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Help! Australian speeding fine!

bobdauilda
bobdauilda Posts: 791 Forumite
in Shop but don't drop
Just received a traffic infringement notice from Western Australia! The offence was in December 2006 and apparently for doing 99kmh in a 90kmh zone in the outback! (thats 61 mph in a 56mph zone on a road with virtually no cars and the size of a dual carriageway!)
Am I the first forum member to get one of these?? Its a fixed penalty of $50 but theres no way to pay it online. It can only be paid by credit details return in the post or by cheque! Can anyone advise me on whether 6mths is too long for them to now prosecute me? What should i do? Pay up or contest it?
thanks Embarassed
Happiness is wanting what you have, not having what you want.

Primum non noce!
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  • amazamum
    amazamum Posts: 287 Forumite
    Poor you,My mother,father and brother went to Australia about 5 years ago and they recieved one similar,think they just paid the fine :mad: even though really they could not prove who was driving(could have been any of the three).
    I'm not sure how they went about paying it but I just wanted to say poor you and good luck.
    Mfit member no 13 original balance £44000 :mad:
    current Mortgage balance 13537:T
  • benedictadams
    benedictadams Posts: 932 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    were you in Western Australia at the time? (know its a stupid question but if you can prove you weren't then you won't have a problem)

    When you consider the length of time it takes British police to get hold of fines from oversea's drivers, 6 months is very efficient

    I wouldn't have thought the timescale will be a mitigating factor as they will need to have waited for the camera to have been checked (which is the outback wouldn't be on a daily basis), the hire company to get back to them as to who was driving, our police to check that you were who you said you are and then the week for Royal Mail to deliver the letter
    Debt of £6300 cleared in 5 years, now ZERO
  • bobdauilda
    bobdauilda Posts: 791 Forumite
    Yep Western Australia! They are very proactive on drink driving which is good and do like their traffic enforcement. Theres a grainy pic of the hire car and me looking good with my shades on so fair cop! Just need to send $50 to Oz now!
    Happiness is wanting what you have, not having what you want.

    Primum non noce!
  • bobdauilda
    bobdauilda Posts: 791 Forumite
    just wish they had an online system for paying the speed fine!
    Happiness is wanting what you have, not having what you want.

    Primum non noce!
  • thetope
    thetope Posts: 897 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    i'd pay up (though it's not particuarly easy by the sound of it). last thing you want is to be blacklisted if you ever wanted to go again, their immigration control is pretty strict
  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,392 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    The fine will end up with the hire company who'll pay it then charge you plus an admin fee so if you want to save money I'd find a way of paying it now
  • Carmen
    Carmen Posts: 1,732 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hello Bob, I found this option online. I hope it helps, if not sorry.
    Carmen x
  • bobdauilda
    bobdauilda Posts: 791 Forumite
    what option Carmen?Thanks - is it this one? http://www.aardvarktravel.net/chat/viewtopic.php?t=9067&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15&sid=4691c0347dd9de8b2e4889a13cd38103
    Alan- I don't mind paying it just wish there was an easy online way of doing it.
    Happiness is wanting what you have, not having what you want.

    Primum non noce!
  • Optimist
    Optimist Posts: 4,557 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I "think" this might be the online payment option

    http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/P/payfinesandinfringements.aspx?uid=1373-7660-6703-3252#online
    "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."

    Bertrand Russell. British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
  • oldbuffer
    oldbuffer Posts: 80 Forumite
    Of course it could be a scam, not unheard of!!!
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