New increased driving offence penalties in W.A. from 26th Sept 2014

I don't believe it's about Govt coffers ol mate.
It's about the large number of idiots that speed, drink drive, run red lights and use their mobiles whilst driving.
There has to be a consequence otherwise no change.
Cheers

About time and there should be a lot more of it.

Personally, I don't think there's enough patrol cars on the road.
I can drive around Perth all day and only see one or two patrol cars.
Meantimes, there's idiots on bikes weaving through the traffic and doing 20-30k's over the limit, or people running red lights left, right and centre.
The cops are more reliant on fixed cameras than they are on patrolling cars.
There's nothing like sighting a bright candy car to make everyone sit up and drive properly.

I'd like to see the fine for not using indicators, go to $500 - and I've never actually seen anyone booked for it in the last 15 years.
Of all the poor driving habits around, failing to use indicators has to be one of the most dangerous.
It's responsible for a substantial number of crashes and near-misses every day.

However, it looks like the bikes are a self-regulating problem, no need to worry about them.
Four of them wiped themselves out over the weekend, and in every case, they were speeding, and simply lost control.

Interesting, a great leap in mobile phone use fine (good) and obviously for rat runners going through no entry signs.

Agree, not enough patrol cars on the roads, it's like the serial road infringers can spot a camera a mile off, and slow down through it.
Patrols are needed to catch them (besides all the other little bad habits out there).
Covert cameras generally catch the very low tolerance ones going 2km/hr to under 9km/hr over . . . while I agree 9 over is a bit high around 60 zones, most people sometimes go a few ks over and adjust back when they notice, and sometimes you can just be unlucky.

A few years ago, SA followed Victorias lead and went from a tolerance of around 10% to a tolerance believed to be a couple of ks over . . . this would make up a huge number of those getting caught here.
Oh, yeah they're called CLIENTS here, lol.

Tell you what though, I have noticed drivers in general driving slower throughout the metro and country areas of SA, so cameras probably have adjusted drivers behavior somewhat since their introduction.

Really though, lucky you in WA with those low tolerance speed fine amounts, compared to SA fines :/

Speeding - not more than 9kmh over - $159 + VOC levy $60 = $219 (2 points)
Speeding - between 10kmh and 19kmh over - $349 + VOC levy $60 = $409 (3 points)
. . . and for the real speedsters out there . . .
Speeding - between 20kmh and 29kmh over - $709 + VOC levy $60 = $769 (5 points)

You really DON'T want to know the next 2 levels :/
AND Road trains are up to 120% higher $ penalty.

Agree, be careful out there, stay within the arbitrary limits set, pay attention to driving, rest often on long hauls, and wait for good opportunities to pass others on the roads.
Inattention, fatigue, and impatience are the biggest killers on our roads.