Thread: Perentie Defected

G,Folks

There used to be HWP cyclist just over the Qld/NSW border that would stop and book you if you had Qld plates,stopped me once in my FJ Holden which had a Q plate, started to write the ticket for no front No plate when I drew his attention to the Rego papers which stated No of plates Issued ONE He tore up the ticket and stated if he saw me again he would arrest me.

I returned via New England Hwy.



cheers



P.S. I heard a few years later that he was run over from behind by a Semi,that dragged bike and rider for a few hundred yards.

Way back in about 1987 I was driving through Goulburn heading to Cooma and I saw two cops on horseback stop a guy for speeding!

I guess from the police academy...

Originally Posted by p38arover

Is the Expo still on?

Land Rover Owners Expo

Originally Posted by travelrover

Had a similar event heading north into Willow Tree a little town south of Tamworth Easter Friday 1993 (my last ticket ). A local trucking company managed to park trucks either side of the road where the speed changed from 100 to 80 hiding the speed signs. Cop would sit just past the truck and was stopping everyone.

I called it entrapment but was advised by legal people no defence in NSW so I had to pay the fine and take the points!

It's not just Tamworth. I had the same thing happen to me on a trip to Karijini. Just before you got to Northampton going up the hill, and before the bend, were two trucks parked on opposite sides of the road. After the bend there was a camera set up on the left hand side. You guessed it, the trucks blocked the view of the 80 sign. Nice little earner for them I reckon.

Originally Posted by UncleHo

G,Folks

There used to be HWP cyclist just over the Qld/NSW border that would stop and book you if you had Qld plates,stopped me once in my FJ Holden which had a Q plate, started to write the ticket for no front No plate when I drew his attention to the Rego papers which stated No of plates Issued ONE He tore up the ticket and stated if he saw me again he would arrest me.

I returned via New England Hwy.



cheers



P.S. I heard a few years later that he was run over from behind by a Semi,that dragged bike and rider for a few hundred yards.

He was known as the Terror of the Tweed , I think you are correct about the truck getting him , I do remember something about it.

Originally Posted by 1950landy

He was known as the Terror of the Tweed , I think you are correct about the truck getting him , I do remember something about it.

I just had a Google and found this on FB:

‎Tony Murphy‎ to Coolangatta Community of the '50's, '60's & '70's.
29 September 2016 ·
who remembers the Terror of the Tweed motorcycle cop? what was his name Dickerson?

‎Tony I am pretty sure that the myth about Dickison being killed is just that. I have a faint memory of him being transferred in the early '70s. I went to Groote Eylandt in the early '70's and to my surprize, I met his brother! They were nothing alike. Where Dickison was aggressive and spiteful, his brother was good hearted and passive. By the was his brother didn't like him either!

Originally Posted by UncleHo

G,Folks

There used to be HWP cyclist just over the Qld/NSW border that would stop and book you if you had Qld plates,stopped me once in my FJ Holden which had a Q plate, started to write the ticket for no front No plate when I drew his attention to the Rego papers which stated No of plates Issued ONE He tore up the ticket and stated if he saw me again he would arrest me.

I returned via New England Hwy.



cheers



P.S. I heard a few years later that he was run over from behind by a Semi,that dragged bike and rider for a few hundred yards.

Arrest you for what? Another made up excuse?

Originally Posted by UncleHo

P.S. I heard a few years later that he was run over from behind by a Semi,that dragged bike and rider for a few hundred yards.

I have cursed, and wished harm on, a number of these guys over the years. Now, I feel guilty. Nobody deserves that.