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OT: WA anti-hoon laws
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Jethro41
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DUDE!!!!...Seek help!... FFS!
Dingah
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Zero the average fuel consumption on the display when dropping off and if its sitting at 30l/100km when you collect it might be worth a question...............
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Tensixty6
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FROM CARADVICE.COM.AU
If you thought we had it bad here in Australia, think again. A Swiss driver has received the speeding ticket of the century, $312,000 (£180,000) for driving 137km/h through a village with a 80km/h speed limit.
No, he didn’t kill anyone, nor did anyone get hurt. Even his red Ferrari Testarossa was undamaged. The reason the fine is so high is because of the laws the Swiss have enacted to combat speeding.
The high speed fines are calculated based on the motorist’s wealth, in this case assessed by the court as $24m, it also didn’t help that he was a repeat offender.
Switzerland is officially the country to avoid if fast cars are your thing. 2008 saw a fine of over $100,000 handed to a Porsche driver in Zurich.
If you thought we had it bad here in Australia, think again. A Swiss driver has received the speeding ticket of the century, $312,000 (£180,000) for driving 137km/h through a village with a 80km/h speed limit.
No, he didn’t kill anyone, nor did anyone get hurt. Even his red Ferrari Testarossa was undamaged. The reason the fine is so high is because of the laws the Swiss have enacted to combat speeding.
The high speed fines are calculated based on the motorist’s wealth, in this case assessed by the court as $24m, it also didn’t help that he was a repeat offender.
Switzerland is officially the country to avoid if fast cars are your thing. 2008 saw a fine of over $100,000 handed to a Porsche driver in Zurich.
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now that's F.Up
Lima
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Jethro41
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I recall reading somewhere that there is a similar law in Finland.... The CEO of Nokia got done for speeding and hit with an astronomical fine based on his earnings.
But you quite often hear Jeremy decrying the Swiss and their speeding fines every time they do a piece that takes the TG crew through Switzerland. :frown:
From what I hear the indians aren't *that* innocent. Yes the people who are being victims of crime are innocent but in some parts of Sydney there are indian gangs which clash with other ethnic gangs. The problem here in lies that the indian gangs arm themselves up with pitchforks and bats while the other gangs knives and guns and can be a bit more aggressive.....
Kirium
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ABC News said:
Sounds like the cops are harassing the wrong guys. They should be looking for white guys in cronulla wearing boardies and driving VS commodores with "Fuck off we're full" bumper stickers.
Don't forget stereotyping works both ways...
gregozedobe
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Is this thread now officially OT x 2 ?
you are right...i can't imagine aussies going to those lengths...burning, stabbing etc. what i don't get is why india has taken such a hostile stance to these events. i mean we are not talking cricket here. i suspect you are right and the indian nationals involved must have been tied to gangs or crime, perhaps a drug turf war. i guess one should not hasten to make judgement...
sorry :threadjacked:
saad
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Bloody Indians...
Tensixty6
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It seems Queensland is not immune to acts of stupidity, no more or less than any other State or Territory in Australia for the matter. From Couriermail.com.au.
Mother and son hoons off the road
MOTHER-and-son hoons have faced court after racing each other at speeds of up to 130km/h on one of the Gold Coast busiest roads.
Jill Dingle, 42, told police she sped to push her 20-year-old son Martin, 20, to go faster.
The pair, from Bellbird Park near Ipswich, both pleaded guilty in Southport Magistrates Court today to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
Prosecutor Simon Bright told the court police in an unmarked car saw a purple BMW driven by Martin Dingle and a black Suzuki Swift with Jill Dingle at the wheel racing along Sea World Drive at Main Beach on December 20 last year.
The popular tourist road, which leads to the Sea World theme park and Palazzo Versace and Sheraton Mirage hotels, has a 60km speed limit but Ms Dingle estimated she was doing 130km/h.
``She said she was pushing her son to go faster,'' Sergeant Bright told the court.
``The son was questioned and said he was trying to go faster and outrun his mother.''
Martin, who had his girlfriend in the car, told police he was only driving at about 100km/h - although his car was in front of his mother's when they were spotted by police.
He had previously twice been disqualified and his car was found to be defective.
Police seized both cars under anti-hooning laws, Sgt Bright said.
Ms Dingle was fined $750 and disqualified from driving for six months. Her son was fined $850 and banned from the roads for nine months.
Outside court, Ms Dingle said: ``What I did was silly.''
Mother and son hoons off the road
MOTHER-and-son hoons have faced court after racing each other at speeds of up to 130km/h on one of the Gold Coast busiest roads.
Jill Dingle, 42, told police she sped to push her 20-year-old son Martin, 20, to go faster.
The pair, from Bellbird Park near Ipswich, both pleaded guilty in Southport Magistrates Court today to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
Prosecutor Simon Bright told the court police in an unmarked car saw a purple BMW driven by Martin Dingle and a black Suzuki Swift with Jill Dingle at the wheel racing along Sea World Drive at Main Beach on December 20 last year.
The popular tourist road, which leads to the Sea World theme park and Palazzo Versace and Sheraton Mirage hotels, has a 60km speed limit but Ms Dingle estimated she was doing 130km/h.
``She said she was pushing her son to go faster,'' Sergeant Bright told the court.
``The son was questioned and said he was trying to go faster and outrun his mother.''
Martin, who had his girlfriend in the car, told police he was only driving at about 100km/h - although his car was in front of his mother's when they were spotted by police.
He had previously twice been disqualified and his car was found to be defective.
Police seized both cars under anti-hooning laws, Sgt Bright said.
Ms Dingle was fined $750 and disqualified from driving for six months. Her son was fined $850 and banned from the roads for nine months.
Outside court, Ms Dingle said: ``What I did was silly.''
Glad to see commonsense has prevailed in WA.
I'm at uni at the moment, UTS doing my MBA. The Graduate Lounge is full of Indian students day and night, so popular is education as an export to that country. Sh1t I reckon English isn't even the most common language spoken in there anymore. But not one person I speak with has ever encountered threats of violence whilst studying here.
And from what I can gather most are studying here with the view to living here permanantly, i.e. they are gaining a strong enough education to support their immigration as skilled migrants. If the place was that bad they wouldn't be looking at residency.
No, you will never be as stoopid as Car Advice. Reprinting press releases without edit or opinion or analysis or comparison is all they are good for. But for the 13 - 16 year old market that's everything they need to be brainwashed with from the automobile manufacturer's marketing arms anyway...
A bit partial to the odd curry, are we?
I'm at uni at the moment, UTS doing my MBA. The Graduate Lounge is full of Indian students day and night, so popular is education as an export to that country. Sh1t I reckon English isn't even the most common language spoken in there anymore. But not one person I speak with has ever encountered threats of violence whilst studying here.
And from what I can gather most are studying here with the view to living here permanantly, i.e. they are gaining a strong enough education to support their immigration as skilled migrants. If the place was that bad they wouldn't be looking at residency.
saad
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