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Originally Posted by supernova1965
The government would get no money from anyone if everyone stopped speeding which is the aim of the fines so if the fines stopped people they would not be revenue raising. Penalties are not imposed to encourage and action but to discourage it.
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If all they are trying to do is improve road safety then remove the automatic fines and keep the demerits. That would quickly demonstrate the real commitment was to safety. Anyone doing something really stupid (some of those 200Kmh+ on the Hume/M2/M4/M5/M7 idiots) could still wind up in court with fines and possibly jail.
The federal government already takes enough money from fuel excise to make up the loss to the states.
For most people who are detected speeding the monetary fine does not matter. Losing their license is the important bit. It can cost them their livelihood.
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I drive the stretch of the Hume from Winton to Melbourne quite often, I almost always have to stop at Seymour to wake myself up.
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Agreed. I've reached the point where 3 hours of driving boredom on the Hume or Pacific Hwy puts me to sleep. Sane limits on the divided and limited access sections of both those would mean I would have arrived where I was headed by then.
Andrew