Lamborghini driver first to be fined after not obtaining ‘supercar licence’

South Australia’s world-first ‘supercar licence’ requirement has caught one motorist out on its first day in drive, with a Lamborghini Huracan driver copping a tremendous for not finishing an hour-long course.

The Huracan was stopped on Queensborough Avenue, Hillcrest at about 7:30am on December 1, after law enforcement officials seen it didn’t have a rear licence plate.

A police officer recognized the Lamborghini as an extremely high-powered car (UHPV), which requires a ‘U class’ licence to be pushed by South Australian motorists.

From December 1, 2024, all South Australian drivers of a UHPV – categorised as these with a power-to-weight ratio of 276kW per tonne or greater – should maintain a U class licence which may be obtained by passing an internet course.

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The course, which takes lower than an hour to finish, prices $61.

Motorists are additionally required to pay a one-off $20 charge for his or her normal licence to get replaced.

The utmost penalty for driving a UHPV with out holding a U class licence is $2500 for a primary offence, with subsequent offences leading to a possible one-year imprisonment.

Sadly for this Lamborghini driver, they’ve been made an instance of after being the primary caught behind the wheel of a UHPV with out the U class licence.

The 36-year-old man was issued with an expiation discover for driving with an expired licence for the category of auto he was behind the wheel of.

It’s not recognized if he obtained the total $2500 penalty, or how a lot he was additionally fined for not having a rear quantity plate.

South Australian motorists have been reminded to make use of the state’s EzyReg smartphone software, click on the ‘Excessive Powered Automobiles’ tab and enter their car’s registration particulars to search out out if it’s a UHPV.

A whole bunch of automobiles within the Australian market match standards of being above the power-to-weight restrict, from the supercharged Ford Mustang R-Spec on the decrease finish of the value spectrum to all Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren fashions on the prime finish.

Modified automobiles are additionally thought of UHPVs if they’ve an influence to weight ratio of 276kW/tonne or extra. In accordance with the South Australian Authorities, it’s the duty of the motive force to know whether or not they’re driving a UHPV.

Common C class licence holders are permitted to check drive a UPHV by a automobile vendor, nonetheless that exemption doesn’t apply to personal gross sales. Supercar experiences and leases are additionally topic to the U licence necessities.

Initially of this 12 months, South Australia introduced in new driving legal guidelines which may lead to fines of as much as $5000 if UHPV drivers disable the automobile’s anti-lock braking, autonomous emergency braking (AEB), digital stability management (ESC) or traction management techniques.

The modifications to South Australia’s highway security legal guidelines comply with the dying of teenage pedestrian Sophia Naismith, who handed away in 2019 after being hit by a Lamborghini Huracan exterior a restaurant at Glengowrie.

The Lamborghini’s driver was acquitted of inflicting dying by harmful driving.

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