Why do the cops pick on Commodores?

[V8Ian]

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Plain unlucky?
Commodore profiling?
Should he have used a Camry?

[vnx205]

Plain unlucky? No. Pulled up because the vehicle had no view to its rear and was dangerously overloaded, with only a strap holding the trailer to the car and the trailer had no number plates, indicators, brake lights nor tail lights visible and one of the tyres on the trailer had blown and was on the rim.
Commodore profiling? No. Pulled up because the vehicle had no view to its rear and was dangerously overloaded, with only a strap holding the trailer to the car and the trailer had no number plates, indicators, brake lights nor tail lights visible and one of the tyres on the trailer had blown and was on the rim.
Should he have used a Camry? Wouldn't have helped if the vehicle had no view to its rear and was dangerously overloaded, with only a strap holding the trailer to the car and the trailer had no number plates, indicators, brake lights nor tail lights visible and one of the tyres on the trailer had blown and was on the rim.

:) :) :)

[gusthedog]

Commodores are **** but I think coming up behind a trailer with one tyre, you'd pretty quickly suss the status quo 😉

[Mick_Marsh]

Well picked, Ian. Yep, all interesting, inciteful questions.

Was the guy unlucky? No, absolutely not. He was driving an exceptional motor vehicle. In my eyes, he was as lucky as.

Were the constabulary engaged in Commodore profiling? Absolutely. They could not have possibly seen the trailer under the plastic water tank, therefore, the trailer is irrelevant. It's nothing to see a plastic water tank bouncing down the road being towed by a cow cockey on a tractor, therefore, the tank is irrelevant. When they noticed a Commodore was where a tractor should have been, they stopped the driver.

Should he have used a Camry? Very interesting question and the answer is quite definitely yes for many reasons. The first reason that springs to mind is that the Camry is the beige of the motoring world. No one notices a Camry. Had he been driving a Camry, the police would have only seen a plastic water tank bouncing along the road. Because of recent weather events, they may have just thought it was windy out.
The second reason why he should have used a Camry is, with the plastic tank being heavier than a custard skin, the Camry would never have been able to tow the load, therefore, he would never have been on the road.

In conclusion, I have no idea why the police picked on this Commodore driver, other than he was driving the Commodore. After all, the load was connected with rated straps.

[CraigE]

They pick on em over here because after the Motorplex burnout events there are Commodores everywhere doing burnouts, they dont pick on the Fords as they can only sit and watch and are unable to compete due to being underpowered. But last night I did see as well as 2 Commodores being impounded a Ford ute, the boys in blue had the right spirit and just wanted to make the Ford owner feel included.[bigrolf][bigwhistle][bigwhistle]

[DiscoMick]

Cause Commodores are sick according to 20 year old youths.

[Mick_Marsh]

Nah, Mick, they're fully sick.

[Bearman]

There is a saying over here that goes along these lines
I am sure that not everyone who drives a commodore is a dickhead but every dickhead drives a commodore.
Really it wouldn't matter what car was pulling that tank it would have stuck out like a sore thumb!!!!
Can't believe that anyone would do that!

[V8Ian]

I find it hard to believe that somebody that stupid could survive long enough to reach the pedals of a Commodore.
Did he not do a risk assessment, even if it was only "What's the odds of getting busted"?

[Eevo]

why do hoons drive commodores?

cheap, accessible, easy to repair v8's.
no other car fits that criteria
its not rocket science.

[bee utey]

The most amazing thing is how the poor car has managed to travel 5km from the Elizabeth factory it was made in and not break down. Must be the extremely flat roads it was on.

[cafe latte]

I have sat inn the passenger seat of a D2 thinking please no cops. My friend is a plane nut, we had rescued a low flying mapping plane from the mangoves and cut the wings off and put the lot on a car trailer. Wings were on the side and many times higher than the car, we overhung by a mile, how no police saw us was a miracle if they had not sure how many tickets they would have issued. He has a pic somewhere need to ask him..
Chris

[pop058]

Many years ago (90 something), I rescued a mate's crumpledoor (and box trailer). We traveled about nearly 100 kms on the old Hume Highway to get him to a repairer. Even stopped at the old Jugiong pub for a feed. Never saw any Police but fairly sure they would have had an opinion about my "B-double".

121999

[V8Ian]

Try it now Paul. :coplight:
About the same era I, on two separate occasions, towed another semi-trailer through Brisbane. One from the Turbot St off ramp to Eagle Farm, the other from Acacia Ridge to Brendale. [bigwhistle]

[Saitch]

Do you reckon they'd pick on this?

Outside Dayboro Bakery yesterday (Sunday). Hmmmm, I wonder what JerryD is driving these days???????????

[V8Ian]

Do you reckon they'd pick on this?

Outside Dayboro Bakery yesterday (Sunday). Hmmmm, I wonder what JerryD is driving these days???????????
Or Mick_Marsh?? [bigwhistle]

[Bigbjorn]

Try it now Paul. :coplight:
About the same era I, on two separate occasions, towed another semi-trailer through Brisbane. One from the Turbot St off ramp to Eagle Farm, the other from Acacia Ridge to Brendale. [bigwhistle]

Ian, plenty of that went on. I was heading out through Boonah one night to avoid the scales at Gailes (just a tad heavy!) and a set of headlights only came towards me and two unlit trailers were on behind. The late Fred. McDonald won a quote to take a Euclid rear dump and a Cedar Rapids mobile crusher from Fortitude Valley to Inverell. Fred forgot it was school holidays and no permits for over weight and dimension loads in school holidays. The customer of course wanted it yesterday. Fred filled a few fuel drums, forked them into the back of the Euc, hooked up the crusher and drove them down. Up narrow Martin St, and over the Story Bridge and hey-ho for Inverell. Told me he never sighted a copper the whole trip.

[laney]

Should of driven a Ford cops wouldn't of caught him as he would of been home before they came or he could of driven a jeep and the cops would of just felt sorry for him [biggrin]

[V8Ian]

Amazing what we got away with because most people knew no better and it looked OK. I regularly used Hervey Range Road with two B s, an A and a dolly; I referred to it as an A-B Double. [bigwhistle]

[scarry]

SO he has no license,unregistered vehicle,WTF was this bloke thinking?

Then returns a positive drug test.[bigsad]

Must be a regular nut case.

Driving a dunny dore was just a coincidence....[bighmmm][biggrin]

[DiscoMick]

Pretty common for cops to stop unregistered vehicles and find the driver is unlicensed.

[67hardtop]

Do you reckon they'd pick on this?

Outside Dayboro Bakery yesterday (Sunday). Hmmmm, I wonder what JerryD is driving these days???????????Its a commodore....they'll be on it like flies on a rotton t bone...[emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23]