[Mark1]

People need to take responsibility for their actions. Don't 'forget' to pay, or don't use the toll roads.

 

[Leenie]

Or you could spend. Couple of days in the lock up at Government expense, you get food and place to sleep at no expense. Haha .

 

[7777]

As a pensioner, you are entitled to pay your infringment notice or road fine in instalments starting from $5 and up on a fortnight or monthly arrangement. Just call the traffic fine department and ask for a payment plan to be arranged.

 

[Jan A]

It is easy to make a mistake on the roads and fines are high. In some States, pensioners are entitled to a Work & Development Order (WDO) or Work & Development Permit (WDP) for State fines. You can work down your fines by attending counselling with a registered psychologist who provides these services as a Sponsor under the State Revenue office. Obtaining a referral to a psychologist from your GP will pay the Medicare rebate for the counselling sessions. For each counselling session of one hour that you attend, your fines are reduced by $1,000. If your fines amount to less than that, they will be paid in one counselling session. Apart from saving you money, you might find some unexpected benefits from having some counselling sessions.

Note that a WDO/WDP will reduce your fines but it will not help with any loss of licence points. Also note road tolls are a separate issue and, if not paid, will attract huge “administrative charges” that could amount to thousands of dollars. Some court fines are eligible for a WDO/WDP but some are not.

 

[Veggiepatch]

Or you could spend. Couple of days in the lock up at Government expense, you get food and place to sleep at no expense. Haha .

The days of "cutting out" fines by spending a couple of days in custody are long gone.

 

[Luckyus]

The days of "cutting out" fines by spending a couple of days in custody are long gone.

Years ago A sergeant who for want of better term used to be in charge of any issuance of fines and when they came to the top of the file would slip them back to the bottom and letting you know, when he saw you. He would do this a few times even telling you that at the time once a summons for had been issued by the court, all you had to was put ten bob or so off the fine thereby negating the summons for payment sending the summons back to court for a new order.

 

[meighLeigh]

Last time we risked driving through Melbourne, we were in the middle lane of a Freeway that turned into a tollway. Surrounded by traffic. I did catch a glimpse of a sign warning us of the event, and advising us to phone......... gone past the sign before I could even read (let along ring) the number. No way of getting off the road before it became the tollway as we couldn't break through the inside lane traffic to get to the exit ramp. So we were hit with two tolls - because the tollway went into another tollway, unbeknownst to us. So we had to pay the two tolls - plus two administration fees for forcing the tollway operators to post the bill to us.
That was at least 10 years ago. The administration fees were nearly the same as the original tolls.
I understand the tollways are supposed to be run by private companies. Who certainly knew how to gouge money "legally" A small business, trying to recover slow or no payments for goods or services provided, would be hit with a legal charge of usury if it charged the way the toll companies do!

 

[Oaktree]

We should not have to pay toll roads, I won't use them, why should we pay when we pay enough for the rego and insurance, and what a mess our roads are in with big potholes, they don't know how to make a safety long lasting roads, look at the old Roman road over Europe and Uk, they were built centuries ago, no pot holes and still strong, so much for technology.

 

[Dynomite]

I am pleased to live out of the city with no toll roads. That being said, I had my car almost demolished by a 4 wheel drive SUV not giving way at an intersection. It was 5 months until repairs were completed.

 

[activist.bw]

New Queensland Petition:
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
Queensland citizens draws to the attention of the House given that the 1688 Bill of Rights is recognised in Queensland Law (section 9, Annex 1, Imperial Acts Application Act 1984) and section 12 Grants of Forfeiture states “that all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void”.
Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to do all in its power to stop the issue of all on the spot traffic and parking fines.