellphone use, but has that solved the problem? No. If the chance of getting caught is minimal, the fine means nothing.
Fines are a great topic for discussion, as there is no easy answer.
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