Tammin Sursok is fined $300 and loses demerit points for driving 58km in a 50km zone 

Tammin Sursok revealed on Sunday that she was fined $300 and lost demerit points for driving 58kilometres in a 50kilometre zone.

The actress, 38, shared a photo of the driving ticket to her Instagram Stories and said she finds the ‘loss of points excessive’, especially when she doesn’t want to ‘slam on the breaks because of safety’ when coming off the highway at 70km/hr.

Tammin went on to reveal that she was inundated with messages on Instagram, and asked whether there should be ‘some leniency’ when coming off highways.

Alongside a screenshot of her driving ticket where she circled 58km in red marker, the former Home and Away star told her fans: ‘Got a driving ticket from Australia. I drove 58km in a 50km [zone]. $300 and loss of points. I mean… thoughts?’

In a subsequent post, Tammin stated that she ‘likes rules’ and is ‘happy to pay fines’.

‘I think it’s important to drive safely,’ she said, going on to suggest that she finds ‘loss of points excessive especially when it was 70km on the highway, straight to a 50’, and ‘didn’t want to slam on [the] breaks because of safety’. 

Tammin went on to ask her followers whether there should be ‘some leniency’ when coming off freeways, what is considered ‘reasonable’, and whether fines should be higher in school areas. 

The Pretty Little Liars star has just returned home to Brisbane with her daughters, Phoenix, eight, and Lennon, three, after a short trip to Los Angeles.

Tammin, who shares her children with husband Sean McEwen, balances motherhood with a busy acting career.

She told Stellar magazine last month about what it was like filming a guest role for Neighbours before it was axed.  

‘I needed to go back to a soap and see it through a different lens – as someone who’s much older – and make peace with that whole time,’ she explained.

‘Our children will never know of Neighbours except through reruns! Neighbours will always be a special part of who we were… but I guess it all just moves on’.

Tammin also spoke last month about the vibe on set, as her guest role coincided with news the series was about to be cancelled.  

‘I love the work ethic of Australians… they came with such professionalism and they did their job and they didn’t moan about it and they didn’t chuck a hissy fit,’ Tammin said on The Kyle and Jackie O Show.

‘They were just so professional and it was just really nice to be on that show when it was going through such a transition,’ she continued.

Network 10 and production company Fremantle confirmed Neighbours was to be cancelled last month. The last episode will be filmed in June.