How often do you get a speeding fine?

[Deadman]

If this is a re-post, please let me know, I did a search and couldn't find anything (recent anyway) - but if it's a double up, just delete this one. I'm trying to beat my Turbo I6 v V8 poll thread :P

How often do you get a speeding fine?

I was just reading some of the other threads, and I must be really lucky or QLD / Nth NSW is easier to get away with stuff perhaps. In over 7 years and 350,000km of driving, I've been fine free, and I'm not a dangerous driver, but I'm no saint and I regularly exceed the speed limit (mostly on freeways).

I recieved one fine in the 2nd week I had my licence (early 99 if I remember correctly), but since then, averaging about 50,000km a year, I've never recieved another one, and speed cameras stick out from a mile away (esspecially in NSW with all the warnings), even mobile motorbikes are easy enough to notice in NSW or QLD, so maybe a lot of the horror stories are from VIC where I understand things are worse.

Anyway, I was just curious, how often everyone recieves a fine. I tried to allow the poll to cover everyone. Bare in mind, it's like an average of what you've experienced since you've been driving...

Please no "holier than thou" comments or anything, which I'm sure will crop up eventually - it's not a "do you think speeding is ok" thread or a thread to debate safe speeding etc Just want to see how often most of us are getting pinged.

[smiley]

I've gotten 4 in 1 year, you have to narrow the poll options.

[Casper]

on average I'd say I have 1 bad year in 4. 2 years ago was the bad year. Nothing for years before it, nothing for the 2 years after.. 9 points in the 1 bad year though. Go figure.

[XR8-260]

Had my licence for 1yr 9months - never been caught :sm_headba

[janek]

Originally Posted by Casper

on average I'd say I have 1 bad year in 4. 2 years ago was the bad year. Nothing for years before it, nothing for the 2 years after.. 9 points in the 1 bad year though. Go figure.

You hoon

i copped a fine on my red p's back in NSW in 02... 152 on the highway- that sucked. and once this year in bris... i was being a smartass and playing chicken with a speedbus. Guess who lost :(

For the record, i am the only person i know who managed to lose 12 points in one offense :P Young and stupid days in my corona

[SlikedTurb]

it's been 6 years since i got my P's, so in 6 years of driving "without supervision" i havn't had a ticket for anything (just two parking fines) and that's averaging 45000k's. In Victoria aswell.

[Laminge]

It been well over 7 years now and some 400,000ks

[Lukeyson]

when i got my P's back in 1998, between 1998-2000 i was booked 3 times, and havent been booked since, after being a passenger in 2 major accidents in one day a few years back, i find myself very law abiding now

[Dezza]

It's been about 4 and a half years since my one and only speeding fine. It was 2002, the year I got my P-plates. These days I'm basically on a clean slate, due to no demerit points.

[benoxr]

When I was 16 / 17yrs old it was 4 a year (with licence suspension at the end) and now its about once per year that I actually get caught.

[nugget378]

I have done enough points in a year to lose my license,since then I went ten years without one,but have had 3 in the last 2-1/2 years two for one point and one for 3,all for under 15kms over,spewing that they changed 15 and under from 1 point to 3..

[JC]

Originally Posted by nugget378

I have done enough points in a year to lose my license,since then I went ten years without one,but have had 3 in the last 2-1/2 years two for one point and one for 3,all for under 15kms over,spewing that they changed 15 and under from 1 point to 3..

I think you'll find that they kept 0-10 over as 1 point, and 10 to 15 as 3.

[XAGSV8]

I have had my license now for 9 years. I have only got one speeding fine five years ago on Australia Day. I was caught doing 66 in a 60 zone. That weekend was a double points/fine weekend.

[Falcon_Phill]

Havnt had nothin for nothin. Suprisingly.

[70caprigt3k]

Once a year it would seem, ive had a license for a year so far and only 1 speeding fine.

[dansedgli]

Ive been done for speeding once in 5 years. 7 over :(

[EFFalcon]

3 fines in 4 years.

[poolkeeper]

Never

[bob 351]

1 in about 28 years

[AUIII XR8 MAN]

Never for speeding (knock on wood) plus 50 000km of driving a year.

ive copped 3 speeding fines in the 4 years ive had my licence. 2 in my second year of driving and one in my 4th year. ive never copped a fine in my work van and i done 60,000 kms in it for this year.

[DNKPWR]

2 fines in 4 years...not 2 bad!

[chief]

2 fiines in 4 years. One was on double demirits, so lost my licence. I have the full 12 points now.

[JC]

I voted 1 every 5 years, but it was more like 3 in 7 years (1 in 1987, 2 in 1994) and none in the last 12.

[MRJUCY]

My last one was probably 6 or 7 years ago which is pretty surprising considering I drive safely rather then to what ever particular number is randomly stuck on a sign post.

[TwistedEL]

Way too many
I got done for 20-30 2 months ago... I slowed down a lot since then. If you baby your car you can get an extra 150k's / tank!

[Ryan]

No fines for me, in the 3 years of having my licence.

[HLC]

havnt got one yet touch wood.

[F6T]

I can't believe how many people say they were never caught! - that's amazing.

I average out one every couple of years. I got a few when I first started. then I had about 4 years with nothing until the 60 zones changed into 50 zones. When that happened I got 3 speed camera infringements within 2 weeks! 61, 62, and 65. I've only had one more since then - got 11 out of 12 points now.

It's not too bad in Tassie - we get a nice 10% buffer to allow for speedo variances and they always use the same spots (to death mind you) so keeping it to a minimum isn't too hard.

[Auslandau]

Once in 20 years.........bloody yesterday in the mail! 4 k's (adjusted) over!



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