Cyclist’s massive fine for breaching Melbourne’s lockdown curfew
A Melbourne man has been hit with a $1652 fine after riding his bike. Police say he was breaching more than one virus rules.
A Melbourne cyclist who claimed he fell asleep at a mate’s house has been hit with a massive fine for breaching the coronavirus lockdown.
Police caught the man riding his bike without a helmet, with no mask and after the 9pm curfew in the Dandenong area on Thursday night.
He told police he had “fallen asleep at a friend’s house” but that didn’t stop officers hitting him with a $1652 fine for breaching the chief health officer’s directions.
The man was among 104 Victorians caught breaching the restrictions in the past 24 hours, which included another 50 busted outside during the 9pm to 5am curfew.
In another breach police also fined five people from different households who were caught in the same car more than 5km from home in Wyndham.
Police also fined 14 people for failing to wear a face covering and eight motorists were handed infringements at vehicle checkpoints.
Police have now issued 11,473 infringements during Victoria’s second wave when stage 3 restrictions were reinstated in Melbourne in early July, a total of more than $16.6 million in fines.
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