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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #30 on: Jan 18, 2008, 12:13AM »
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #31 on: Jan 18, 2008, 12:13AM »
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #32 on: Jan 18, 2008, 12:32PM »
I just figured it out... they confiscate the hoons cars under the new laws, then drive them around to catch the car's mates/rivals.


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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #33 on: Jan 18, 2008, 02:37PM »
Cops were behind someones fence?

If cops were in my front lawn, I'd make sure all the windows are open and blast the shit out of a porno  ;D

Oy stooge, I can imagine your style of "Entertainment". All you can hear is retro guitars and a very loud, " Welcome to Goatlovers.com..."  ;D ;D
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #34 on: Jan 18, 2008, 03:25PM »
What's wrong with goats?
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #35 on: Jan 18, 2008, 05:01PM »
What's wrong with goats?

could be worse... could be goatse
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #36 on: Jan 18, 2008, 06:01PM »
He was using a GPS with a speed logger but they didn't care, he escalated it to court then not long before the hearing date, they cancelled the hearing and withdrew the fine.

Apparently you can't use that in your defense anymore, When I got my sat nav at christmas it was the first thing I checked out.

Also I have been driving to the gold coast and logan a fair bit over the last fortnight and so far I have seen a dark blue suburu liberty, one of the crappy front wheel drive supercharged TRD camrys, a ford fairmont v8, a 100 series landcruiser with the camers/radar thing in the top of the snorkel (the 'hat' for the snorkel was mounted backwards so the radar shot backwards, a dead giveaway), multiple mercedes vito and ford transit vans, with this method they sit on the side of the road, clock you speeding and tell thir mate further along the road to pull you over, I have seen this mainly on the Warrego highway (QLD) and the Toowoomba Range Road and I'm pretty sure I saw a BMW 3 series the other day.

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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #37 on: Jan 18, 2008, 09:15PM »
pfft....some of those cars arent half bad....almost makes ya want to be a cop

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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #38 on: Jan 19, 2008, 12:52PM »
Well... In all honesty Im pretty sure every state has it worse than SA, hehe.
Im pretty sure the sneakiest thing we have is unmarked ford falcon/holden commodores sedan/station wagons on the side of the road with cameras in em.

Actually, they did put cameras in wheelie bins for a little bit, but theres was a bit of a uproar and they dont do it anymore.
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #39 on: Jan 19, 2008, 03:01PM »
Apparently the cop that pulls u over has to be the cop that caught u doing the offence...well thats in victoria...
some ive seen are lowered,mags,green mitsubishi 380 (waste of money IMO haha)
F6 Typhoon on the ballarat - geelong hwy
2 Sti's one with P-Plates
and the usual VE's

But as per this thread and more around the traps some of the cars the cops get to drive and get to break the law in does make u tempted to be one. jst for the thrill but shit pay and risking ya life isnt exaclty an ideal job

I think its fine that they use undercover cars, do watever they like if ur not breaking the law then thats ok. but when they start to break the law its slighty hipocritical and if they urg ppl on to drag and stuff then its arguably taking it a step too far

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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #40 on: Jan 20, 2008, 02:14PM »
According to Qld legislation, all emergency vehicles are exempt from the Vehicle Standards and Safety Act, which means there is no such thing as a 'defective' police car.

I'm not sure about P-plates, that would come under licensing laws.

I've seen alot of different unmarked cop cars, they like the Aurions and 380s.

I heard the QPS don't like WRXs and the like as regular cop cars because they're too small compared to most others. I reckon it's got more to do with where they're built.
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #41 on: Jan 20, 2008, 07:16PM »
They had/have the WRX's in vic for a while but as most would know the cost to repair them is MASSIVE compared to an SS VY or VE commodore therefore most of the ones that were wrecked were replaced with the holdens...

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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #42 on: Jan 21, 2008, 09:43AM »
in victoria the wrx cop cars caused them a lot of trouble as well because for whatever reason the radar system wasnt calibrated properly with the awd setup, and a lot of people were booked for speeding that werent and they had to pay back 10's of thousands of dollars of fines (maybe 100's i dont know) so they pulled the wrx's off the road for a while.. i dont think i saw them again before i moved to brisbane.

there is a trd aurion highway patrol car near my place.. hides along a few of the highways and at the end of the bridge into redcliffe.. its annoying though cause they say that they want to save lives.. but they're booking people doing 100 in a 90 zone that is completely sectioned off from populated areas..

if they wanted  to save lives why arent they booking people doing 60 or more through school zones? or catching people being fuckwits on residential streets? i understand catching completely irresponsible 'hoons' but ugh. same old argument.


as for what cars they drive undercover? who cares.. as long as they dont try to tempt you into breaking the law by egging you on for a race, then whats the problem. i dont have to repeat what a few others have said here.
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #43 on: Jan 21, 2008, 07:01PM »
jst for the thrill but shit pay and risking ya life isnt exaclty an ideal job
Slightly off topic... Now i dont know about your states, but the SA police force here gets a nice paycheck actually.... I know this, because when investigating my preferred career option i found i could access it through a career in the police force.

A quote from SAPOL website:

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You'll be paid a salary of $37,493 per year as soon as you start training as a cadet at the Academy, rising to $43,536 when you graduate to probationary constable (usually after nine months).

Keep in mind these are the lowest ranks, as you get higher, your paycheck does too. I dont think its that bad?
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #44 on: Jan 21, 2008, 07:35PM »
i've seen more on cert 4 certificates :S
but you have to want to be a police officer, they're a kind of people you get, y'know... different...

for example.. there's psychological questions in the NSW police exam that you can fail.. y'know, and you have to answer them correctly and some of them can be ambiguous to which is a better answer than the others... they're just looking for the right kind of people to be police officers.




also there's an asshole in my town in an SS who keeps pulling me over for "random" breath tests. same cop every time.
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #45 on: Jan 21, 2008, 08:58PM »
ive never been pulled over on my p's once ,i got done on my l's speeding 80 in a 50 but he gave me a talk and warning .ok ive been told this is true and told its false,if a general duties for ba falcon crapbox with no camera pulls you over and says your fucked buddy your were doing 110 back there,is it true you can say fuck off mate i was not ,wheres your evidence you have no camera no calibraited speedo nothing just your word,and im told that will not hold up in court as he has just his word probley not true but im just putting it out there,oh and as for if you really get caught my mate in his gemini got caught 10k over decided to abuse the cop ,a popped bonnet and 10 minutes later about 7 defects,washer bottle empty if your windscreen is dirty and you cannot clean it and more bs about it ,fog lamp wiring was one,other wires for subs,and just crap like that so he really should of shut up.
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #46 on: Jan 21, 2008, 10:01PM »
ive never been pulled over on my p's once ,i got done on my l's speeding 80 in a 50 but he gave me a talk and warning .ok ive been told this is true and told its false,if a general duties for ba falcon crapbox with no camera pulls you over and says your fucked buddy your were doing 110 back there,is it true you can say fuck off mate i was not ,wheres your evidence you have no camera no calibraited speedo nothing just your word,and im told that will not hold up in court as he has just his word

false, a police officers word is all it needs. he has to follow the rules though, and follow you for x amount of time and check your speed against his speedo.

I it that happen to me by a detective in an unmarked Subaru Forrester a year and a half ago.
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #47 on: Jan 21, 2008, 10:22PM »
yeah my mate just got off a speedo matched speeding charge because the speedo on the cop car hadn't been checked in time.

In Queensland they have to be checked every 6 months and this one was out by 4 days lol
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #48 on: Jan 22, 2008, 07:53PM »
shit thats lucky,i bet hes happy about that i bet the cops not.i spose in some ways it can be acurate but going down hills corners his judgement and all kinds of shit it doesent seem to fair but i supose its the law .
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #49 on: Jan 22, 2008, 09:27PM »
Beat this one:

This arsehole i new at school was always hooning around my friends complex (with my friend in the car, they were friends) anyway,
a new cop moved into the area and put flyers into everones mailbox saying who he was and to dob in hoons number plates.

Anyway arsehole is driving around doing nothing wrong (for once) and he gets pulled over for no reason. Cop tells him the story of the fliers and that his plate has come up a bit and so hes going to book him. no surprise there.

but wait

cop then tells him he doesnt no what he can book him for so he tells the arsehole to wait there by his car on the side of the road while he drives 10mins to the nearest police station and finds out what he is able to book him for. Comes back nearly 30mins later. Gives him a $250 fine and 1 point for something or other.

Then tells the kid to stop hooning around.

That is wak. I dont like the guy but thats just crazy.

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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #50 on: Jan 22, 2008, 10:12PM »
thats bloody rediculous ... how cops can pull that kinda crap and then ask to have the general community respect them is stupid.
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Re: undercover cars
« Reply #51 on: Jan 22, 2008, 10:26PM »
Beat this one:

This arsehole i new at school was always hooning around my friends complex (with my friend in the car, they were friends) anyway,
a new cop moved into the area and put flyers into everones mailbox saying who he was and to dob in hoons number plates.

Anyway arsehole is driving around doing nothing wrong (for once) and he gets pulled over for no reason. Cop tells him the story of the fliers and that his plate has come up a bit and so hes going to book him. no surprise there.

but wait

cop then tells him he doesnt no what he can book him for so he tells the arsehole to wait there by his car on the side of the road while he drives 10mins to the nearest police station and finds out what he is able to book him for. Comes back nearly 30mins later. Gives him a $250 fine and 1 point for something or other.

Then tells the kid to stop hooning around.

That is wak. I dont like the guy but thats just crazy.

thats bullshit he could of atleast scaryed the poor kid and let him off because the kid just lost 20mins extra of his life that he aint getting back lol

ive herd stories from mates about cops in SA driving around in shitty commos like the old ones egging ppl on 4 drags then booking them....what would happen if we pulled up next to a marked cop car and egged him on 4 a drag lol thats bullshit honestly they should be following the law and booking us 4 doing the wrong thing and not for doing something they are doing

i like the cops they are there for a reason other than bad mouth us enthusists and call us hoons ect
do we look like homo commadore drivers i dont think so...

but i guess such is life
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