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just stumbled across this today, it highlights the increase in demerit points that are now in effect,
things that caught my attention were "Other three-point offences include conduct associated with street racing and failure to stop and supply particulars after a crash. One-point offences include tailgating and driving without headlights on at night." :evil: i think i've done enough to lose my licence about 4or5 times under this new system!

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I just don't get how they target people tailgate, but don't look into people who are doing 10km less then the speed limit, it is also 1 demerit point, & $75 fines for those who break this law, but it seem to me no law enforcement are actually enforcing it. :roll:

In my opinion, these slow idiots are the one to blame for 90% of tailgate, 90% road rages & 20% of speeding. As the person behind them get agro, he/she will start to tailgate, & if the person still didn’t get the idea of "blocking the traffic" it will escalate to "sign language", "offensive language", excessive of horn, & high beam (road rage), & finally result of over taking with any mean, (speeding & endanger others)
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lower fines in exchange for higher demerit points? i can live with that... ;-) (at least it doesn't send me broke - it's hard enough to get by financially these days with exorbitant petrol prices as is!)
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GPXXX wrote:lower fines in exchange for higher demerit points? i can live with that... ;-) (at least it doesn't send me broke - it's hard enough to get by financially these days with exorbitant petrol prices as is!)
:lol: for your sake, i hope u have plenty of spare points to exchange with then!

i know if i was sitting on 1 last point, i'd rather pay double than lose my licence and go back to public transport. :(
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Post by Slither »

Not that many would care, but how f***ed up is this gunna be for P platers?

3 points for 5 over the limit. do that twice, which everyoine can vouch for is easy and there goes your license, or even worse during double demit points you can lose it for one minor infraction. Thats just friggin stupid
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i still have full demerit points on my licence (that's in all my 8 years of driving) so i suppose i don't really know how to appreciate what it's like to lose licence demerit points lol...
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I haven't lost any points yet either although i've only been driving for a year and a half, but it seems to be a bit much, stray a few k's over the limit which is inevitable unless you watch your speedo All the time and lose a nice chunck of it! 8O
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I have recently been caught by these laws and think it's a disgrace to know how easy they can get you on speeding ... fair enough if your intentionally speeding I agree with it but when your unsure of the speed limits of an area as I was in Richmond of which I hardly go through it can trap you easy !

I went through 3 different speed limits within a one kilometer stretch of road and ended up with a $205 fine and 3 points ..... :(

Very sad when you really think about it !
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Mikey, considering u have a turbo car, u drive like a little girl :P and Ethan considering u have a FTO u drive like a baby :lol:

and Toni... didnt u watch Current Affairs the other nite? it was all about different speed zones over small distances to try and make revenue.

Its a bloody disgrace I say! :x
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FTOluv wrote:Mikey, considering u have a turbo car, u drive like a little girl :P
well "hello"... who was it that kept stalling his car each time you try to race me at the lights all these time ? :P:P

no excuses Milsy - you just can't drive stick! hahaha... :twisted:
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FTOluv wrote:Ethan considering u have a FTO u drive like a baby :lol:
WTF?? What you on boy??? 8O
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Hey Mikey & Ethan, i think its time for us to visit Mil & give him the "stick shift"
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:roll: boyZzzzzzzzzzz boyzzzzzzzzzzzzzz boyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......
When is the rival attitude ever going to stop :?


I guess NEVER as long as you all own FTO'S right ! :wink:
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Hey i got no problem Toni, Mil seems to have let his "turbo" go to his head :roll: :lol:
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hell yeah, we been copping 50psi of thrashtalk (on stock internals) from him all day... we're just the blow off valve letting off the excess crap. somebody oughtta get him a boost controller or the mad scientist is gonna rip apart the forum and replace the bullshiat he just typed lol
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Don't worry Mikey, once he gets his "overnite parts" from Japan, he will descimate all! :lol:
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Yeah "He sh*t out 1/4 of a sentence at a time, for those 10 words or less, his fu9king lost" :twisted:
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FTO338 wrote:Yeah "He sh*t out 1/4 of a sentence at a time, for those 10 words or less, his fu9king lost" :twisted:
Ha ha ha ROFLMAO!!!!!

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Post by FTOluv »

Hey Mikey & Ethan, i think its time for us to visit Mil & give him the "stick shift"
U and Mikey can give me crap about it but Ethan cant :P :wink:

and btw guys, all of u are gonna get a beat down on saturday nites cruise! :twisted: especially Mikey because his starting to sound like snortface :P :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by GPXXX »

i have NFI who the fcuk you're on about... :P;):twisted:

...man this thread has been soooo hijacked it's no longer funny lol (and yes Milsy you started it! :P)
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