Speeding fines based on the offender's income will not be introduced in SA's budget this year, as motorists brace for an expected increase to fees, fines and charges.
Propping up state coffers with excessive fines for even minor speeding offences was introduced by the former Labor government.
Dr O'Neil said revenue raising through expiation fees had hurt perceptions of road policing, which SA Police"appeared to recognise, as the Queensland Police Association did some time ago"."The lack of growth in employment, underemployment and no real increase in wages is already having an effect, so that while all these fees and charges normally rise each year by CPI, individual wages have not kept pace with the CPI.
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