The myth's about Demerit points ?

[GTP 320]

A friend of mine once told me that if you receive a fine in the mail regarding a Traffic Infringement notice for whatever reason,if you pay more than the amount stated by cheque,they wiil send you back the amount that was over paid by cheque but to avoid getting any Demerit points don't Bank the cheque,because till the cheque is cleared they can't finalise the Dermit points.
Is that myth true or has anybody eles ever heard about this or is this just plain crap.
Cheers John

[MYLO_XR6]

i have heard of this before...apparently it was true years back....not any more.

[FGX-351]

I've heard of it but I have no idea if its true

[kyro_02]

apparently they fixed that loop hole

[GRNKPR]

Sorry John tried this dosent work still racked em up on my list of naughties

[notty1978]

yes i have been told the same thing
but if you put a few more cents then the fine they dont take the points off you
that is what i have been told

[GRNKPR]

Originally Posted by notty1978

yes i have been told the same thing
but if you put a few more cents then the fine they dont take the points off you
that is what i have been told

Hes not saying they take the points off they arnt allocated to you as the full transaction is not complete

[RUQ1KA]

I recently got a fine for speeding
I paid it on friday was for less than 10km/h over, fine was $131, i paid $135, will see what happens

[cedric]

i was told pay 50c less and they had a rule that it had to be more than a dollar to send paper work with same result. sounds like crapola to me

[XR8 Uterous]

It used to be true, pretty sure it's all been fixed now.

[rapidxr6]

NO! it dosn't work anymore, tried it earlier this year on a speeding ticket.
I made the check for $4 extra, still i lost 3 points and NEVER got my $4 change back!
RIPPED OFF!!

[AUXRVIII]

Originally Posted by mad_ed_wagon

I recently got a fine for speeding
I paid it on friday was for less than 10km/h over, fine was $131, i paid $135, will see what happens

I did that once, they sent the money back telling me to send the right amount.

[blutura]

Originally Posted by rapidxr6

NO! it dosn't work anymore, tried it earlier this year on a speeding ticket.
I made the check for $4 extra, still i lost 3 points and NEVER got my $4 change back!
RIPPED OFF!!

Next time just pay them $4 less and tell them you're even! :hihi:

[Outbackjack]

What are demerit points???? :

[Ultimate]

Lol yer who needs them.

[ianmichele]

My missus got done with a speed camera 7k's over so we paid the fine $131 but sent a letter in stating she hasn't had a ticket for at least 5 years.

Got a reply today saying this is a caution, no penalty and refunding the fine.

[trick_xd]

It dont work anymore They fixed that loop hole.
I went to school with a girl that works at the perian courts
and she deals with this stuff every day ..
The only thing i remember her telling me that could be usefull is

If you dont pay your fine it becomes a warrent .. After it has been a warrent for 5 years it is closed and the fine is writen off..

Now a $130 fine ends up being about $280.. and if you get court with in that time you could be sent to court and get extra added onto your fine or even jail.. Hope you are good at hiding for about 5/6 years just to get out of a fine..

[jmc-007]

speaking of arsey fines.

IN NSW when do your points come back after a fine?

I had a nasty 2yrs ago but i havnt got the pts back yet ??

[12]

Originally Posted by mad_ed_wagon

I recently got a fine for speeding
I paid it on friday was for less than 10km/h over, fine was $131, i paid $135, will see what happens

Steve Bracks says thank you for your donation to the state. If there were more kind hearted people like you around, we wouldn't have any tolls to pay. Say bye bye to your 4 dollars. You won't see it again, and you WILL lose your demerit points.

[LTDHO]

Isn't there a state, maybe Tas, that the points do not come off until the fine is paid. No pay on points? Or was that TT/ACA BS?

Either way, why would you want to avoid it? 12 is heaps!

[OLDFORDNUT]

i always thought after 3 years,but to my horror found out it is not calculated this way at all,when i got letter in the mail informing me my liscence was suspended and i need to take 1 point for a year or lose liscence for 3 months( my choice)so what actually happens is you have to stay out of trouble for an actual 4 years to get 12 full points back.unfair but thats how it is.

[eb_5litre]

In NSW, You get your points back 3 years from the date of offence..... if you get another infringment within that time then that also takes 3 years to clear..... it doesnt reset the clock it just means after 3 years each offence is cleared. I think that makes sense........ Well thats how it was for me 5+ years ago.

[SE Ute]

Originally Posted by rapidxr6

NO! it dosn't work anymore, tried it earlier this year on a speeding ticket.
I made the check for $4 extra, still i lost 3 points and NEVER got my $4 change back!
RIPPED OFF!!

I tried it too, couple of years back, overpaid by $1, copped the points, they never paid me back the $1, sent them a letter saying i overpaid in error, please refund immediately, got no reply to that so sent them another letter threatening legal action, got cheque in mail the next week.

[Tote]

Originally Posted by jmc-007

speaking of arsey fines.

IN NSW when do your points come back after a fine?

I had a nasty 2yrs ago but i havnt got the pts back yet ??

You can look your record up at rta.nsw.gov.au
Regards,
Tote

[jmc-007]

I have used myrta.com.au but i cant see anywhere on the RTA website ( i have phoned the rta and seen them at the registry) but knowone knows or wont say when the pts come back ?

[Miss_XR6]

had a friend who overpaid by $20 she got a cheque sent back her but she never cashed the cheque in so her points were never taken off but now the loop hole was suppose to have been fixed by now