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    Quote Originally Posted by Thala Dan View Post
    Strange.......I always thought that was exactly the sort of thing that forums like Austech were for......an informal discussion and exchange of ideas and opinions on current news and affairs.
    And I thought it should work the same for everyone.
    Guess it only works for those in the mothers club that say the things and have the opinions the rest of the sheeple want to hear.



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    Now now children..................play nice together

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    And then we have those who derail so many threads by taking them off-topic.

    If you don't like a particular topic/thread, nobody forces you to participate in it, or even read it for that matter.

    Keep to the topic please.

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    NSW...

    Police car on side of road with lights on and officer sitting inside is doing nothing.
    300m up the road, another police car with officer pointing laser speed gun back down the road towards initial police car with lights on!

    I call this entrapment, they call it saving lives!

    Lucky we were towing a boat and not in a hurry....
    FFS, this rule is a joke
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    Seen one sitting at least 2 car widths of the road with lights flashing 100k zone peak hour. Just p!ss!ng every one off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ol' boy View Post
    NSW...

    Police car on side of road with lights on and officer sitting inside is doing nothing.
    300m up the road, another police car with officer pointing laser speed gun back down the road towards initial police car with lights on!

    I call this entrapment, they call it saving lives!

    Lucky we were towing a boat and not in a hurry....
    FFS, this rule is a joke

    You don't have Dash cam footage of that?
    ...and send it to A Current Affair or ABC news.

    Creating a fake traffic hazard to grab some revenue, that should be properly reported.

    Saving lives would be cops driving in covert cars taking videos of drivers texting while driving on the highway. My wife saw another one this morning again. My son sees them too when I pick him up from school. I recon in the mere 20 minutes of highway we drive, my family members could grab $1000 worth.
    That would be a lucrative money grab as well as saving lives.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Fester View Post
    .............

    Saving lives would be cops driving in covert cars taking videos of drivers texting while driving on the highway. My wife saw another one this morning again. My son sees them too when I pick him up from school. I recon in the mere 20 minutes of highway we drive, my family members could grab $1000 worth.
    That would be a lucrative money grab as well as saving lives.
    I concur...I see this several times every day. Tradies are particularly bad....

    Having seen people awkwardly maneuver while on the phone, I reckon that if modern cars didn't have power steering, these clowns wouldn't make half the corners they go around.
    The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Fester View Post
    You don't have Dash cam footage of that?
    ...and send it to A Current Affair or ABC news.

    Creating a fake traffic hazard to grab some revenue, that should be properly reported.

    Saving lives would be cops driving in covert cars taking videos of drivers texting while driving on the highway. My wife saw another one this morning again. My son sees them too when I pick him up from school. I recon in the mere 20 minutes of highway we drive, my family members could grab $1000 worth.
    That would be a lucrative money grab as well as saving lives.
    Actually we didn't... My car has a Dash Cam, but my friends didn't and we were in his vehicle.
    The funny part the friend is a Senior Cop and was about to pull over and tell them what he thought... (different state of course)
    Then he thought why am i bothering

    It was a pretty low act
    We discussed it for a while.... Then i remembered this thread.
    Be interesting if anyone ever see's this behaviour in Vic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ol' boy View Post
    NSW...

    Police car on side of road with lights on and officer sitting inside is doing nothing.
    300m up the road, another police car with officer pointing laser speed gun back down the road towards initial police car with lights on!

    I call this entrapment, they call it saving lives!

    Lucky we were towing a boat and not in a hurry....
    FFS, this rule is a joke
    NSW cops have been done for baiting bikes to speed in the past on the old pacific hwy!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeroyPatrol View Post
    NSW cops have been done for baiting bikes to speed in the past on the old pacific hwy!!!
    Caught on camera signalling bikes over double lines at a fake hazard and then having them charged. This happened a couple of years ago on the Pacific Highway (dangerous) and on the Putty Road (absolutely criminally lethal) if you know that road.

    Theres a thread on here somewhere.
    The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.

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    Some will do anything to get their numbers up
    Thankfully the minority

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    Quote Originally Posted by enf View Post
    Caught on camera signalling bikes over double lines at a fake hazard and then having them charged. This happened a couple of years ago on the Pacific Highway (dangerous) and on the Putty Road (absolutely criminally lethal) if you know that road.

    Theres a thread on here somewhere.
    love the Putty

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    Laws forcing New South Wales drivers to slow to 40km/h past emergency services will be made official on September 26, after the completion of a 12 month trial.

    A total of 936 fines have been issued during the trial, designed to better protect emergency services working on the roadside. Drivers are forced to slow to 40km/h when they pass police, ambulance and fire services with their lights flashing – and face fines of $446 if they don't.

    The details will change slightly when the law officially comes into force on September 26. Along with emergency services, drivers will need to slow to 40km/h when passing tow trucks and motorway recovery vehicles with their yellow lights flashing.


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    Quote Originally Posted by mtv View Post
    Laws forcing New South Wales drivers to slow to 40km/h past emergency services will be made official on September 26, after the completion of a 12 month trial.

    A total of 936 fines have been issued during the trial, designed to better protect emergency services working on the roadside. Drivers are forced to slow to 40km/h when they pass police, ambulance and fire services with their lights flashing – and face fines of $446 if they don't.

    The details will change slightly when the law officially comes into force on September 26. Along with emergency services, drivers will need to slow to 40km/h when passing tow trucks and motorway recovery vehicles with their yellow lights flashing.

    Only on roads sign posted 90kph and below
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    The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeroyPatrol View Post
    love the Putty
    When I was younger, I took every single car I ever owned up that road and back. When you were done, you knew the cars performance back to front and inside out.
    The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.

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