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Originally Posted by Stuck

Ralph is pretty much right in what he says in that if it's registered it must be roadworthy. The bit that stirs me is that car enthusiasts have for too long been seen by the authorities as easy prey and I'll only stop believing that what's happening is victimisation when these types of operations are played out across the board i.e. shopping centre carparks, sporting events, service centres on highways during holiday times etc.. Go ask any mechanic or tyre fitter and they'll reassure you that shiny paint, mag wheels and a loud stereo are not prerequisites for a defective vehicle. I might add that in NSW our finest need only to suspect that the vehicle is defective to issue a defect notice. In the event that the defect was incorrectly issued, you've got more hope of selling a pork sandwich in a Jewish mosque than you have of getting any compensation for time and / or expenses incurred getting "the defect" cleared.

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A few months ago the local authorities had a sting on the local "lap" night..... The call that went out over the police radio to the general duties units was "pull over anything that looks interesting and send it straight to the pits"

funny how its only ever happened like that on the local lap night..... ignore all the rest of the ****boxes out there....

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Originally Posted by Sprint

A few months ago the local authorities had a sting on the local "lap" night..... The call that went out over the police radio to the general duties units was "pull over anything that looks interesting and send it straight to the pits"

funny how its only ever happened like that on the local lap night..... ignore all the rest of the ****boxes out there....

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Sometimes that works out good though. Back in the day I had my old Series 3 (and it was rough) parked up at Nobby's Beach, which was the local haunt for car buffs back then, one Friday night. That night the Police, RTA (now RMS) and EPA conducted one of these types of operations during which they were targeting modified cars. At one point an EPA (from memory) bloke was using my front guard and bonnet as a desk to process the paper work for the defective vehicles :D.

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Originally Posted by incisor

some was is a little miffed..

An open letter to the Premier | Downshift

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An extract from the open letter:-

The icing on top of the cake was when two officers attended from another branch closer to the city, and requested to gain access to the grounds to find a child who had been missing for over 2 hours. We assisted them to locate said child, who has been reunited with his family (and had a great time at the event). The community has rightly questioned why the 30+ officers who were manning the defect stations were unable to lower their fine books to look for a missing person for a few minutes, and the more cynical have suggested that it may be that locating a child doesn’t pay as well as fining people for truly trivial things such as slightly too dark window tinting (which I may add was done using un-calibrated equipment).

Just after being elected, Newman stated that he would be increasing revenue from speeding (assuming, more accurately he meant traffic and transport offences), from $31 million to $81 million; you're not going to do that wasting time searching for lost kids.

Not one of those cop cars would be in standard form.
What is good for the goose should be good for the gander

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Originally Posted by worane

Not one of those cop cars would be in standard form.
What is good for the goose should be good for the gander

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No, they're not standard - as far as computers, lights, sirens and other internal fittings - but they do go through an engineering certification, so whilst modified they are complaint. The brakes (on XR-6T) are Brembo aftermarket sets but also certified. Engines are no longer modified. The cars are leased and the contract does not allow performance upgrades/changes. Years ago, when the cars were owned by the department, orders could be placed for enhancements, and some 'in the field' mods were done be the departments mechanical branch, but as with most things, when you start enjoying yourself, some insect has to come along and spoil it :(

Case in point.

Matt.

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Originally Posted by mudmouse

No, they're not standard - as far as computers, lights, sirens and other internal fittings - but they do go through an engineering certification, so whilst modified they are complaint. The brakes (on XR-6T) are Brembo aftermarket sets but also certified. Engines are no longer modified. The cars are leased and the contract does not allow performance upgrades/changes. Years ago, when the cars were owned by the department, orders could be placed for enhancements, and some 'in the field' mods were done be the departments mechanical branch, but as with most things, when you start enjoying yourself, some insect has to come along and spoil it :(

Case in point.

Matt.

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I wish they were allowed to adjust the headlights to compensate for all the crap they carry in the boot. :mad:

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

I wish they were allowed to adjust the headlights to compensate for all the crap they carry in the boot. :mad:

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Unity Spotlights are the solution

Last night i was pulled over for an RBT at a roadblock type setup, while they were doing the rego/licence checks, etc I asked the officer standing beside my ute what he thought about the commodore in front of me

"what about it?"
2 dead brakelights and one dead taillight?
"yes..... what about it"
just saying.....

You gotta love the "deep north" ... Newman is doing a great job of channeling Joh :p

Steve