One of Australia’s leading road safety bodies is calling on the Queensland government to “rethink” how we ensure “motorists who break the road rules are held accountable”, on the first day the state’s new increased road fines come into effect.The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ) Head of Public Policy, Dr Michael Kane, said drivers need to “feel they will get caught” if they decide to do the wrong thing and that the consequences will be “significant”.”Increasing fines over the past five years clearly hasn’t worked to improve road safety,” he told Yahoo News Australia. “The choice to deliberately break road rules and drive illegally is killing and seriously injuring too many people.”Queensland’s road fines have increased from today. Source: GettyExpensive road fines coming for millions from todayFrom Tuesday, July 1, the Queensland government fines rose by 3.5 per cent, with the standard penalty unit increased to $166.90.It’ll now mean anyone caught speeding up to 10 kilometres… Click below to read the full story from Yahoo Movies UK
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