Thread: Police target truckies in Australia wide blitz

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Operation Austrans Phase Two | Victoria Police News

Happens every year. Time to take hols if you are a truckie.

Originally Posted by johntins

Happens every year. Time to take hols if you are a truckie.

Time to take holidays LOL.
Reminds me of what a local told me about the bakery at Mallacoota. Mallacoota is a tiny population town, but it swells with the explosion of holiday makers eager to spend their money. The smart shop holder would take advantage of this and cash in whilst the feast is there to make up for the lean times. Not the baker, he shuts up and goes on holidays.

There has been deliberate petty enforcement of minor regulations and harassment of truckies ever since interstate transport got going in the 1950's. Little Hitlers enjoying throwing their weight around. Easy targets, truckies. One icehole did get his one night. The "Terror of the Tweed" got run over.

Some, but not all, definitely deserve the 'mermaid' title.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

There has been deliberate petty enforcement of minor regulations and harassment of truckies ever since interstate transport got going in the 1950's. Little Hitlers enjoying throwing their weight around. Easy targets, truckies. One icehole did get his one night. The "Terror of the Tweed" got run over.

in SA 3% tested positive for meth. i think thats scary.

Where did you get this 3% positive tests in SA, Eeevo...

4 out of 173 in Vic...

I don't have any issues with the drug testing, or lifetime loss of heavy vehicle license for the brain donors caught doing 140 k's in a b double (or even a single for that matter). But with all the technology they have at their disposal, why do they have so much trouble sorting the sheep from the goats?
The system of randomly selecting a truck, then, once the driver is cleared of impaired driving, his logbook checks out okay, then they start nit-picking, looking for something to fine you for.
I had one of them advise me that the brakes on the trailer "looked to him" like they were out of adjustment. He hadn't been under the trailer.
I got a 9/16 spanner out, slid under and checked them. Told him they were fine. He handed me a defect notice for the brakes.
I asked him if he was recording our conversation, he said no, and I told him I was, and that I would see him in court in due course, as his assessment of the condition of the brakes was blatantly wrong.
A few months later, I got a notice from the RTA that, due to my previously good driving record, they had decided not to proceed with the charge.
But apparently, according to some, if you do nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear!

Originally Posted by Wraithe

Where did you get this 3% positive tests in SA, Eeevo...

4 out of 173 in Vic...

article last night on adelaide now. 15 out of 500 tested