In Victoria, the supposedly conservative Napthine government no longer considers driving off from a service station without paying for fuel as a crime. Wouldnt have happened on André Haermeyers watch. Its in The Age so it may all be made up but here it is: As of July 1, police stopped investigating fuel drive-offs unless it could be proven the car was stolen or had stolen number plates. If a service station cannot provide evidence of criminal behaviour or intent - for example, if someone forgot to pay - the incident would be handled as a civil debt, with the onus being on the service station to contact the driver and seek payment. Victoria Police declared: We believe that drive-offs are preventable. If service station owners are prepared to take greater crime prevention measures, such as prepaid or pay at the pump, the incidence of drive-offs would be minimised, the statement said. Its all the service station owners fault, they reckon. Bizarre. To add insult to injury, the Napthine government fought the servos request to access VicRoads data so they could make a civil claims against the petrol bandits. watoday.au/victoria/petrol-driveoffs-servos-win-access-to-vicroads-data-20131101-2wode.html
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 07:44:53 +0000
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