'Caught out': Pat was fined $1652 for driving to a bike trail. It has been withdrawn
Police insist they have not been heavy-handed in punishing breaches of coronavirus lockdown rules, despite backflipping on two fines on Tuesday amid complaintsDeputy Commissioner Shane Patton admitted on Tuesday there was a lack of clarity over thePat Riordan was alone in his ute when he was fined $1652.Police rescinded her fine but warned any future cases of parent-child driving lessons would be punished.
Pat Riordan was fined while driving his ute with a mountain bike in the back, 15 minutes from his home. “I honestly didn’t think those were the rules. I feel I was just caught out by a vague area of the guidelines and could have been issued with a warning rather than a fine in this instance.”contacted police, a spokesman said police would rescind Mr Riordan's fine.in Victoria’s stage three restrictions, the state’s chief health officer Dr Brett Sutton on Monday wrote on Twitter: “Yes, you can drive directly to a place of exercise if there’s nothing adjacent to your home.
“I just don’t want to see other people getting the same fine as me, thinking they are within their rights to be driving to do their exercise,” he said.at the Easter long weekend, despite state health advice to stay at home.
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