Some things never change...Jason had his first run-in with the Australian Law. Or rather, his first electronically-detected-and-ticket-issued-through-the-mail run-in with the Australian Law. Apparently, about a month ago, on a trip south to Jervis Bay Jason was travelling 8 km/hr over the speed limit. Mind you, that is only 4.97096954 mi/hr over the speed limit which, for the record, even if you round up to 5 mi/hr, doesn't even count as speeding in the US.
We were notified of the violation, not by a police officer pulling him over, nor a citation received in the mail. Rather, we were told by the rental car company that we were being charged $50 as an administration fee for the citation we were going to be receiving in the mail within the next few weeks. And when I say charged, I don't mean sent a bill, I mean they charged our credit card that we used to hold the rental car reservation!
When do you get to cry to the cop and say that you're a tourist and you didn't know that driving 4.97096954 mi/hr over the speed limit was speeding? And do you ever get to feel good about "making good time" on a trip when you can calculate exactly the maximum time it will take you because you have to maintain the speed limit?
The whole system is just un-American! I suppose everyone here believes that the government (and their stupid cameras) is keeping strickly to the straight and narrow with no funny business such as, setting their speed detectors 5 km/hr high to make a quick 90 bucks! Or that there is NEVER (ever) a reason that you should exceed the speed limit...like the fact that we were trying to get to the beach with the whitest sand in the world to watch my white skin glow.
One positive to this whole thing is that they give you a month and half to pay it, unlike Philly that wants you to send in your payment within 24 hours of receiving the ticket. Maybe Philly should just charge your credit card without asking, then they would get their money.
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