JayG

Since they sent you a picture of the ticket, send them a picture of the cash to pay the fine

You should have gotten a ticket for driving on the wrong side of the road LOL

ourkind

Oh yeah Victorians have it far worse, the cameras in Vic have a 0kmh /mph tolerance, at least in New South Wales we can go over by 5-9 kmh and not get booked



I do like that I get a photo for my trophy wall ... years ago we only got close-ups of our number plate.

mharrison

One thing I like about Mississippi, we passed laws prohibiting red light cameras and speed cameras due to the inability to face your accuser.

m3driver

Screw speed limits...I'm totally okay with people driving as fast as they are comfortable with, even if it's in excess 100mph, in a residential school zone full of kindergarteners playing near the street.

Kalashnikov

Been there, done that! This culls the slow and stupid children. If you see a Porsche screaming towards you at full speed and you run in front of it, you deserve what's coming!

skiracer

My wife and I took a 2-wk ski vacation in Europe in December - drove from Amsterdam to Val d'isere France, then on to Verbier Switzerland and finally to the Arlberg region of Austria before driving back to Amsterdam thru Germany. We did the entire drive w/o ever getting pulled over and I was definitely pushing it. Got home and the love letters from Europe started coming in - first one from Belgium and then a set of 3 from Austria. All were billed directly to my cc on file. A fifth letter arrived and they demanded that I wire the funds to their account immediately - I looked at the ticket and it was for 4 kph over the posted limit. I'll just have to lay low and stay inside the koffee shops for the next year in Amsterdam until it goes away. Damned speed cameras!

dan_189

We had a 5kph tolerance here but it's been recently reduced to 3kph... Grrrr

Dont even get me started on the state of Victoria and their attitude to speeding. Suffice to say I've thought about selling my car because of how many tickets I've accumulated for minor speeding offences.

Montychristo128

I moved from the UK to Canada in 2010, UK is speed camera heaven and the wretched average speed cameras grouped together for miles took some of the fun out of driving for sure. So I feel your pain in Aus.

Imagine my surprise no cameras in Canada other than occasional red light.

Apparently they had them here and everyone refused to pay/admit guilt so it clogged up the court system, and they were banished years ago.

Here the Cop has to stop you, and apparently if they don't show up in court (should you fight the ticket) you get off!! Even the thought of fighting a traffic ticket was odd based on the "no chance of winning UK system".

This was all good until recently when legislation was reintroduced in Ontario (where I'm based) to bring back photo radar as its know here. Slippery slope.

Regarding tolerance to speed not to make you all jealous but its not too bad, 20Kmh over limit is OK on major roads but limits are low at 100kmh anyhow.

Apparently less than 15kmh over and you get fine and no points.

318touring

Whenever I was thinking about finding a job in Melbourne, I'd remind myself of their intolerance to motor vehicles - and the fact that cars are a lot more expensive across the Tasman. Then the moment passed and I'm happily staying on this side :-)

Gator996

Waze is awesome. Clarkson, May and Hammond are the voices installed on mine.

Bash Hat

That would be awesome to have but I don't see that voice listed. I have the latest update. How were you able to find that voice?

Gator996

Well, crap. I just updated the app and their gone! Must no longer be an option. They were in settings under language. Boy Band is there but I will pass.

dan_189

However in saying that there are heaps of Porsche meets and the PFA just had their first track day which was awesome so there is heaps to do. Also the availability and prices of parts and specialists is great.

I just got home from NZ man I wish I had my 996 for some of the roads... There are roads here but I guess it's different when you're travelling.

I'd have to go out and find them haha.

318touring

Yeah, bigger market and demand. Unfortunate that some do-gooders are fixated on speed without considering other factors. Surprise, surprise the Germans haven't wiped themselves out driving on unrestricted autobahns.

Hope you enjoy NZ, there are lots of amazing roads here - if you drove to Hanmer Springs from Picton or Nelson, this will look familiar. Just gotten back from South Island driving my wife's BMW, which was powerful enough for 100KW, apart from the annoying turbo lag.

dan_189

Nice pic!

Thanks yes NZ was amazing, my partner is from the north island actually. We drove from Motueka to Christchurch for the first part of our trip in a Rav4 we did stop at hamner springs
​​​​​Then for the second part we went from palmston North to Taulpo, Rotorua and Tauranga in a Mazda 3.