[Vic] Receive a Caution If You Have Received a Fine for Speeding 10kms over The Limit or Less

Magnate on 17/05/2012 - 13:40
Last edited 15/04/2017 - 22:45 by 1 other user

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This post is in response to a number of requests I received in the forum. Mods, please move it if you consider it inappropriate.

Many of us have received the odd speeding fine. If you meet the below criterion you are automatically elegible for a caution:

  • Hold a current driver's licence, including probationary, or current learner driver's permit.
  • Have not been issued with a speeding, other traffic fine or official warning within the previous two years.
  • Were caught doing less than 10 kilometres per hour over the speed limit.
  • Do not deny that you committed the offence.

All it takes is a brief letter addressed to the below:

Officer in Charge
Traffic Camera Office
GPO Box 1916
Melbourne 3001

It takes all of 5 minutes and if you meet the criterion you are pretty much guaranteed to have the fine withdrawn. This has worked for me and at least half a dozen of my friends and family.

Draft letter (for those who are too lazy to think of what to write themselves):

Dear Officer in Charge,

I am writing in relation to traffic offence xxx committed at [time] on [date].

I accept that at no time is speeding safe. In this case due to [insert brief comment on circumstances, don't give excuses] I drifted over the speed limit for a short period of time. I have now modified my driving behaviour and pay more attention to my speed in such circumstances.

Given my good driving record I would like to request a caution for this infringement.

Regards,
[Your name]

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Comments

        • roddy84 on 04/11/2016 - 13:16
           

          Should have said you were very sorry.

        • Andy99 on 06/11/2016 - 09:18
           

          Is 10km/h over the speed limit a 1 demerit point or 2 demerit point infringement ?

          If it has not worked for you then I am curious who it has worked for using the 'Exceptional Circumstances' category ???

        • Olokun on 06/11/2016 - 09:40
          +1 vote

          This is the reason it was not accepted

          As of Monday 21 September 2015, drivers issued with an infringement for exceeding the speed limit by 10km/h (or more) but less than 15km/h will no longer be able to apply for an official warning notice

          If your infringement was for 50 in a 40 then you are not eligible for the official warning.

          Correctly verified infringements issued for alleged speeds of less than 10 km/h in excess of the posted limit may be eligible for an official warning

        • shmahoo on 07/11/2016 - 10:27
           

          @Olokun: remember there's a difference between detected and alleged speed.

          If you were detected at 53, alleged at 50, in a 40 km/h zone, you've got no chance in my opinion with a downgrade to a warning

  • gherkins on 30/11/2017 - 13:23
     

    I just received a letter from VicRoads, they caught me doing 65 in a 60kmph zone. Does anyone know if this letter technique still works or is the appeal all done online now? Cheers

    EDIT - found it on the vicroads site, thanks anyway

  • daydream on 28/12/2017 - 22:24
     

    Is this the same as "Requesting an Internal Review"?
    If so can the request be made via the online form (Anyone used that method, https://online.fines.vic.gov.au/Request-a-review/) or is a physical letter required? Thanks.

    • lyon on 06/07/2018 - 23:06
       

      Would love to know this as well.. is this the same as sending a letter (is a formal letter preferred?)

  • Drifta on 23/04/2018 - 23:48
     

    Anyone able to comment on when the 2 year time period comes into effect. Is it from the date of your last fine issue or date of last interaction for a fine. Eg I got a fine in Feb 2016 but had it waived in July 2016. Wondering if anyone who has gone through a similar issue can comment on how tight vicpol are with the 2 year time period.

  • quickshot30 on 28/08/2018 - 20:02
     

    I only have 3 weeks to pay only received it today.. if I send a letter to the officer in charge will they get back to me in time, otherwise it says 25 reminder letter. Whats the diff between this and an internal review?

  • MasteBlaster on 09/01/2019 - 22:15
     

    I got copped by a mobile camera doing 58kmph (alleged) which is a pretty big road but is a 50kmph. No excuse there I guess.

    I want to try appeal it, but I got copped doing 92 in a 60 in Sep 2017 which is pretty serious, so any chance I might be able to get off on this, on the basis that I had over 12 months of good driving?

    • SnoozeAndLose on 09/01/2019 - 22:22
       

      you can try to get a offical warning but you need to say that you will improve your driving awareness or may unfamiliar with the speed limit(if you are tourist)

      Had one go 9 km over while driving from SA to Mel, got a warning at the result

  • Freeza on 19/01/2019 - 01:22
     

    do we need to send this form along written letter ?
    https://online.fines.vic.gov.au/-/media/Files/Downloadable-a...

  • ffhound on 13/04/2019 - 10:54
     

    If I post my excuse via Shopback do I get an extra 10% off my demerit points?

  • Macgyver on 29/04/2019 - 12:26
     

    What if my fine is for over 10 km but under 15km. Is there still a possibility to have my find waived. I have never been fined before.

  • unluckycat on 29/07/2019 - 12:29
     

    I was just wondering what my chances were of getting out of a fine.
    I'm on my second year of P2 Victorian driving. I have a previous offence for using my phone (for Google maps, I wasn't holding it, it was on speaker and telling me directions to get to a place I'd never been before) about 1 month ago and I fear I may have gotten a speeding fine going down the Hume at 116ish instead of 110km/h. So as it stands I have 4 definite demerit points, and as per probitionary license rules I have one more before my license is suspended, which if I was caught I'd have gotten. I am normally an exceptionally safe and careful driver, and I was only going over the speed limit due to pressing cruise instead of speed limit and not realising immediately (my eyes were on the road).
    If I don't get the demerit waived, does anyone know if P drivers can extend their demerit period an extra 12 months? I can't find anywhere saying I can't but I know the rules are stricter for probitionary drivers.

  • Young gardener on 16/02/2021 - 13:36
     

    Anyone can suggest the circumstance that approved by VIc police for less than 10 km/h excuse? Also, is the online form valid for this review?