New Nsw Car Hoon Laws . Grandma Policing .

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Originally Posted by EDManual

An article in the paper : Why wouldnt you run if the fines are much the same as not!! (or there are NO fines if you dont!) (Take drunks cars off them I say though, speeding sensibly is different)

A DRUNKEN female driver crossed double lines and reached speeds of up to 151km/h while trying to evade police, a court has heard.
A Geelong court was also the probationary driver turned into Grossman's Rd at such speed, her entire vehicle crossed onto the wrong side of the roadway.
Megan Macleod, 20, of Telkington Rd, Bellbrae, pleaded guilty in Geelong Magistrates' Court yesterday to charges of exceeding .05, speeding, evading police and careless driving.
Police prosecutor, Leading Senior Constable Kerrie Moroney said, at 12.55am on November 26 last year, police were operating a breath testing station on Anglesea Rd, Bellbrae.
"Macleod was driving her utility south on Anglesea Rd when she saw the PBT station ahead," Sen-Constable Moroney said.
"She stopped, did a U-turn over double lines and took off at fast speed."
The prosecutor said police immediately took up pursuit as Macleod reached speeds of 151km/h before turning right into Grossman's Rd on the wrong side of the roadway.
"When stopped by police, Macleod admitted she had been drinking heavy beer and rum and a lot of it," the prosecutor said.
"A breathalyser test showed she had a reading of .113 per cent and her car was impounded for 30 days at a cost of $994."
Christine Thomas, for Macleod, said her client was currently studying at an agricultural college near Horsham, that she had no priors and her behaviour was out of character.
"After her car was towed away, she decided to take a short cut home through a paddock and broke her ankle," Ms Thomas said.
"Her parents paid the $994 redemption fee for their daughter to get her car back but she will have to repay them by painting the house."
Magistrate Ann McGarvie said drink-driving was the biggest killer on Victoria's roads.
"It's not about you killing yourself but about you killing others," she said.
"You knew you should not have been driving and that is why you tried to run away."
Macleod was convicted on all counts, fined $800 and disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Wow.. a potentially deadly alcoholic rampage, and she gets of with $800. Have a radar detector in the car and get caught and the fine is more than that. If you leave two black marks and a bit of smoke, they'll make you wish you were never born.

Don't steal, the government doesn't like competition.