Speeding fines in perth Australia

[rogerwhite]

Hi there,

I just received some speeding fines from perth australia in my home in uk .

Just wondered what would happen if I ignore these ?

I may go back to australia in the future

Thanks in anticipation of your answers.

Roger White

[creampuff]

Immigration is a Commonwealth matter. Traffic fines are a state matter. Nothing will happen as far as being able to enter Australia. If it is a rental car, then they will have passed your details to plod. If you get pulled over in the future I'm WA, plod may or may not know about unpaid fines.

[Angrybiker]

I had a speeding fine from near Perth about 15 years ago. I didn't pay it, and I got a notification that I am now banned from driving in western Australia until it's been paid. If I ever go back there I guess they might pick me up on it and make me pay the fine before they allow me in - but years after I went to Solomons via Sydney and didn't have a problem

[rogerwhite]

Thanks for those replies guys

[Solocle]

Angrybiker said:

I had a speeding fine from near Perth about 15 years ago. I didn't pay it, and I got a notification that I am now banned from driving in western Australia until it's been paid. If I ever go back there I guess they might pick me up on it and make me pay the fine before they allow me in - but years after I went to Solomons via Sydney and didn't have a problem

Well, you know, international post can be ever so unreliable...
On a more serious note, my dad got a speeding fine from New Zealand many years ago - on the drive back to the airport! He paid it in case we wanted to return. Of course, NZ doesn't have the state structure.

[Gavia]

Angrybiker said:

I had a speeding fine from near Perth about 15 years ago. I didn't pay it, and I got a notification that I am now banned from driving in western Australia until it's been paid. If I ever go back there I guess they might pick me up on it and make me pay the fine before they allow me in - but years after I went to Solomons via Sydney and didn't have a problem

Sydney is about as far east as you can get in Australia, so a ban in Western Australia isn't that relevant.

[caziques]

I live in NZ, and hired a car in Australia some years ago.

The Oz police did well to track down my NZ address (through the credit card), as I had used my old UK paper driving licence and address when hiring.

I ignored it, and I've been back on a number of occasions since, to the same hire car company - nothing ever mentioned.

It is shocking just how unreliable international post can be.

(I also travel on a UK passport so I need a visa each time, and my surname is unusual).

I certainly wouldn't pay.