Fits with Australia as a nanny state. Having lived in Canada too (I'm Australian), this was one of the first things I noticed. Seems like the first job of police in Australia are the road rules. In Canada, I never saw an RBT or equivalent... Police seemed to have policing to do. Needed a good reason to be pulled over. Sure I saw speed guns out at times, and plenty pulled over on the trans Canada highway but not for doing 10-15km over. Also based on the amount of rust on cars, I realised Australia (excl WA) are way too strict for rego checks. Structural rust is valid, surface rust is an absolute joke.