Sydney grandmother claims she was given $352 fine for honking her horn

A Sydney grandmother who claims she honked her horn to warn somebody pulling out in entrance of her, by no means anticipated that she can be the one fined over the close to miss.

However that is precisely what occurred to Alma Smith.

In June the 85-year-old was driving to work at Myer in Roselands when she acquired a fright driving alongside Belmore Street at Riverwood.

"There was automobiles parked and this man simply went 'flip' in entrance of me. I believed I used to be going to collide with him so I utilized the brakes and the horn," she informed 9News.

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Sydney grandma Alma Smith claims she was fined for honking her horn whereas driving.(9News)

Moments later the grandmother was pulled over.

"Apparently there was a copper behind her counting - three seconds is okay and 4 seconds is not," her son Warwick Smith mentioned.

Smith mentioned she was shocked when the officer handed her a $352 high quality.

"He mentioned I had used the horn excessively, unnecessarily and that is like street rage.

"I went silent for a second and I mentioned, 'are you kidding I've by no means heard of that and I've been on the street driving for over 60 years'.

"I could not consider it. Is that this a joke? Have not they acquired higher issues to do?"

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In NSW you possibly can solely honk if that you must warn visitors customers concerning the place of your automobile or get animals off the street.

You possibly can't beep to say hey, out of anger or frustration or to get somebody transferring when visitors lights flip inexperienced.

"It is fairly ridiculous, somebody pulled out on her, she slammed on the brakes, what do you do? You hit the horn," Smith's son mentioned.

"In a case like that, I felt prefer it was essential to blow the horn."

Lawyer Sam Macedone mentioned he wasn't conscious that the size of the beep might get drivers in hassle.

"On this case I perceive she used her horn to warn somebody who was chopping throughout so she had each proper to make use of her horn.

"I can not see wherever within the laws that signifies you possibly can solely give a brief beep."

The grandmother is combating the high quality however should wait till subsequent Might to have her day at Bankstown courtroom.