Driver is stunned to receive a ‘sketchy’ $253 fine for beeping his horn ‘when not permitted to do so’ – here are the three reasons you CAN honk on the road
- Jamie Wimmer received the fine in June after honking his horn near a pizza joint
- The business owner is accused of using his horn ‘when not permitted to do so’
- He posted a selfie with the fine on Instagram and labelled it ‘sketchy’
A driver has been left stunned after he was slapped with a $253 fine for honking his horn outside a pizza shop.
Jamie Wimmer received the infringement notice in June after he honked the horn of his car out the front of a pizza joint in Port Adelaide, South Australia.
On the notice, the business owner is accused of sounding his horn ‘when not permitted to do so’.
Jamie Wimmer posted a selfie with the fine on Instagram last week and labelled it ‘sketchy’
He posted a selfie with the fine on Instagram and labelled it ‘sketchy’.
‘Now fam I’m no lawyer but that wording is a little sketchy,’ he wrote in the caption.
‘Basically it means they can fine you whenever they need cash for weekend beers.’
Jamie Wimmer (pictured with his partner) said the fine ‘basically means they can fine you whenever they need cash for weekend beers’
In Australia, it is illegal to honk a car horn unless you are letting other drivers know where you are, coaxing animals off the road, or to stop theft.
Sounding a horn for any other reason could land New South Wales drivers a $344 fine, Tasmanian motorists a $126 fine, and Victorian drivers a $282 fine.
Last year, South Australian police issued more than $5,000 in fines for people who honked their car horns illegally.