8A8Y 8

Just wanna know if people have problem with the police ?
I have found that they tend to pull you over and hassel you for something or another
I never had any problems with family cars
OR maybe i guess its just my exhaust??
:D
or i can get a hymee silencer

phillip

takahashi

Have you ever considered they pull you over because of YOU, not your car or Hymee's exhaust

sco

No problems here (touch wood). Got a few looks when I first got the car, but have never been hassled.

Lock & Load

Here on the Goldcoast the police are having an all out attempt on getting rid of the hooning factor on our roads :D , as i allways drive within the required speed limits and i am a law obbiding upstanding citizen they tend to leave me alone

Also having contacts and not being Asian helps :p

cheers
michael

Gomez

Young blokes, flash car, trouble......

RXP33D

I've been pulled over a few times.
Burnout through the red lights,
twice for destination curiosity from the officer (pretty much no reason),
and once for having blue parkers (could get mistaken for a cop was his reason)

But then all this is probably because of those P plates on an 8?

hmmmmm?

timbo

Wear a suit!


Well, it works for me :sheepish:

8A8Y 8

i find that when they do find out my age and that im asian they tend to pick on me

irish8

Hey all...

That's one nice thing about the states...they can't pull you over w/o a legal reason. When I lived in Ireland, it was all the time!!!

Why don't you guys all move over here??? We'll have one hell of a club!!!

- Irish

timbo

Oh dear, there's things about this country I don't like.

Phillip, stay cool, be polite but assert your rights -- when you are pulled over, get out of the car, stand straight, look the officer in the eye, and ask him(her) what the problem is. If he/she comes back with anything substantive, eg, speeding, noise, ask politely what they are talking about (ie, try to draw out if there is any evidence). Tell them clearly it is your car, and that you did not think that you had done anything wrong. Then shut up!

Of course, if you were just stopped after doing donuts in front of a police station, none of the above applies :D

dracoMJB

I wouldn't even get out of the car. If you get out of the car it looks like you are trying to confront them. Stay in the car, wind the window down, be polite and don't be a smart ar$e. They should tell you why you've been stopped.

Ultimately the police can pull you over for a random breath test without having any other reason (unlike other countries). Make a note of who has pulled you over if you want to keep track of things. Record, date, time and rego of the police car that pulled you over. Get the id number of whoever it was (if you can). Politely ask if it's not easily visible.

If you feel it happens too regularly make a formal complaint listing the exact dates, times and who has pulled you over.

If you give attitude and act the smart ar$e you get what you deserve.

If you are a young driver, in a sports car or expensive car the Police are more likely to pay closer attention to you, it's fairly natural. I often notice drivers that look under 25 driving expensive sports cars (HSV, 911 etc) and think how can you afford that, so expect the Police to do the same and possibly act on that suspicion. If you ever get your car stolen by a young hoon and the police stop them for the same reason you will be thankful that it happens.

8A8Y 8

well i alway have my licence ready for them to be checked
i don't get out of the car cause once when i did they thought i was running away and almost pulled the gun on me .
it just anoying when for example when im driving at night im the only one that gets pulled over for RBT etc,.
and other car that drives faster than me can get away
um....
i think it the number plate
i think i need to get a new no. plate

RobRX8

Iv never been pulled over yet or had a problem, even when i had my P plates on the 8 and was slightly over the speed limit in front of cops.

dbb

I was driving in a 50 zone this morning , turning left off one street into another (these are wide two lane streets with no ped traffic, they should be 60 zones) and I saw the lights were green about 100 metres ahead. So I dropped back a gear and accelerated to catch the lights. I was doing about 75 kph and the car was making a bit of noise (2nd gear, revving high, custom exhaust) when I noticed the police car turned around the corner from the lights I was trying to catch.

They cannot but have noticed the speed and noise and the fact the car was still accelerating.

Not a reaction from the cop car. They looked, and kept puttering on down the road in the opposite direction.

Sometimes you can be lucky - maybe it was end of shift?

Choppy

I wrote a nice long one about this but the browser froze and i lost it all..

I mentioned varies times i have been pulled over in my last car and had the seats pulled out of the back and left on the side walk at 2am after working a late one for example...

I copped a speeding fine in the rx8 for a zone i still believe is 70 but apprently its sixty. Do to my bad driving record no point arguing with that one also..

NEVER GET OUT OF THE CAR... THEY DO THINK YOUR RUNNING AWAY MOST OF THE TIMES AND OR YOU ARE ABOUT TO PULL A SHOTGUN.

Now im going to inform the office that he is going to be recordered and ask for his full indentification at the end of any dealings.

Your rights:

You have the rights to see your speed recordered on any radar or equipment they used to measure your speed. Also these machines need to be calibrated twice a day. You have the right to request the latest cailbration sets they used.

You also have the right to ask for the police officers details e.g name, badge number and what police station he is situated at.

If they ask you what you do (and you are not sure if you broke the law or not) say that you work for a large legal firm :D

Regards
Phillip

takahashi

Next time I would demand if they can indicate that reading is for my car!

How dare they if they use the last radar check on me

Wildcard

I always get out of the car. It puts them on the back foot a bit. Staying in the car and having them looking down on you gives them natural authority in the conversation. Put youself in his shoes - it's much easier to write someone a ticket if you just have to pass it through the window rather than walk up to you eye to eye and hand it to you.

Of course I don't live in Sydney, but it works for me.

Choppy

Wildcard,

In Sydney as Phillip stated you might get a gun pulled on you.. Its the only way for the cops to get attention and actually have a power trip for once in their life. They are humens and they bring all the stresses from home, lack of sleep, lack of sex, lack of friends to the job.

I know a few guys that have become police officers from school and they were the ones that got bashed and bullied and now they have a gun. Im not saying all police are the same plenty of good people who are fare and understanding but its in the persons character also.

Dont know what they do to them when they go on their training but all they do is start talking ****, and everytime they see someone doing a U turn on double lines or what not you would not hear the end of it, 'he can get booked for that' blah blah blah Pains in the back sides.

They have a job to do and like eveyrthing its strickly business, If they dont give out fines bullshit or not they can not make money.. Yes and they do have monthly qoutas they have to keep too what they call some performance saftey scheme... The more you book the more you save lifes or something. Anyway this was a few years back now.

Next time im bothered by police for any silly reason im going to take it as far as i can through court.

Regards
Phillip

dracoMJB

If you are in the right, and have done nothing wrong then there is no reason to put them on the back foot. By getting out of the car you are intentionally confronting them, possibly making things worse for yourself because you are acting more agressively.

It's fairly simple conflict resolution practice to defuse potentially bad situations by not being agressive, by being passive and non-confrontational.


If you have done nothing wrong, the last thing you want to do is make the person pulling you over becoming defensive and reactive to your agression. It may be the difference between just a random breath test (saw a sporty car, driven by a young guy. Let's check it out) and a full roadworthy inspection. How loud is that exhaust? What modifications have you done? etc etc.

I understand that you do not want to appear submissive and you want to be at the same level as the person coming over to talk to you, but what they will be perceiving is completely different.

Gomez

4:30 am Saturday morning a few weeks back.....Tulla freeway blocked and all traffic channelled into one lane for the booze bus. I blew into the bag for a point zero zero reading........the officer says to me, "nice Brrrm Brrrm!".

WTH do you say to that!!?? "Er...thanks!"

Gomez.

fueltank

some of you guys have seen my car. sticks out a bit. (white 34 + carbon bonnet)
I used to get pulled over a fair bit until i changed to a quiet exhaust.

Haven't had any problems with police officers either and I look younger than you phil!

I generally turn on the interior lights when i get pulled over and have the licence ready.

takahashi

white 34 and carbon bonnet - my friend has one too!

I am sure he looks older than you

fueltank

taka, does he also own a SSS bluebird? the AWD 2L turbo one?

Hymee

iTrader: (1)

It has been so long I can't remember if I had a standard procedure!

Touch Wood.

Cheers,
Hymee.

takahashi

He is in Melbourne and no. but he owns a Yellow Turbo MR2 and a old Magna as well