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New Govt inventions to collect revenue.

Ease up on your fibre intake, they will soon fine you for farting.

anyone got the clear covers that fit over number plates that make it impossible for cameras to photograph numberplates,just curious.also i believe police do not have powers to totally search vehicle for radar detectors eg if it is secreted behind grille or in headlight etc,they can only look in obvious freely available areas,anyone with better info out there???

For those that are camera shy,
a trick that works is to paint your plates with clear paint. Not just one coat but about 10. Has the same efect as the clear plate covers but a lot less detectable.
Daren

Soooooo, the NSW Gestapo strikes again. You people voted them in to power, so vote the ba,,..#$s out. If all 4wd owners put pen to paper and fingers to keyboards, then maybe the gestapo will pull their horns in.

Sorry people, Im over it now. Done too many miles steering semis through NSW to have any respect for the gestapo.

Sorry all for the spit

Bob

Where did speed cameras and tailgating come in? Obviously, you have not driven big milage behind the wheel of a semi or you would know why the term gestapo is used in reference to the police and rta in NSW.
Where do these people get off on fining you $300 dollars for a spelling mistake, forgetting to put a line in the log book, 1 side light on the trailer not working out of 10,being 2cm too high, being fined for doing 120ks in a semi thats flat out at 95ks,etc,etc,etc. I could go on for a long time on this subject but I think thats enough.
Fair enough if you are speeding, cop it sweet. Tailgating, if you have driven a semi then you would know that you must build up speed to overtake, consequently, you catch up to the slower veh in front and try to overtake, but, some one appears on the horizon and because we try to drive safely, we have to slow down again. Next thing, pull over driver, you were tailgating.
Truckies and 4by owners are the easiest targets to hit so this is what the gestapo do. Raise revenue and get lots of brownie points in the bargain.

Also, a good mate went into the NSW gestapo and told us that at the acadamy that when you pull any one over, they must be booked for something. eg, truckies are the best as they are the least likely to fight the fine in court.

Get out in the real world and experience real life. Take those rose coloured glasses off.

Bob

A bit like the don't buy petrol at certain places idea!!

Could you imagine the dent in revenue if everyone avoided speeding or parking illegally for a few weeks!!

But then they would only find another way to make up lost revenue, and it wouldn't be out of their pockets.

There has often been a lot of talk in this house re how useful a radar detector would be, with fines like that I'll just keep on being the speed police.

Sandy

would love to have a radar detector...but not sure if i'd like the fine if caught with it

but a good alternative is ....Speed Alert

it has saved me many times i reckon........

More BS. I was thinking of creating an organisation to defend our rights...then I remembered we have the NRMA. Ha!
PS anyone seen a driver booked for remaining in the righthand lane of a multilane road, with a 80K or more limit. (in NSW) and not overtaking? Not me, and I believe it is the height of inconsideration, let alone the safety aspects.
Regards Shane

The NT has open speed limits and every day cars travel at speeds well in excess of 100 and guess what, they are NOT droppign off like flies like 'every k over the limit is a kille,r as qld would have you believe.

Last christmas the NSW toll was high AGAIN. They could not blame speed so now they blame fatigue. It will never end with idiots in charge. The road toll could actuaally be alot lower and it should be.

And guess what, In the NT, the Labour gov is bringing in all the southern etho of speed and tolls and want to introduce a speed limit everywhere. They have neglected the maintenance on the stuart highway and the road surface is the worse its been for years.

In town centres, they have put 60km/h limits on main arterial divided roads with service lanes that have never been blackspots - and enforce them with vigour with their revenue collector speed cameras.

And more, the NT police are very good, but have not been supported by one extra road patrol in their effort to properly police the roads.

Just Vote for change. Stop believing the propaganda. NSW will always have too high a road toll while the roads infrastructure is struggling with years of underexpendure. Vote for a lower road toll - vote for the party that will improve the roads infrastructure.

Voting - It does make a difference if they know it is an issue.

Sean

Funny thing isn't it???
In Adelaide (not sure about other state capitals), the radio and TV channels actually broadcast every day, where the speed cameras are going to be situated. To me, it seems the same thing as flashing your lights at oncoming traffic which is about to be "shot" by a roadside camera or radar (which I understand is illegal to do, if you ever get caught).
Why should carrying a radar detector be any different to listening to the radio to find out where the revenue raisers are hiding?
I remember working in Canberra a few years back....one of my clients had an electronics manufacturing business....he was involved in the "over the horizon" scheme the gov't was working on. He said he could make a cheap device about the size of a match box....his idea was to have these in his car. Every time he saw a roadside radar set-up, he could throw one of these out of his car, within about 10 meters of the cop car, and it would instantly jam the cops radar stuff. Sounded okay, but i don't know whether he ever did it.

Radar detectors have been a $1000 fine for about 10 yrs. mates wife found out the hard way on a car she bought second hand.. she didnt know it had one, but didnt know what the flashing light on the dash was occasionally....

The original points added to that fine added some 5 yrs ago.. now they up it to 9 points.

Why are you suprised?