Venting: $330 Fine for Rolling through Stop Sign

gooner85 on 05/06/2020 - 11:01
Last edited 05/06/2020 - 11:42 by 1 other user

Just want to vent. Was approaching a road and instead of stopping at a stop sign went through at slow pace and now given a $330 fine in Victoria and 3 demerit points. I know I'm in the wrong but it's a stretch to fine people for slowing down instead of a complete stop.

These cops really do show no care. Don't know if I can even be bothered fighting it and don't get a warning. No prior speeding issues in last 2 years. Any chance of leniency?

Anyone else cop a fine for not coming to complete stop?

Automotive

Comments

  • zippyzappy on 07/06/2020 - 06:45
    +1

    Try stopping next time at a Stop Sign

  • ledifni on 07/06/2020 - 08:23

    Just need OP to confirm, do you have AUS driver's licence? If so, how the hell did you get one?

    • gimme on 07/06/2020 - 09:16
      +2

      Because noone with an Aus license ever breaks the law. Was wondering bow long before a thinly veiled racist comment and here it is

  • DiscoJango on 07/06/2020 - 09:14

    I dont think ive ever come across a stop sign, where ive actually seen the need to come to a complete stop

    However i do see it as an easy form of revenue raising.

    • gimme on 07/06/2020 - 09:20
      +2

      Guess you never had to turn right at a busy intersection or even left.

      • DiscoJango on 07/06/2020 - 09:29

        I mostly drive in reverse with my eyes closed

  • hungryfood1 on 07/06/2020 - 10:56

    It's not a stretch to be fined for not stopping at a stop sign. Plus if you haven't had a speeding issue in the past 2 years means you've had one in the past 3 years, not exactly a perfect record? The laws are there to protect everyone, pay the fine and stop next time.

  • Trying2SaveABuck on 07/06/2020 - 12:50
    +3

    330 isnt bad

    i coped almost 500 for picking up my phone at a red light and 4 demerit points

    Although at the time i was burning it was probably a good thing because i dont pick up my phone anymore!

    From now on you will always stop at a stop sign.

  • Black Brown Blue on 07/06/2020 - 13:10
    +1

    Fines are there for a reason. So drivers like you can follow the rules.

  • peppermint420 on 07/06/2020 - 16:42

    two whole years!

  • greencomet on 07/06/2020 - 16:44
    +3

    "I know I'm in the wrong but it's a stretch to fine people for slowing down instead of a complete stop."

    I wish the police enforced this more, there would be a give way sign there if just slowing down and rolling through was acceptable. I actually had a guy beep at me the other day because I came to a complete stop at a stop sign instead of just rolling through, people seem to have forgotten that you need to actually stop at stop signs.

  • popsiee on 07/06/2020 - 16:51

    Thanks OP , in Vic they need to do a lot of catch up on fines with all the years of fines that were erased !

  • Maxxiz on 07/06/2020 - 19:06
    +1

    stop = stop
    mind blown

  • tiara on 07/06/2020 - 19:39
    +2

    OP: This is my first time, can you please let me go
    PO: Yeah right. This is your first time get caught doing it.

  • RandomFox on 08/06/2020 - 02:36
    +2

    You maybe think "it's a stretch to fine people for slowing down instead of a complete stop." maybe not valid to you but there's a cross section in the middle of nowhere in the UK that seems to be pointless yet there have been multiple deaths. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYeeTvitvFU

  • AmandaG on 08/06/2020 - 09:53

    Nothing you can do

  • baker bob on 08/06/2020 - 10:35
    +2

    It's a stretch that people bending road rules feel entitled to get away with it. Take responsibility for your actions by paying the fine and coping the demerit points which are going to impact the cost of your insurance and license renewal fees, trust me it hurts, havent had a clean license for 20 years but I don't whinge about it on forums, I'm an idiot as are you. /thread.

  • blorx on 08/06/2020 - 10:52
    +2

    These cops really do show no care.

    I'd actually argue the opposite.

  • SolidworksError on 08/06/2020 - 10:52
    +1

    By your own admission you did not stop at a stop sign. Sorry pal, gonna have to pay.

    Should you be happy about paying a fine to the government for a crime with no victim? No, probably not, but you don't get much choice.

  • sunnyc on 08/06/2020 - 19:49
    -1

    Unfortunately, cops love to get you at a stop sign. Seen many cars not even stop or slow down through a stop sign get away with it.
    Yes, it's definitely not fair and you're unlucky to get one. I'm not here to judge you so next time just come to a stop and count to 3 out loud and go. If you're out of points, just sign up to rideshare or delivery/courier and you can request for one more point.

  • Eeples on 08/06/2020 - 21:17

    The responses here no way reflect the number of drivers not stopping at stop signs.

    How about people put their hands up and admit they do it all the time, particularly when turning left.

    It is so prevalent that I “have” to do it too to avoid being rear ended by the car behind me who has the expectation I will roll through. (Even when I approach the stop sign super slowly touching my brakes the whole time to show my brake lights).

    Stop signs are treated like a joke.

    Central Coast, NSW.

    • Euphemistic on 09/06/2020 - 08:35

      Not stopping because someone might run into you is not a good reason to roll through.

      It’s not hard to stop for a second, just do it.

      My hard earned is better in my pocket than paying a fine for something so easy to do. I stop, every time. There is even a stop sign on the way to work at the top of a rise. It requires a hill start, quite annoying but I stop because I don’t want to roll through one day when a police car is just out of sight and watches me do it.

      • Eeples on 09/06/2020 - 11:00

        Of course it is.

        Avoiding an accident is always a good reason.

  • Hangryuman on 09/06/2020 - 08:35
    +2

    having got a couple of tickets for such I do now tend to take care to come to a complete stop

    the test is - as seen from a police car - can the wheels be seen to be stationary

    even if it's not dangerous most of the time, it reminds me of level crossings on rural roads - 99 times out of 100 there may be no train there, so people get used to not bothering to look - until one day, smash and they're dead and their passengers too

    when crossing the road as a pedestrian and I see a car coming I'm going to wait for, I tend to stop early as a polite cue to the oncoming driver that I have already seen them and for them to know that because I've stopped

    many other people tend to keep walking selfishly as in - I'm just going to continue to walk at a speed to just miss you after you've passed - but this is selfish and dangerous as it adds a risk to the driver that you might get it wrong, slip/fall/be blind and they'd suddenly have to panic brake to try to avoid you - or risk killing you and spending the rest of their life with culpable death hanging over their conscience

    all because you couldn't be bothered to stop for a moment

  • Andrewskates on 09/06/2020 - 09:42

    Would you roll through a red light at a slow pace?

    • hasher22 on 14/06/2020 - 22:35
      -1

      Alot of people do when it's about to turn green

  • hasher22 on 14/06/2020 - 22:34
    -3

    Bet the people on here saying to stop are the same people that don't stop on stop signs.

    We are all guilty of it.

    Heck, I only stop when there's no clear vision, if there's clear vision, I slowly roll.

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