Sour Ticket

My workmate who had gone on a driving holiday in South Australia and months after a fabulous drive through the Barossa Valley for a winery tour, he received a speeding ticket for 71km/h in a 50km/h zone. The fine was an eye-watering A$769 (the equivalent fine of the same infringement in NZ is comparatively modest $170). Google Maps showed the offence occurred on a sparsely populated country road outside of any built-up areas. He directly appealed to the director in SA authority but, of course, it was denied with a stern reply and lecture on driver responsibility. The country regions around Adelaide have multiple and often poorly signposted speed zones which are heavily infested with speed cameras. An Aussie told me it was because SA was broke and needed the money. I think a tour of NZ's fabulous wine regions would be a much cheaper and better bet. Yeah right.