Speeding Fines VIC - Applying for an Internal Review

[Ozpat Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ozpat]

Interesting read here.

A guy got done for speeding with a fixed speed camera so out of curiosity he went back to the offending speed camera that claimed he was speeding, Measured the markings on the road and found that they was 3 inches shorter than standard so took his case to court and won based on the fact that because lines was closer together it portrayed him to be going faster than his actual speed!

link below from UK paper.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...e-measure.html

Bit too far for me to do that when I got pinged in England in September. I only know about it from Europcar when they charged me a process fee for it. I rang them and told them I've never received any infringement in the mail. Turned out they gave my address to them as WA instead of Qld. I wonder what happens now.

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I only know about it from Europcar when they charged me a process fee for it. I rang them and told them I've never received any infringement in the mail. Turned out they gave my address to them as WA instead of Qld. I wonder what happens now.

I think your safe & nothing to worry about given the big picture!
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28616846

And this shows its too expensive to pursue fines overseas
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice...es-abroad.html

Unless they can track you to your front door (Courtesy of Europcar)

[hawks667 Member Find all posts View Profile Close hawks667]

88k in an 80k zone, busted by a camera on a Motor Bike. Haven't been booked for 10 years, so wrote a letter.

This is it:

On this day, I failed to notice the change is change in permitted speed on Maroondah Highway Coldstream. I believe that while my speed may have been in excess of the permitted level, I was driving in a safe and considerate manner. In addition, I believe my driving record clearly speaks for its self.

Clearly, regardless of the cause, speeding is unacceptable, however given my solid driving record, I am pleading for your leniency and ask that you reconsider both the fine & the demerit point loss.

I assure you that I am a very conscience driver and consciously seek to maintain my speed to well within the designated limit.

I look forward to hearing from you shortly and thank you in anticipation.

Kinds regards........




Got a letter advising my request was being reviewed. a month or so later, got another letter saying that i was being issued with an official warning and that i need to be a good boy for the next 2 years....hahaha

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88k in an 80k zone, busted by a camera on a Motor Bike.

That section of Maroondah Hwy you mentioned in your letter is notorious for cameras, as is the one between Dame Nelly Melba's cottage and the Yarra Glen turn off, they like to hide in the bushes there.

My letter was similar, admitted to the offence but pleaded for review and it worked.

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Bit too far for me to do that when I got pinged in England in September. I only know about it from Europcar when they charged me a process fee for it. I rang them and told them I've never received any infringement in the mail. Turned out they gave my address to them as WA instead of Qld. I wonder what happens now.

If it was Europcar are you sure it was genuine. They are renowned for fraudulent stealing of money from your credit card. They tried to charge me for a missing spare wheel on a car that doesn't have one. Even sent me an invoice from Kwik Fit to justify the charge. I contacted Kwik Fit to check the validity of the invoice and after pointing out to them that if they lied to me the matter would be going further they confirmed it was a fake invoice. Got my money back with interest after threatening legal action. Still reported the fraud to the police but doubt anything was done.

I would investigate further and insist on your money back if they can't prove it is genuine, which I'm sure they won't be able to.

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I had same with Avis in Melbourne.

Got charged by Avis for a processing fee, never ever saw a fine that I supposedly got. I took it to them 6 months later and had it returned. I then changed all my business to another hire car company (50+ rentals a year).. too bad too sad..

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Bit too far for me to do that when I got pinged in England in September. I only know about it from Europcar when they charged me a process fee for it. I rang them and told them I've never received any infringement in the mail. Turned out they gave my address to them as WA instead of Qld. I wonder what happens now.

Enterprise rent a car in the UK tried to hit me for a parking fine, on a car I hired, until I pointed out the fine was from 7:30am Monday morning, and my timeout stamp on the rental papers was 9:45am that Monday morning.

Funnily enough I had a v low speed collision with another car using one of their hire cars, swapped details with driver. Was well under the excess so was fully expecting to get an invoice in the mail. Never heard a peep.

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If it was Europcar are you sure it was genuine. They are renowned for fraudulent stealing of money from your credit card. They tried to charge me for a missing spare wheel on a car that doesn't have one. Even sent me an invoice from Kwik Fit to justify the charge. I contacted Kwik Fit to check the validity of the invoice and after pointing out to them that if they lied to me the matter would be going further they confirmed it was a fake invoice. Got my money back with interest after threatening legal action. Still reported the fraud to the police but doubt anything was done.

I would investigate further and insist on your money back if they can't prove it is genuine, which I'm sure they won't be able to.

The people in the car with me saw the flash too and reckoned I got pinged though I wasn't sure till I copped the processing fee so wouldn't argue with it. We complained to ANZ as I'd paid for the 10 days car hire here before we left Oz then when we got back we found they had hit our credit card again in England. The bank investigated and returned our money then the bastards hit us again with the fee (about $60) We informed the bank and they cancelled my card and gave me a new one and refunded the money. They declared the company that runs Europcar, Alamo and National were fraudulent in their transactions. Probably sick of having to sort their messes out. So I won't be doing business with them ever again.

Cheers Jim.

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The people in the car with me saw the flash too and reckoned I got pinged though I wasn't sure till I copped the processing fee so wouldn't argue with it. We complained to ANZ as I'd paid for the 10 days car hire here before we left Oz then when we got back we found they had hit our credit card again in England. The bank investigated and returned our money then the bastards hit us again with the fee (about $60) We informed the bank and they cancelled my card and gave me a new one and refunded the money. They declared the company that runs Europcar, Alamo and National were fraudulent in their transactions. Probably sick of having to sort their messes out. So I won't be doing business with them ever again.

Cheers Jim.

Good on ANZ. Europcar clearly are fraudulent from my experience of them sending a fake invoice from another company. It's a shame the credit card companies don't block all their transactions, they would soon go out of business. I always try to do my bit to steer people away from hiring with them.