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Daily Mail;
Americans have been left dumbfounded after a driver was fined for travelling over the speed limit in Australia.
American expat Sophia Kim said she was shocked after receiving a $295 fine for driving 20kph over the limit in Sydney on May 23.
She said in a Tik Tok video she was 'too stressed' to have noticed the signs warning her of the speed limit and cameras in the Cross City Tunnel.
Ms Kim received backlash on social media for questioning whether or not she could fight the fine as it was her first time driving through the tunnel.
Americans came to her defence when the video was shared to Twitter questioning the use of cameras and how seriously the speed limit was taken.
Several claimed police were more relaxed about speed in the United States saying the signs were more like 'suggestions'.
'Discovered Australia loves revenue raising', one wrote.
'We have speed "suggestions" over here. Everyone does five to ten above usually,' a second wrote.
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Speed limit signs in America are 'more like suggestions'?
Interesting.
20 is not '5 to 10'.
Think bambuworld had that '5 to ten over' unwritten rule...about 20 years ago....but not now...the road toll then was alarming.
Now the road safety campaign is "Towards Zero", zero deaths on the roads.
Slowly the road toll is coming down. Certainly nowhere near what it was 20 years ago.
Any accidents in Sydney's tunnels throw the traffic into chaos for hours. people miss flights, appointments, it's utter mayhem.
So the fines are steep, and you lose demerit points out of your limit of 12 every two years.
Reach 13 points and they cancel your driving licence.
The cameras in the tunnels are hidden...but there are warning signs.
There could be a small leniency in the posted speed, but I wouldn't count on it.
Only motorists who drive carefully at the posted speed limits...[the limits in tunnels shown in large illuminated white numerals circled in red hanging from the tunnel roof, at very regular intervals], ...are required...anyone else should catch public transport...trains, buses, ferries, ...and cabs/Ubers.
