Posted in Queensland on Sep 18th, 2009
Just when you think you ‘ve seen extreme behaviour on the streets, you might want to check this one out. A vandal has unbolted a fixed speed camera from its concrete footing, leaving local authorities puzzled on the cause for this road rage. The newly-installed unit , located at the side of a Darling Downs [...]
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Posted in Victoria on Sep 18th, 2009
Melbourne’s council coffers is now raising $1 every second as parking inspectors continue to fine violators every minute all over the city. On a report published by The Herald Sun – after getting hold of a compilation report of every ticket issued on parking violations with the first half of 2009 on the entire city [...]
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Posted in Queensland on Sep 17th, 2009
You may want to consider carefully your answers to any questions by police next time you are pulled over. A new automated number plate recognition system looks like a speed camera from a distance, but it can have much more of a sting in its tail. As the system went on trial on the Sunshine [...]
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Posted in Speed Cameras on Sep 13th, 2009
Why did the owner of the car (being towed) even get sent this fine in the first place? Perhaps the authorities were hoping he would just pay the fine anyway?
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Posted in USA on Sep 6th, 2009
In 2002, police in the city of Detroit gave out a total of 126,007 traffic tickets. Last year, the number of tickets grew to over 245,000 – a 94% jump. The increase was even larger in small towns like Plymouth which saw the number of tickets go up from 440 to 2,500 — up 480 [...]
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