Police Wrap - 16 October

Yes, and emotional anguish from being detained by fellow citizens. He’ll clean up.

The Qbn cops were out and about early on Tuesday, too, with all their toys on Bung Road just after the old Pizza Hut, heading into town. Cars, things on tripods, funny hats, the lot. Looking for people attempting to smuggle the chicken schnitzels out, most likely.

Swaggie said :

Good on the guys at Hughes PO, so what does the Moron get for aggravated robbery – a slap on the wrist by a magistrate?

Knowing the performance of the courts here, he will get compensation for the trauma he’s been through.

Good on the guys at Hughes PO, so what does the Moron get for aggravated robbery – a slap on the wrist by a magistrate?

Its the difference between a $494 fine and a $978 fine, but driving an uninsured\uninsurable vehicle puts the driver, community, and other road users at a risk, the consequence is considerably worse for all involved. Hence the greater penalties.

But driving an unregistered car is less of a risk & consequence, the fine is more preventative, but also an opportunity to pick up some extra cash.

it appears a high proportion of those found unregistered were tradies trailers

When I drove past the roundabout at lanyon drive, there were at least fifteen cars parked off the roundabout, all makes and models. Didn’t see any trailers lotiering about though.

Sounds like the trades were targetted, and it appears a high proportion of those found unregistered were tradies trailers.

Still dosn’t have much to do with road safety – you dont get fined for paying your rates a bit late.

Skidbladnir said :

23 unregistered vehicles detected;
8 uninsured vehicles (no compulsory third party insurance) detected;

Seperate crimes I know, but with the 15 days grace period on CTP after rego expiry, this would be 15 drivers whose registration had expired but could possibly claim “I am going to fix it, Officer”

They still get the ticket for unregistered though. Once the 3rd party insurance runs out, that’s a separate fine.

23 unregistered vehicles detected;
8 uninsured vehicles (no compulsory third party insurance) detected;

Seperate crimes I know, but with the 15 days grace period on CTP after rego expiry, this would be 15 drivers whose registration had expired but could possibly claim “I am going to fix it, Officer”

I’m slightly disturbed that that many vehicles were found to be unregistered. Sign of the economic times?

that seems like a lot of vehicle offenders. i wonder how many cars were actually assessed