Some cops are no fun. LOL

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

Went for a drive this evening down Narrewarren Road Narrewarren heading south, I noticed a guy sitting in a park near the road side, He had a deck cheair set up and was sucking on a couple of coldies. He also pointed to a sign he had planted on the road side grass strip. It said "SPEED CAMERA" and he waved to me as I drove past.
A couple of hundred metres further down was a car parked with a speed camera.
On the return trip the local Divisional van was heading to wards him to spoil his fun. I noticed his wife had joined in. They started packing up when the police car arrived and were decamping.
This bloke seemed to had had a great time doing what he was doing and the Cops had to turn up and spoil his fun. I also noticed he was constantly taking pictures of the speed camera car up the road.
I must say in 43deg heat he was a brave man.

[Disco44]

I have no problem with what he was doing but in how many states will he get away with it without getting booked himself.In Queensland they take a dim view even flashing of headlights is frowned upon.How do I know I got booked once for doing it.
John.

[Bushie]

Flashing headlights is pretty much frowned upon in NSW, but booking some one for warning of a speed camera is proof positive that the agenda is revenue raising, as the 'end result', getting people to slow down would have been achieved.


Martyn

[Bigbjorn]

In Qld. he may be charged with obstructing police operations. This is the charge for flashing headlights as a warning of a revenue trap.

Years ago when Qld. police had those small desk sized Fairey radars, they regularly set up behind footpath shrubs on a downhill run on Boundary Rd. Camp Hill. The householder cut down the shrubs which is naughty as the footpath vegetation is City Council property. Next time, the wallopers moved downhill a couple of doors and set up there. The quite elderly gentleman in the house went out and put his sprinklers on to water his nature strip.

[loanrangie]

I hate these bloody sneaky speed camera's, i'm all for catching hoons doing 100 in a 50/60 zone but a brightly coloured highly visible patrol car is the best deterrent.When they hide and use a 3rd party company you know its revenue raising and not road safety, all they catch is the average punter doing a few k's over the limit .

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

I hate these bloody sneaky speed camera's, i'm all for catching hoons doing 100 in a 50/60 zone but a brightly coloured highly visible patrol car is the best deterrent.When they hide and use a 3rd party company you know its revenue raising and not road safety, all they catch is the average punter doing a few k's over the limit .

Yes I've always been pro police presence, but I find even now patroling Divisional vans turn a blind eye to a lot of things. Bald tyres and faulty lighting are not worth the effort of the officers getting out of their cars it seems. Policing seems to have changed.
As for the guy with the sign, if there are no charges laid for obstruction, I reckon they might have got him for drinking in a public place.

[Landy110]

I'm sorry but I disagree with most of the comments above.
Why is it that we all hate thieves and vandals and reckon the cops should be pummeling them into the dirt but when it comes to protecting us and our families from speeding hoons we get all precious about "revenue raising" and all the associated crap arguments.
A well defined police car deters speeders when it is visible. A hidden speed camera deters speeders anywhere and everywhere.

There is no such thing as a revenue raising speed camera. They are randomly and or fixed placed donation boxes, any one of which gives YOU the opportunity to make a donation to the state government.

The Cops aren't in control of raising the revenue, the Government isn't in control of raising the revenue. YOU ARE IN CONTROL.

If you make a decission to speed and you get caught, TOUGH. It was your choice. No-one made you speed, don't blame the Government or the cops. THEY ARE THERE TRYING TO STOP BLOODY IDIOTS FROM KILLING MY FAMILY.

Do you know there is a speed limit?
Do you know there are signs that state that limit?
Do you know there are fines and demerit points for breaking that limit?

It's your decission, stop blaming everyone else and SUCK IT UP or slow down!

Steve.

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

I would like more police presence on the roads instead of fixed speed or moving cameras. A hoon speeding will continue to speed until he gets the penalty notice in the mail. That could be a couple of weeks. A hoon caught on the spot might think about his actions immediately. Cameras only catch idiots at certain points, if they know they are there they will behave for that small time. A camera will not remove vehicles that are unfit for road travel.
A camera will not catch un licenced drivers, a camera will not catch drink drivers. A camera will not catch dangerous drivers who weave with speed in and out of traffic, cut off other road users. A camera will not catch road rage.
Only roving police car patrols can help in this regard. What ever happened to the TOG? when I was younger, it was common to be pulled over for driver and vehicle checks.

I actually eported a car full of hoons the other day. Whilst shopping at a shopping centre my family and myself had hoons in a commodore doing donuts in the carpark, broad daylight and within 20 mteres of out car and us. Apart from choking on the tyre smoke that was pea soup thick, they sped off. I noticed he was a P plater. A Police station is next door.
I reported it under the dob in a hoon. The officer behind the desk took the details and rego but couldn't assure me that it would be followed up.
So whats the point then!.

As my sig says "It's not worth complaining!" WHY BECAUSE NOTHING EVER GETS DONE ABOUT IT! Yet every week these hoons kill them selves on the road

[THE BOOGER]

In Cabramatta to stop the drug dealing the cops targeted fair evaders at the rail station it worked, so using the same logic with hoons would be to book every body who has bald tyres, changes lanes without a blinker drives with spotties on (fog lights) all the time no p plates etc, they could book 3 times as many drivers for smaller fines but hopfully stop accidents before they happen

[cal415]

Well i agree its a revenue raising thing, They setup in areas where there are speed changes, on down hill runs, etc even the equiptment they use can be toyed with by them to get higher readings when they get bored.... I do agree they should be booking people doing stupid speeds especially around built up areas but when it comes to small offences and booking people for a few km over the speed limit thats just rediculous, alot of cops are just bullies in a uniform looking for someone to screw with.

As for the stationary camera's theres been many cases where they have been shown to be inaccurate and 100's of fines withdrawn, which makes you wonder how many people have been fined by mistake and just paid them rather then question them.

You should all look in to the guidelines they are supposed to follow for speed camera/radar/lidar use and how they are very inaccurate in alot of situations, Just to give you an idea, they shouldnt be used on bends or hills due to accuracy, they shouldnt be used in speed change areas, They need to take atleast a 3 second reading on your vehicle, They are only supposed to be used in area's classed as "Black spot" areas, etc, a quote fronthe Standard Speed Enforcement Operations Manual “Speed cameras, Lidars, and mobile radar shall not be used at any location or in a mode that would give rise to criticism or a complaint that the operation is only a means of raising government revenue”…..

Im sure theres been 1000s of fines issued to people who wernt speeding at all, putting more money in the governments pockets rather then ours... sounds like revenue raising to me for sure, perhaps we could call them speeding taxes?