Now that the Australia day happy vibe/hangover has worn off and it's a Perfect Monday to whinge, here's the tale of our brave and valiant South Perth Rangers handing out $300 fines for parking on one side of a residential street, rather than on the OTHER side which is not an offence.
Granted they did a good job of most probably paying some tradies exorbitant hourly rates to properly dig up the verge and put up sign posts overnight, I didn't really look around when parking there on Australia day, since I normally just park there when visiting my mate, and the few cars parked there didn't have any tickets (yet) either.
What baffles me is, it's on ONE side of the street only that you're not allowed to park, and it's FRICKING $300!! I'd wouldn't be as annoyed (see, getting ripped off by the biggest criminal organisation in WA) if it were $100-$150, but damn $300? On Australia day?
Fremantle did waive all parking tickets since the Mayor wanted Australia day to be a day for everyone to enjoy, how about not being a party pooper South Perth?
Is there any way to appeal for this?
$300 Parking Fine for Australia Day? How Very Unpatriotic!
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@bobbified: nah, I'm a grassroots type that's happy to talk about "my" causes on forums like this and measure my penetration in downvotes.
Lots of butthurt here, I thought it was a good joke
One that annoys me is 'NO PARKING Mon-Fri'. Public holidays should be counted as Sat/Sun but they are not.
"Mon-Fri" signs do not have effect on public holidays in NSW, I would have thought it was the same in all states?
A couple of years ago I saw them booking cars in Manly on a public holiday, and I asked them directly. Maybe it has changed.
It's always possible they were wrong ;)
(3) If information on a traffic control device that is at a place indicates that it applies on a particular day of the week, the device does not have effect on a day that is a public holiday for the place unless information on the device states otherwise.
https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/regulation/2014/75…
It seems as if the phrase Un-Australian" has become a substitute for, "I don't agree with you/ I don't value your opinion/ I do what I like".
Very Un-Australian.I have lived in South Perth and used to dislike Australia Day because you couldn’t get in or out of the suburb easily due to cars parked all over the place. I imagine the residents would welcome more organisation of the traffic flow. I also know some people that if the fine was only $100,they would park there and see it as expensive parking.
The fine has to be a deterrent and it seems like it is.
Don’t park in Leederville. My 18 year old daughter had costs of over $500 from not fully reading a sign there.
some people that if the fine was only $100,they would park there and see it as expensive parking.
$100 for all day parking on a public holiday is cheap. it would be snapped up in an instance on nye at darling harbour.
In Melb, if the sign has the day AND time limit written, on public holidays it's free for the day
Parking is probably only allowed on one side so that the flow of traffic can still move. Sorry OP, no sympathy from me. You saw the sign and still parked there.
Hey OP, I reckon your mate should chip in a bit for the fine. Because of the forethought of the local council he was able to enjoy a day of easy access to his house (no help from you, of course) and no racket from screaming mum's and dad's and their kids getting in and out of their cars. Maybe $100 would be a reasonable contribution. Remember, nothing in this life is free anymore, except maybe rock star chicks and the air we breathe (although I'm not even sure about that anymore). So, I'm sure your mate would be only too willing to pay for his carefree Australia Day.
ON AUSTRALIA DAY ALL THE UNINFORMED AUSTRALIANS WILL BE WAVING THAT FLAG - YES THAT FLAG WITH THE BRITISH EMPIRE STAMP OF OWNERSHIP IN TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER. WE ARE NOT A FREE NATION STATE - AUSTRALIA IS STILL FOREIGN OWNED AND LOOTED - as Australians are too lazy to learn and fight to become a Free Nation State -not the Bullshit Republic promoted by Traitors such as Hawke, Keating, Turnbull. and the Royalist are just as bad.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/we-only-became-inde…
On March 3, 1986, these acts, the Australia Acts, came into force. They state that the British government is no longer responsible for the government of any state and that the Westminster parliament can no longer legislate for Australia. Most important, they transferred into Australian hands full control of all Australia's constitutional documents. So March 3, 1986, is the day Australia achieved complete independence from Britain. Happy Australian Independence Day.
author: Anne Twomey is an associate professor at the University of Sydney law school and author of The Australia Acts 1986: Australia's Statutes of Independence.
no pain no gain, I learned my lesson weeks ago…….. i hate Melbourne city council
If you don't like it, then leave it.
Take it to court! You absolutely have a case and you can trust me, I am Internet lawyer.
There is no way that if you turn up with a singlet and can of vb that they'll apply an offenders levy.
Nooo way at all! It would be unAustralian.Be sure to point out in your photo https://i.imgur.com/jBcv80J.jpg that you were clearly parked where as the fine is for stopping.
OP, ensure you enlist the services of "Dennis Denuto" Qsee for your court appearance.
Good luck, South Perth are absolute arses. Once parked at the foreshore on Easter Sunday in a carpark that had one single ticket machine … that had been run over and removed. There was a great big hole in the ground with witches hats and warning signs, and no other machine for the carpark, and they still fined me. Tried going in to the offices with photo proof (apart from the fact their records would show they had removed the machine) and they told me I would have to fight it in court. At the time was working a job that paid commission, so taking the day off to fight it would have cost me more in lost wages. This was probably 15 years ago and I'm still pissed off about it, thieving pricks! :-D
That's when you go around and destroy every ticket machine as revenge :-)
Something I would do.
They wouldn't give a rat's arse. They'd just sit at their computers and order new ones, contract the job out and then bump up the rates of all the house owners in the municipality to cover it - along with all the other continually escalating costs of local government everywhere (go and look at your latest rates' notice). You can't win.
May be change the title of this forum as 300 fine on australia day, that is unaustralian?
Another incompetent driver whinging about a fine?
Thats steep OP. Surely there has to be some justification on the penalty amount right? Or is that just everyone else except the council?
I would inquire into their arriving at $300. I mean whats to stop them from making it $3000 next year if they`ve disconnected the dollar value from the manifestation of such dollar value.
That is a big fine..
I parked in South Perth Oz day behind all the other cars on a residential street. I did see a white car with a parking ticket approx 10 metres from a junction. I could not see any signs saying no parking so assumed it was too close to the junction..used to live there about 30 years ago. was such a peaceful place. Went back in 08 when the Red Bull races were on. Same covers, was dying to watch the race but parking restrictions made it impossible. Modern day politics. make life impossible and charg for it!
Write a letter advising that the pain that Invasion Day brings you distracted you from not looking for parking signs that aren't usually there.
Damn Woolies charging people for food, Damn electricity companies charging people for gas, Damn petrol companies charging people for bananas and socks.
Say you had a flat battery/ran out of petrol and was forced to park there
The day and time don't even matter for throwing a penalty for offenses!
it is double the fine for Australia day. it is normally half of that. best to catch the bus into south perth to avoid getting fine.
I'm from the East Coast, never holidayed in Perth because I heard everything from food to accomodation expensive over there due to the mining boom.
Not wrong about everything being $$$ even parking infringements.
Tell em its unaustralian to fine their fellow Australian on australia day
my eyes hurt
Only really one thing to do in this situation. Make up some of your own B*S signs and put them in the council rangers carpark. Replace the bank account details with your own and get your money back. (id fine 6 of them $50 though, more likely to pay it)
So booking you on Australia Day amounts to treason? Lol.
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Might be a good idea to donate your double pay to a charity to further your cause.