Red light runner, O'Keefe Street, Brisbane - UpRide.cc

Red light runner, O’Keefe Street, Brisbane

This is no action clip, but while waiting for a green light to cross a busy street in Brisbane, I captured evidence of this large truck, trundling through the light, well after it had turned red. The green pedestrian/bike like is clearly seen. I think the casual wave of the passenger as they bowled past, made me cranky enough to submit it to Holland Park Police Station for action. First reaction was there wasn't enough proof because I didn't capture the red light. I decided to follow this up by writing to my Member of Parliament, Minister for Transport and also Minister of Police and that worked. Case was reassigned to a Senior Constable who tracked down owner/driver and issue a Traffic Infringement notice. Although driver wanted to plead not guilty, (due to him only have 3 points left on his licence) after 10 months of pfaffing around, he eventually paid the fine. There's a certain amount of satisfaction derived from this!