වික්ටෝරියන් කොපෙක් ලර්නර් ඩ්රයිවර් කෙනෙකුට කොරෝනා නීතිය යටතේ $1652 ක් දඩ ගහලා. මම හිතුවේ ඒක ඉල්ලා අස්කර ගනී කියලා. නමුත් හවස කිව්වා ඒක ස්ථිර කළා කියලා.
මෙල්බර්න් වල දඩ ඉවත් කරන පොලිස් ලොක්කා ලංකාවේ සිංහල මනුස්සයෙක් වෙන්න ඕනෑ. හරියටම අවුරුද්දකට ඉස්සෙල්ලා මම 100 සෝන් එකේ 112 ට ගිහිං අහු උනා. රේඩාර් එරර් කියා 3% අඩු කලාම ඒක 109 KMPH (ඒ කියන්නේ less than 10 ks over the limit )උනා. මම මගේ clean history එක ගැන කියලා ඇපීල් කළා. මම අන්තිමට දඩයක් කාල තිබුනේ 1993 දීයි. ඇපීල් එක (මම වරද පිළිගත් බවත්, cruise control ඉවත් කර ඇක්සලරේටරය පාගද්දී පොඩ්ඩක් වැඩියෙන් පෑගුන නිසා වේගය වැඩි වෙන්නට ඇති බවත් (මම ගියේ 120ට බවත් පොලිස් කාර් එක දැක්කාම ස්ලෝ කල බවත් දන්නේ මමයි පවුලේ අයයි විතරයි) කියලයි ඇපීල් එක ලිව්වේ) පිලි අරගෙන දඩය ඉවත් කරපු ලියුමට අත්සන් කරලා තිබුනේ
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Teenage learner driver fined $1600 for driving with her mum during COVID-19 lockdown
A 17-year-old learner driver was left “shocked” after being fined more than $1600 for driving with her mum during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Sharee Reynolds was supervising her daughter, Hunter, as she drove from their Hampton home to Frankston at the weekend when the pair were pulled over by police and fined for non-essential travel.
“We didn’t think for one minute that we would be doing anything wrong. We weren’t in contact with any person, we weren’t stopping anywhere,” Sharee told 3AW’s Neil Mitchell.
“She [the police officer] said we were too far from home and we would cop a fine, and that Hunter would be the person to receive that fine.”
When the mother and daughter questioned the fine, Sharee said the police officer told her police were “smashing it on the roads today”.
Hunter said she was surprised by the incident.
“I was just shocked, because I obviously hadn’t done anything wrong, or so I thought. I was just really stressing,” the teenager said.
The mother and daughter intend to challenge the fine in court.
“I don’t feel that it was the right decision by the police person,” Sharee said.
“If they felt that it was wrong a warning would have sufficed for that particular incident, and giving the fine to a 17-year-old was really quite ridiculous.”
Victoria’s chief health officer Dr Brett Sutton said the fine was justified.
“Look, it’s not an essential activity,” he said.
“We are in the place that we’re in today because of everything that everyone had done up to this point in time. If we break the rules now we will change our future.”
Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton said the fine is under review.
“Although we are satisfied that that was a lawfully issued infringement, I’ve spoken with the assistant commissioner for the region and, in conjunction with the member, we will be looking at whether discretion should or could be applied in this circumstance,” he said.
Victoria’s lockdown rules do not specifically rule out driving practice for L-platers, but advise against non-essential car travel.
“Victorians should not be looking to try and a create a loophole for what they can do,” Mr Patton said.
“What they should be doing, and the vast majority are, is stay home unless I have to go out for one of those essential four reasons.”