Demerit points overseas

[FnG]magnolia;19370396 said:
Breaking the law in more than one country doesn't make it ok to do so in another. Am I even following your argument properly? You broke the law in the UK/Europe for over 8 years but never got caught so that means you should never have been caught in Oz?
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To be fair, 125km/h is about 77m/h, if that's on the speedo, thats more like 71-72m/h, if that. Hardly breaking the law.

I think the point he was trying to make is that if it's safe (and legal) to do those speeds in Europe and the UK, why is it suddenly more dangerous to do so in a country which has 1/3 our population and is 30 times bigger (i.e. less dense traffic)?
 
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GingerNinja1989 said:
Are they really allowed to do that?! :eek:
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A favourite sign from Oz:

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this is for NZ not Oz and had this bawled at me a few times, not sure if it's the same for Oz or another misunderstanding of the 'rules'
:that my UK license in NZ was only valid from 12 months from first entry, regardless of visa type. The stupid thing is that means if you go there in 2005, you license becomes invalid say you go again in 2007? Don't know if NZ/Oz share that one or if they enforce it to that level of understanding?
 
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Vanilla said:
Yes, i've heard this also but not sure how accurate it is. If you rack up loads of points and then want to become a resident you may have some issues.

Just to hone onto the fact that they are very hard on speeders over here.

-- Regularly have double demerit weekends where essentially it's double points (Xmas, etc)
-- Speed cameras do not have to be marked or coloured, they blend in very easily.
-- They are generally harder on speeders with regads to limits, leeway, etc.
-- Speeds are pretty low in general on places you really would like to make some ground. Motorways are between 80 and 100! (50-60mph).
-- Fines are generally very high. Bus lane fine for example as someone at work recently got done - $280!!
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Thankfully, none of that applies in the Northern Territory

We only have 6 fixed cameras anyway, and the vans are well marked

Dont have motorways though...
 
Might just tie up this thread by saying thanks to those helpful responses without swaying off topic too much :)
And I think the double demerit points are a great idea, just wait until you hear about the 'Double or nothing' option you get if you get 12 points ;)
 
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