Dodging infringement fees and demerit points

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The photo is of my roses poking their heads through the fence to greet passers-by. There was an interesting news item was on my computer this morning. In Australia, you are awarded (seems a bad choice of words – ‘hit with’ would be better) demerit points for various traffic infringements. There may be a fine as well and, in some cases, a court appearance and/or loss of your licence. I can’t quite get my head around how it’s done but you can actually send details of the infringement notice to a third party and someone else will take the rap – for a fee. If you’re rich enough, paying the fine is less of a concern than amassing enough demerit points to lose your licence. It's highly illegal but either the police haven't twigged that it's happening or they can't be bothered chasing up the offenders. You can read more about it here: Do you have a demerit point system in your country?