Good reason to vote Liberal this Saturday

[Bozz]

MickyD (MCCR MEMBER)

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Sent: Tuesday, 26 November 2002 10:12 pm

I have just spoken to a friend of mine in the Vic. Police force, who has told me that the Labour party intends to really crack down on speed if it wins this election (they have to pay for their promises to the minority groups somehow)

Speed cameras will have a 1kph tolerence, ie, 61 in a 60 will see you booked, and there in a new range of penalties (also applies to radar/laser guns and other methods).

1 - 5 kph over, 1point $250

6 - 15 kph over, 3 points, $750

15 - 25 kph over, 9 points, $1500 for clean record, instant loss 6 month of licence and $3000 for repeat offence (even for 1 point)

25 kph plus, instant loss of license for 12 months and $4500 fine for first offence, doubled for previous offences.

They are also looking at a way of limiting modifications made to cars, there was talk of a maximum performance increase of 10% over manufacturers claims,anything more renders the vehicle unroadworthy, and a limit to the types of cars that people can drive according to age, the example given was the the XR6 Turbo would be illegal to be driven by anyone under the age of 30 on

Victorian roads.

I will state that this is currently unsubstantiated, but this is the same officer that informed me over a month before hand about the change in tolerances on the speed cameras.

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I dont know the accuracy or validity of this but I'm simply passing this message on.

[Morgs]

Although im not going to vote in this election (with good reason:D), It dosent sound entirely viable that they will bring in legislation such as that... its just way too over the top. Having said that... wouldnt surprise me if they did. Time to move to N.T?