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[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Australian Road Rules are a lot different to road rules in other countries.

Reiterating them with people who know how to drive, but don’t know how to drive in Australia will certainly make DashCams Australia less interesting.

That said, for every one person using an Overseas licence who drives in a reckless manner (by Australian legal standards), there are dozens of people with Australian Licences who drive recklessly due to arrogance, stubbornness or just pure selfishness.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, that makes sense.

I just wanted to be a bro and throw this info out there so people know.

It changed overnight and the penalties for driving without a valid license can be fines or jail.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

for every one person using an Overseas licence who drives in a reckless manner (by Australian legal standards), there are dozens of people with Australian Licences who drive recklessly

Well said. This change might help, but not nearly as much as better education and enforcement of our existing laws, and most importantly better road design would.

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago

This has been the case of a while in Victoria already. Makes sense to me, and hardly much of an imposition since you have to renew your driver's licence from any country eventually anyway.

And yeah, if you're just visiting or on a temporary visa, no probs