Module 8 - TRAFFIC 1 Flashcards
What are some key stakeholders involved in Road Safety?
• RMS
• Police
• Staysafe Committee
• NRMA
• MA Authority
• Local Council
• NSW Health
• Pedestrian Council
What is the role of police in combating road trauma
• Reduce crashes through a highly visible profile
• Promote voluntary road user compliance with traffic laws
• Detect and prosecute traffic offenders
• Promote the free movement of vehicles and pedestrians
• Be role models to the community through exemplary driving
What are the Five Es?
• Education
• Engineering
• Encouragement
• Enforcement
• Evaluation
What are the elements for traffic offences?
• Driver/Rider
• Motor Vehicle (make/model/rego)
• Road or Road-Related Area
• Elements specific to the offence
What is a Road?
a. Area open to or used by the public and is developed for driving or riding of motor vehicles
What is a Road?
Area open to or used by the public and is developed for driving or riding of motor vehicles
What is a Road-Related?
Area divides the road, footpath or nature strip open to public designated for use by cyclist or animals, not road use.
How does narrative start with?
Compass Direction & Speed
What is SEINS?
a. Self
b. Enforcing
c. Infringement
d. Notice
e. Scheme
i. To free up the court system
Class of Licenses 8.4:
• R
• C
• LR
• MR
• HR
• HC
• MC
You can only issue 4 penalty notices to an offender at any one time, what is the exception?
a. Failed to produce license is not one of them
b. Unregistered and uninsured vehicle counts as ONE
How do you dispose of a ticket?
4 payment options
How do you cancel a ticket?
a. 2 lines across the ticket and sign it. Cross reference the number to the next one signed by your supervisor.
b. Do not retrieve it, send a report to Supervisor with part A of the FPN.
What information is used to start the Description of the Offence section on a FPN? In what circumstances are police unable to issue a FPN?
a. Compass direction and travel/speed
What information is used to start the Description of the Offence section on a FPN? In what circumstances are police unable to issue a FPN?
Compass direction and travel/speed
What power do police have to identify the driver of a motor vehicle?
RTA Section 175
C Class License
Twelve , includes the driver weight - 4.5 tonnes
Do police have the power to request the removal of a face covering?
a. Section 19A/B – Face coverings
b. No power for us to forcefully remove it
c. Failure to remove is an offence under 19b
d. 19a require person to show/provide photo identity
Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW), Section 4 – What is Motor Vehicle?
Motor vehicle means a vehicle that is built to be propelled by a motor that forms part of the vehicle
What is the function of a FPN in traffic enforcement?
It satisfies the function of a Facts Sheet used at Court because the notice shows the 4 elements
When is a defect notice NOT issued?
You do not issue defect notice for unregistered vehicle
What does the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW), Section 175 allow?
Produce License
What is a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) designed for?
Modify Behaviour, free up the courts, establish elements at prima facie level
How can an offender dispose of a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN)?
a. Pay it
b. Review it at RevNSW
c. Court if not happy with review
What is SEINS Designed for
Free up court system
A Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) is designed to?
Established the elements of the offence at prima facie level
Under the RTA 2013 (NSW), Section 175, police have the power to demand certain things from a driver or rider of a motor vehicle, Which of the following CANT police demand under this legislation?
D.O.B
When you discharge your firearm (except during approved weapons training situation) who must you immediately notify, at your nearest Police Area Command/Police Area District?
the Duty Operations Inspector (DOI)
Do Police have the power to request the removal of a face covering for identification purposes?
Yes, LEPRA 2002 (NSW), Section 19A provides the power to require removal
Where in the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) would you find your power to direct a vehicle to stop?
Section 169A
What sections are contained in an ACT?
• Definitions
• Offence creating
• Powers
• Procedural
What does SEINS mean?
a. Self
b. Enforcing
c. Infringement
d. Notice
e. Scheme
What are the offenders’ options when they dispose of a Fixed Penalty Notice?
a. Pay the fine or elect to go to court
b. Request a Review by State Debt Recovery Office
c. Nominate another driver – Statutory Declaration required
A NSW Police office may be justified in breaching human rights. What article number reflect these?
3,9,12
In the account phase of the PEACE model, the ideal way to obtain information from a willing participant is?
Use the 5WH and TEDS questions
Graffiti is an offence when the owner of the property or person in charge gives permission?
False
Keeping the peace is a common law concept. Where in legislation would the function be codified?
Police Act 1900 (NSW), Section 6
13) The road transport act 2013, Section 175 requires a driver or rider to?
Produce an Australian driver’s licence, state name and address
Under the LEPRA a police officer has the power to stop vehicles, if police officer suspects on reasonable grounds, that the driver or a passenger is a person in respect of whom police could exercise a power of arrest. What section is this?
LEPRA Section 36A
Under the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW); a road is defined as an area that is open to and used by the public and developed for, or has as one of its main uses, the driving and riding of motor vehicles. What section is this from?
Section 4
Name the Act and Section that allows NSW police, in the execution of their duties, the use of force when making an arrest?
LEPRA Section 231
he oath of Affirmation for police officers come from?
Police Regulation 2015 (NSW), Section 7
LEPRA makes provision for the legal obligation towards vulnerable people when in police custody, what section?
Section 112
What is the definition of mental illness under the Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) Section 4?
A condition that seriously impairs a person’s mental function
Under the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW), Section 4, what is not road/road related area?
Any bridge, tunnel, causeway or road ferry forming a road
