DAMN!!!! I had trouble keeping the ponies under control!!

Hey Roach,

know how you feel,just back from a 4 week QLD holiday and i have to fork out for one i got just before i left,the plod and those damned hairdryers!!!!!!!!!!!Paul

Hmmmm Bill

With all those gadjets in the truck and no cruise control??? Poor you.

Judith got pinged in the Main Street in November and this left her a lot wiser and poorer...hahahahaha



Cheers and Happy New Year

It's the ones you don't see that arrive four weeks later that hurt even more. Try driving from Melbourne to Geelong without being on cruise or on the ball. At times it seems as if there are cameras on every overpass!

Mick

Cruise is the way to go. Over here in the state of revenue collection for 3kmh infractions you cant fart when driving cause the extra rearward force may pop you over the magic 3kmh.

I hate getting pinged, now I drive in Old Fart Mode, it doesn't happen as much as it used to, only when I lose concentration and weft off into thinking mode.

Ouch Roachie.

Mr Plod was just doing his thing mate!!. What you need is a smaller paddock so as not to many neddies can escape! Maybe its time to look at a 3.0S paddock.. Make you feel better??.. thought so. hahahahaha.

Cheers Axle.

Was my turn a few years ago but as of late, I have been real good. I trust you don't get three in a couple of months like I did LOL!!

Hope you asked them for a ticket to their annual dinner, the price was for your seat wasn't it?

I have always been a firm believer in "those that do more k's should have more points to lose" ie: grandma that does 20k's/week going to church and back gets the same 12 points to lose as the professional driver doing 2000 plus k's per week. I can't see the similarity personally. While I'm on the soap box, the fines should be indexed to your annual income, thereby hurting the rich as much as the poor (equally as much).

Happy new year to you and the crew.
Trevor.

Roachie,

The boys in blue only pulled you up cos they wanted to check out your rig. Then realised they had seen where you work so that's where the fine came from :)

Cheers Luke

I rekkon the speed camera must have taken my pix a few times when I have missed a camera or two coming downhill.
But they look at the non turbo 80, and my ugly mug and say "you're joking, must be the other car" heheheh

Seeing as we are in confession mode, I also met the boys in blue just before Christmas Day.

Went in to the City to have my Nokia 6120 firmware ungraded and with the new crap about restrictions on turning due to the bloody tram extension. I wanted to park in Harris Scarfs Car Park for a shorter walk to Hindmarsh Square. (Was recovering from knee surgery)

Anyway I spotted a taxi doing a U-turn at a set of traffic lights and followed him around, (maybe 50 yards behind him) so I was heading the right way.

Yep, Mister Plod waved hello to me and wanted a chat.
"Do you know you can't do a U-turn at traffic lights" he said.

Now truthfully, I was unsure of the exact road rule, but he assured me you cannot do what I did and would I care to contribute to the Government coffers, or go to Court and argue my case.

No arguments from me. Then the man asked, "does someone else drive this car?"...."Yes" said I. "My wife does on occasions".
"I notice you have a "knob" between the seats". He must have thought the car was set up for paraplegic controls in some way.

"Na mate", said I. "That is the ball coupling for the Laptop cradle I sometimes use when cruising the Countryside".
He said no more, just nosey I guess.

Anyway, when I got home, I actually looked at the bluey and bugger me dead, the "criminal act" I performed was going to cost me $249 to have expunged.

So even though Nokia charged me nothing, the "upgrade" ended up costing me $249. Just as well the upgrade worked in cancelling the echo though my hands free car kit.

Fair dinkum, sometimes it's just not worth getting out of bed:-((

Rang a mate yesterday arvo. I had seen him driving just before his gate where he would turned in and possibly put his garage door down.

Just a km down the road, I saw the boyz lights all flashing and thought had he closed the door.

Phoned him 1/2 hour later and he apparently had avoided the Roachie.