Braddon Liberal MHA Adam Brooks has owned up to being caught speeding on his way home from a darts event at Wrest Point Casino in Hobart over the weekend.
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And Community Legal Centres Tasmania says it is unfair Mr Brooks, a “self-made millionaire”, will pay the same fine as an unemployed Tasmanian would.
Mr Brooks was in the state capital on Saturday night to watch English darts legend Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor go head-to-head against an assortment of opponents.
On his way back to the Coast, Mr Brooks was pinged for driving 15 kilometres over the speed limit.
“I can confirm I was inadvertently 15 kilometres over the speed limit when returning home to the North-West after attending a darts event in Hobart,” he said.
“Speeding is never OK and there is no excuse, and I’ll face the consequences and pay the fine when I receive the infringement notice.”
Mr Brooks took to Facebook immediately after the event to share his thoughts on witnessing the darts champion’s prowess first-hand.
“It was a sensational night with plenty of jokes and some pretty strange outfits being worn,” he wrote.
“It was great to see Phil in Tassie.”
Community Legal Centres Tasmania spokesman Benedict Bartl used Mr Brooks’ speeding incident to restate his calls for a “fairer” fining system.
“$159 for an unemployed person is a significant impost and is going to mean that they’ll have to go without electricity or food or petrol,” he said.
“Whereas for someone like Adam Brooks, it might just be the cost of a night out or the price of his dinner.”
Mr Bartl called on Mr Brooks and the Hodgman government to commission a feasibility study with an eye to introducing a more equitable system that “does take into account the impact of the fines [and is] equal but … proportionate to … income”.
