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$5k fine warning over little-known road rule

An Aussie mother has sounded a warning about a little-known traffic infringement rule after she was fined more than $5,000.

An Aussie mother has sounded a warning about a little-known traffic infringement rule after she was fined more than $5,000 for wearing her seatbelt incorrectly.

Lauren Hyland from the Gold Coast was caught by state-of-art traffic monitoring cameras with her seatbelt under her arm instead of on top.

It is an offence that would usually see her cop a $1,078 fine and lose four demerit points.

However, Ms Hyland was hit with a massive $5,390 fine because she was behind the wheel of a business car instead of a personally registered vehicle at the time of the incident.

“What the actual f**k,” Ms Hyland wrote on social media alongside a picture of her fine.

“Because my seatbelt was under my arm, not on top. $5,390!”

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Lauren Hyland from the Gold Coast was caught by state-of-art traffic monitoring cameras.
Lauren Hyland from the Gold Coast was caught by state-of-art traffic monitoring cameras.
She was not happy.
She was not happy.

The reason for this is that in Queensland, traffic infringements charged to company vehicles are five times the amount private car owners would pay — in order to make up for the fact that demerit points can’t be taken off the business.

Speed camera warning signs returning to NSW

The NSW government has reversed its “unsustainable” and “increasingly frustrating” decision to remove mobile speed camera warning signs.

From January, warning signs will be placed in front of all mobile speed cameras for the first time in two years after they were removed in a controversial plan to tackle speeding.

When the signs were last in place in 2020, there were 38,743 fines issued.

In the first year after the signs were scrapped the number of fines issued increased to 361,896 – almost ten times the previous year.

Warning signs were temporarily returned this year mounted on top of mobile speed camera vehicles and the number of offences has dropped to under 200,000.

NRMA spokesman Peter Khoury said the decision to remove the signs had been ineffective as it had created numerous issues while failing to reduce the amount of speeding offences.

With NCA NewsWire

Originally published as $5k fine warning over little-known road rule

Original URL: https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/machine/motoring/on-the-road/5k-fine-warning-over-littleknown-road-rule/news-story/61e839d1a95c78ae17e02becd29add87