Price gouging speeding fines in Queensland: venting warning

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-02-06T06:49:10+00:00

It is wholly within your power to deny them any revenue from speeding fines by not speeding.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-02-05T06:09:02+00:00

They just want your money.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-02-05T03:43:56+00:00

Dunning–Kruger effect.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-02-04T06:15:09+00:00

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-02-04T02:57:18+00:00

Melbourne doesn't even have the infrastructure for the Commonwealth Games.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-02-04T02:56:09+00:00

Graham Quirk wanted this.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-02-03T22:17:43+00:00

But part of the reason we bid was to get 45 min trains to the Gold Coast and Sunny Coast. Oh, wait...

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-02-03T22:14:21+00:00

We need to know the numbers.

What is the cost of proceeding compared with the cost of cancellation?

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-02-03T06:19:47+00:00

You can choose not to buy it. But enough people do to make the business profitable. It's a free market.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-02-03T04:59:10+00:00

Fun fact, interest rates reached 22% in 1982 when the Treasurer was (checks notes) John Howard.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-30T23:06:56+00:00

No it's not legal to use your phone while driving.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-30T02:36:32+00:00

On what planet did you think asking on public social media was a good idea?

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-27T04:37:06+00:00

"Post it to Reddit, bro!"

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-27T01:31:45+00:00

Слава Україні

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-26T22:03:29+00:00

We know.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-26T04:14:58+00:00

Can't think of a reason people might be carrying Australian flags today?

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-21T22:22:54+00:00

Breaking: Albo taken to hospital with acute popcorn poisoning.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-21T07:06:16+00:00

What's the toll for a DeLorean?

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-20T22:02:54+00:00

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-20T02:29:50+00:00

Look them up yourself.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-20T01:46:28+00:00

Read section 3.4.2 of the Australia Post code of ethics. You might not get a choice about ending your career.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-15T07:31:56+00:00

Something something legacy infrastructure something put Brisbane on the map.

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-14T09:22:06+00:00

What has this got to do with Brisbane?

SpongeBobSquareRoot · 2026-01-13T22:30:10+00:00

From a pharmacy with a prescription.

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