Wheel clamping spurs fine dodgers into paying
27/01/2010
Parking fine dodgers are paying up quickly to avoid having their wheels clamped in a successful new measure introduced in Australia’s Sunshine Coast.
The local Bligh government brought in the strict new fine collection rules to collect fines totalling in excess of Aus$2 million that stubborn drivers have accumulated.
The new laws are being trialled for a year from 1 January and Attorney General Cameron Dick says the moves have already spurred long-time fine dodgers into paying up. He said, “since the new laws were passed in Parliament last year, the State Penalties Enforcement Registry has been contacting debtors who risk falling foul of the new enforcement options.”
He continued, "almost 250 defaulters - 221 individual debtors and 26 corporate debtors - with debts totalling $2.1 million have agreed to enter repayment plans for their outstanding fines since the new laws came into effect."
The drivers were told that the government would fit wheel clamps to their cars if they did not pay their outstanding fines. Wheel clamping notices were issued to the worst offenders, which kicked many of the parking offenders into action to avoid their vehicles being immobilised.
The local Bligh government brought in the strict new fine collection rules to collect fines totalling in excess of Aus$2 million that stubborn drivers have accumulated.
The new laws are being trialled for a year from 1 January and Attorney General Cameron Dick says the moves have already spurred long-time fine dodgers into paying up. He said, “since the new laws were passed in Parliament last year, the State Penalties Enforcement Registry has been contacting debtors who risk falling foul of the new enforcement options.”
He continued, "almost 250 defaulters - 221 individual debtors and 26 corporate debtors - with debts totalling $2.1 million have agreed to enter repayment plans for their outstanding fines since the new laws came into effect."
The drivers were told that the government would fit wheel clamps to their cars if they did not pay their outstanding fines. Wheel clamping notices were issued to the worst offenders, which kicked many of the parking offenders into action to avoid their vehicles being immobilised.
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