5 Road Rules you didn't know you were breaking in QLD

[21yearsoutofrsa]

The five road rules you didn’t know you were breaking, are:

• Your car must be locked, key removed from ignition and handbrake on if the driver is more than three metres away from their car
• It’s against the law for your number plate light to be out, as your registration plate needs to be clearly visible at all times
• You can’t leave your car locked and unattended with the window open any wider than five centimetres
• It’s an offence to use your horn unnecessarily, like saying goodbye or getting frustrated at other motorists
• Drivers only need to keep left unless overtaking when roads have a speed limit of more than 80km/hr.

http://www.racq.com.au/about/news-and-community/media-releases/the-five-road-rules-you-did-not-know-you-were-breaking?externalid=638754&cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-CS-_-ClubNews-_-Advocacy&cm_mmca4=&cm_mmca5=RoadSafety

Certainly guilty of the first when I go to pay for fuel.

[Jordy]

The five road rules you didn’t know you were breaking, are:

• Your car must be locked, key removed from ignition and handbrake on if the driver is more than three metres away from their car

Certainly guilty of the first when I go to pay for fuel.

Sounds like a silly rule that everyone thinks they can ignore, but trust me when something goes wrong - the police will investigate and you will get charged with an offence.

I am thinking of that one in a million accident that happens.

What people dont realise is that for every single serious car accident, the police do an investigation and someone is charged with a criminal offence. In South Africa, they just clean up the mess and move on. Not in Australia. Here someone goes to court for a traffic accident. So if you accidently disobey a traffic regulation (such as skipping a red light when not concentrating) and you cause an accident you are charged with reckless driving which carries possible jail time.

[AshB]

A stupid rule in Sydney where cars are allowed to park on the street if its double laned within a speed limit of 60 km but get fined if they park in a 2P parking if they over park their time by 2 hours ($104.00), ja sis what made these rules.

[HadEnoughofJuju]

$34 dollar fine for parking in a metered parking for exactly 2 min and not putting my 50 cents into the meter. I was in such a hurry I didn't see the meters And its the only place on the Sunshine Coast where there are meters.