Australians pay a heavy price for failing to comply with some of the most basic road rules.
A new report from (RACQ), the Royal Queensland Motor Club, lists five of the most basic rules on the road that each driver knows but chooses to ignore.
Saw the STOP stop sign didn't stop.
In Kunzhou, drivers will be fined 378 yuan, or 3 points, when they see a parking sign not fully parked, meaning the driver has already paid a fine of more than 3 million yuan.
Between November 2016 and November 2017, 9270 drivers in Brisbane were fined for not stopping in front of the red STOP sign.
Although you may have been told, there is no 3-second rule, which requires you to stop for at least 3 seconds after a complete shutdown. All you have to do is stop completely before the stop line and then go on.
Violation of "No right turn" logo
The signs were simple, but more than 1400 Brisbane drivers ignored the "no right turn" sign.
Of course, if you force a right turn, you will lose 3 cents and be fined 100 yuan at the same time.
Keep safe distance
Last year, 619 Brisbane drivers were punished for failing to keep a safe distance. Violators will be fined 294 yuan, minus 1 point.
Driving an undriven light
Up to 429 drivers were fined 126 yuan for not turning on their headlights while driving at night or in dangerous conditions.
Driving without L card
Brisbane L-licence drivers have also been fined, and eight of them were caught showing no L-sign correctly on the vehicle.
But Queensland is not the only state to ignore the basic rules of the road.
Police have issued three hundred and seventy five thousand tickets to violators in the past year, according to the latest 2016 state police data.
In 2016, 27,000 Victorians were fined for ignoring road signs or traffic lights.
Drivers in southern Victoria had the worst "no-turn" performance-10139 drivers were fined-while another 8281 drivers were fined for running red lights and 3931 were forced to pay for ignoring parking signs.
RACQ spokesman Lauren. Richie (Lauren Ritchie) says Brisbane statistics show drivers are throwing money out.
"it should be one of the easiest rules to understand, but last year in Brisbane, we saw more than 3000 drivers fined for breaching parking signs," she said.
"the STOP sign means that you have to park completely behind the stop line before you go again. It's not that hard. It's a stupid act to flout the law."
New state drivers also most ignore parking and red light warning signs. If traffic lights are yellow, new state drivers will be fined 433 yuan and deducted 3 points without stopping.
New state drivers are also so poor at keeping safe distance that state road safety groups even list it as one of the most misunderstood traffic rules of 2014.
In the 2014 report, safe car spacing was listed as the eighth most misleading road traffic rule.
"safe vehicle spacing varies depending on conditions, vehicle type and vehicle speed. In general, when a vehicle is moving, the driver should keep a distance of 3 seconds from the vehicle in front to provide sufficient time to avoid a rear-end collision, "the new state transport department explained.
Among the ten most misunderstood traffic rules, there are also roundabout directions.
While Western Australian police were unable to provide detailed statistics on their drivers' blatant disregard for road traffic rules, the state did have some of the worst offenders in the state.
In December, the Australian police launched the world's first program to send "moral" or "deterrent" messages to thousands of high-risk drivers.
To reduce road trauma, police sent letters to 14000 of the worst drivers, who have committed at least two serious violations in the past two years.
But despite attempts to prevent drivers from testing the law again, an analysis nine months after the letter was sent found that 1/3 of the drivers were still arrested again, according to reports.
Although South Australia may be considered one of the loosest states, a 2016 report by the Australian Institute of Research found that its execution was the most "unfair" and imposed the highest fines on its drivers.
Between 2014 and 2015, South Australia's average traffic fine was the highest in the country. During this period, the fine is equivalent to 103 yuan per South Australian for violating a traffic rule.