Experts warn Australians to learn about local traffic rules before going to every state, or there will be unpleasant and costly accidents.
Barwick (Robert Barwick), head of the Australian camper and RV club (Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia), shared on social media Facebook the story of a foreign owner who was heavily fined for unfamiliar with South Australia's road regulations, according to Australian news website. To remind tourists to travel to other states and northern territories in advance of the local road regulations.
In South Australia, when emergency vehicles pass, other cars have to slow down sharply, to 25 km / h, to be precise.
The uninformed member of the club claimed she had been fined $1007 and was disqualified for six months.
According to Barwick, the heavily punished female owner breached the requirement to slow down the vehicle speed to 25 km / h when driving through emergency vehicles in South Australia. The woman was driving on Adelaide's road, passing two police cars (about 12 meters apart) parked by a police light, and police appeared to be questioning one of the drivers.
The road speed limit of 110 km / h, female car owners for 85 km / hour or so. Soon after she drove past the police car, the police car came up and signaled her to stop. Police then asked if it knew it was required to slow down to 25 km / h when driving past emergency vehicles. Owners from North New State said they had no knowledge, but were still fined A $1007 and were banned from the road for the next six months.
Many netizens expressed shock at the "stupid" rule below their posts, while others called for a set of national road regulations to prevent similar incidents from happening again. There are also many people who think the car owner has been punished too heavily. Other netizens raised safety concerns about a sudden slowdown on the highway.
It is understood that South Australia implemented the rule in 2014. Similar regulations have been introduced in Victoria and Western Australia, but the speed limit is 40 km / h. Canberra is about to introduce a similar rule, and the new state will try it out this year. (Queensland Police Union), the Kunzhou police union, urged the state's government to consider similar rules this week.
Barwick told reporters that it is a good rule to ask owners to slow down when they pass through emergency service vehicles, but the different regulations in the states are puzzling. He suggested that vehicle registration and license plate registration should be unified nationwide, and that a national system would greatly improve the convenience of vehicle owners when registering and checking vehicles. But he added that the states would not accept the proposal because it would cost the states revenues from vehicle registration.
It is reported that the state last July officially implemented the emergency service vehicle speed limit of 40 km / h and must maintain a safe distance, offenders will be fined up to 793 Australian dollars.
In the wake of a road accident, the first handlers and others to be hit by passing vehicles are extremely vulnerable to being hit by passing vehicles, the Victoria Highway Service (Vic Roads) said, adding that accidents that were nearly hit were extremely common.
This speed limit helps to ensure the personal safety of road accident handlers and other on-site personnel.