Woman cops eye-watering fine for being just 6km/h over speed limit
A Melbourne woman who copped a massive $3,635 fine for going less than 10km/h over the speed limit has taken to social media to share her horror story.
Jane Agirtan uploaded a TikTok showing the eye-watering fine she received for speeding 6km/h over the speed limit in a 60km/h zone on the 3rd of March.
“A bit excessive, no?” she said in the caption of the video.
In the clip, Ms Agirtan can be heard saying: “Six kilometres. Are you kidding me? Six kilometres, are you serious?”
The woman appeared to have also been fined a few weeks prior for going 106km/h in a 100km/h zone, resulting in a $3661.20 fine. The TikTok post has since received more than 17,000 likes and hundreds of comments.
However, Ms Agirtan, a former local candidate for Chelsea in Melbourne, didn’t receive the response she was expecting, with the majority of commenters being less than sympathetic, pointing out the high penalty is likely because she is driving a company car.
Under Victoria’s current road rules, exceeding the speed limit by less than 10km/h in a corporate vehicle will result in a fine of more than $3,000.
The fine can then be reduced once the company nominates the employee who was behind the wheel at the time of the infringement.
“It’s to stop people abusing corporate cars. If you pay it you won’t lose points. If you nominate, the fine will be like normal,” one person said.
Ms Agirtan then responded in the comments confirming her company had followed the process and nominated a driver.
Commenters suggested she wouldn’t have to worry about paying a fine if she had simply followed the road rules.
“Maybe don’t speed,” one person said. In turn, this prompted Ms Agirtan to say: “106 in 100 zone is prob calibration issue, not speeding”.
However, there were some people who agreed with Ms Agirtan that $3,635 was excessive, even for a company car.
“That’s absolutely whack. That amount of money is ABSURD even if it is a company car!” one person said.
Ms Agirtan responded saying that was the “exact point” she was trying to make.
Fines Victoria explained the large fine amount was used to incentivise companies to out the driver behind the wheel.
If the company fails to nominate a driver, they are liable for the $3,365 fine – and if the company does this three or more times over a 12-month period they then run the risk of copping a $21,000 penalty.
Image: TikTok