Sneaky cop's ...

In SA it's 10%... (Or was)

60 = 66
80 = 88
Etc

A sensible approach.

Going back a few years, I knew of a bloke who went past a Police car parked in the centre of the Hume. He might have been about ten over the speed limit. Blues and twos went on, but it turned out the Police Commodore got/was bogged in the grass median of the freeway.

Said driver was in a 4x4, and as good of a samaritan and negotiator he was, didn't go back figuring he'd end up getting booked all the same.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

In SA it's 10%... (Or was)

60 = 66
80 = 88
Etc

A sensible approach.

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It was...

unfortunately not any more, I'd be very careful once you are a few kms over now...

as said, within reason the 10% was a good/reasonable thing I believe.

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Originally Posted by PhilipA

Maybe I should have been more specific.
In Queensland about 30 years ago there were several fatalities of motorcycle cops , many by the semi driver braking sharply or changing lanes onto the motorcyclist. This could be in broad daylight or late at night. AFAIK they did not ride at night without headlights on.
As a result Police withdrew from patrol duties on motorcycles and only used them for ceremonial duties. I believe that this was also the case in NSW, although I have in recent years seen some motorcycle cops using hand held radar in NSW.
Regards Philip A

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Uncle Ho will remember "The Terror of the Tweed", a motor cycle copper whose activity went far beyond pedantic law enforcement into the realm of sadistic predatory harassment of truck drivers. The Terror got his comeuppance under the wheels of a semi-trailer.

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Originally Posted by digger

It was...

unfortunately not any more, I'd be very careful once you are a few kms over now...

as said, within reason the 10% was a good/reasonable thing I believe.

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In most cases just common sense, probably why the pollies changed it. I've often wondered how much better the traffic would flow if there was an offence 'To travel at a speed greater than the traffic mean', aimed at those who weave in and out of heavy traffic.

There was a bitter bastard like that one in Bundaberg but I do not know if he still there.

In "the good old days" they used to put clearance lights on a broom stick and lash them to a roof rack. In your rear mirrors it just looked like another truck closing up behind you, that is till the blues came on.