Stupid fines.

hrastovica · 2013-05-21T11:38:56+00:00

Today i got pulled over in "Miami Vice style" for having my arm ON the window (protruding limb law)... and tell me this beautiful country has not become a police state! Driving at a leasurely 40km (observing the speed limit) two police officers run out onto the road, Miami Vice Style signalling me to pull over. At first i was stunned, WTF is this all about, it felt like a freakin ambush. So I got the "license please?" to which i had to ask "What in the world are you pulling me over for?" to which the officer responded "We dont need a reason to pull you over, but today you had your arm out the window". Stunned i said to the police officer "I dont know what to say to that", which he interpreted as an admission of guilt "So you admit to having your arm out the window?". No i didnt say that, i actually cant believe that you pulled me over for that, and no my arm wasnt out the window but on the window. So i flicked him my license and he went to do the standard checks. Nothing! He came back advising that he was letting me off because i had used up all my demerit points and if he fined me i would lose my licencse. Seriously. WTF.

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 May 2013, 8:42 am

#956706

Hi

I was with my son when he was being harassed by the popo, they tried to defect him for not having an H pattern on his gearknob, I had asked my RTA engineer about this only weeks before, he said it was bogus I told the popo this and he backed down.

Steve

bugmaniaar Officially Full-On Dubber

295 posts · joined Jun 2011 · 23 May 2013, 8:55 am

#956712

Yeh..
Gear nob with no H pattern?
A woman a work recently told me that her boyfriends ford ute didn't pass a roadworthy because the gear nob didn't have a H pattern on it??.....
Victoria the Nanny State or B.S I don't know....

AA003 Custom Title Time!

1,189 posts · joined Oct 2011 · 23 May 2013, 10:03 am

#956727

bugmaniaar wrote:Yeh..
Gear nob with no H pattern?
A woman a work recently told me that her boyfriends ford ute didn't pass a roadworthy because the gear nob didn't have a H pattern on it??.....
Victoria the Nanny State or B.S I don't know....

I think that the knob may have been the roadworthy inspector.

I read it on samba, so it must be correct.

Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 23 May 2013, 10:04 am

#956728

Texting while walking 😬 now there's something that should have a very large fine attached 👍

I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

AA003 Custom Title Time!

1,189 posts · joined Oct 2011 · 23 May 2013, 10:05 am

#956729

Now if you wan't to talk about stupid laws..............

In NSW this year they brought in a law that you must give way to pedestrians when turniing into a street.

New NSW Laws

I read it on samba, so it must be correct.

Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 23 May 2013, 10:56 am

#956737

AA003 wrote:I'd like to ban ipods.

I remember in the late 60s, in one year there were about 3 people had their arms cut off in collisions because they were resting on the windows. I think that was when the (good) law was introduced.

The horn law is a good law also. Why should I be annoyed by dickheads in the middle of the night.

It sounds like you are part of the me generation.

I am GenX (Born in 77). What surprises me is that you grew up in the 60's and don't feel that all these silly rules and laws are encroaching on our civil liberties?? Why should your generation be the only one to experience freedom?

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 23 May 2013, 10:59 am

#956738

66deluxe wrote:How about being fined up to $1M for growing fruit and veges in your back yard. If Monsanto gets their way this will happen. They want americans to only buy the genetically modified foods from supermarkets.

Europe is no better, they are trying to ban you growing your own food. And if you get a chance go to Google and type in New Zealand Food Bill. Best way to control the masses, control the food.

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 23 May 2013, 11:05 am

#956740

AA003 wrote:Now if you wan't to talk about stupid laws..............

In NSW this year they brought in a law that you must give way to pedestrians when turniing into a street.

New NSW Laws

Perfect example of what i am talking about, does this rule apply to heavy vehicles also? God knows that its easier to stop a semi than to look left and right before crossing the road.

Isola Officially Full-On Dubber

217 posts · joined Oct 2011 · 23 May 2013, 11:05 am

#956741

The way I see it, the roads don't belong to me. They belong to someone else and they say I can use them if I pay my annual fees to the road owners and follow the rules that are set by the road owners. If I ever decide I have a problem with following the same rules as everyone else who pays their fees, then maybe I'll just start catching the bus or train. Or I suppose I could just bitch and whine about my freedom being stripped from me because I'm not allowed to do what I want when I want to like a spoilt little brat.

AA003 Custom Title Time!

1,189 posts · joined Oct 2011 · 23 May 2013, 11:11 am

#956742

hrastovica wrote:Perfect example of what i am talking about,

It's just that my example was stupider than yours.😂

Yes it applies to B doubles as well.

I read it on samba, so it must be correct.

Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 23 May 2013, 11:13 am

#956743

AA003 wrote:
hrastovica wrote:Perfect example of what i am talking about,
It's just that my example was stupider than yours.😂

Yes it applies to B doubles as well.

Unfortuntely the stupidity accumulates hahaha 😂

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 23 May 2013, 11:42 am

#956747

All we need now is a law to ban nose picking in vehicles and we're all doomed 😂 Or is that only me 😊

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 23 May 2013, 10:15 pm

#956840

hrastovica wrote:
AA003 wrote:That law has been around for a long time.
Oh i know about this one, and i believe it was introduced to prevent clowns hanging out of car windows (which actually makes sense). I had one of my cop mates try explain that people have had their limbs torn off in this way, to which I responded that there have been more people with limbs torn off while all their extremities were within the car.

Today, it appears that everyone wants to bubble wrap every detail of our lives, to protect us from all these really dangerous things that could kill us. Every day i see more and more regulation of the silliest little detail. For example, did you know its actually illegal to beep your horn without a reason... no i am serious. They tried introducing a law to ban people from using iPods when crossing the road (really???). By doing this, we have established a culture of fear, that parents are scared to let their kids out of house. God help us if a child was to move away from the Nintendo and climb a tree... they could fall and hurt themselves. Today, even the stupidest little thing can have a law attached to it, to protect us from ourselves. What a load of revenue raising BS!

Its these little liberties, like hanging your arm out a window on a warm day that i enjoy. I have concluded that by punishing us for lots of little things, regulating every little detail of our lives, we will be less inclined to question the big decisions that really matter. Arm out the window fines, speeding fines, parking fines... before you know it there will be smoking in car fines. Where does it end?

Its unfortunate that we havent got a healthy culture of protest in Australia, imagine this scenario... highly unlikely!

CHECK THIS LINK OUT!!!
French police sabotage speed cameras

this reminds me of the dark ages, higher people using fear tactics to control people.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 23 May 2013, 10:25 pm

#956841

donn wrote:Texting while walking 😬 now there's something that should have a very large fine attached 👍

maybe if they didn't have laws to protect people over stupid stuff then we wouldn't have a generation(degeneration) of dumb s#its and the population would be a lot less.

I recon dumb people should be allowed to kill them selves from there own stupidity. It would solve a lot of world problems 😂

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!

1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 · 23 May 2013, 10:48 pm

#956846

vlad01 wrote:maybe if they didn't have laws to protect people over stupid stuff then we wouldn't have a generation(degeneration) of dumb s#its and the population would be a lot less.

I recon dumb people should be allowed to kill them selves from there own stupidity. It would solve a lot of world problems 😂

I think the proper name for it is 'natural selection'.

From your ole' mate Jeff

DubbyDo Officially Full-On Dubber

276 posts · joined Jan 2012 · 23 May 2013, 11:22 pm

#956850

Arm out the window fines, speeding fines, parking fines... before you know it there will be smoking in car fines. Where does it end?

Correct me if im wrong but the UK already have fines for smoking in company cars, I vaguely remember(hey it was a wedding reception🤪) last I was in London a self employed feller, removable business magnets on his personal car, got done for havin a fag in it.........easy money really

DubbyDo Officially Full-On Dubber

276 posts · joined Jan 2012 · 23 May 2013, 11:30 pm

#956851

Years ago was told by a plain clothes dude that I needed a permit for the extractors on my Sandman panelvan. You keep hearing that coppers must have heard every excuse under the sun but what about all the fantasy shit that has been told to the general population by them🤓

AA003 Custom Title Time!

1,189 posts · joined Oct 2011 · 24 May 2013, 6:03 am

#956860

DubbyDo wrote:Arm out the window fines, speeding fines, parking fines... before you know it there will be smoking in car fines. Where does it end?

This really is the Bogan forum!

I read it on samba, so it must be correct.

Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 24 May 2013, 6:45 am

#956865

There is already a law against smoking in a vehicle, at least when children are in the car, and fair enough too I reckon. 👍

I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 24 May 2013, 1:25 pm

#956896

Are the police qualified to make judgement on parts of cars that are road worthy ???

Mechanics are.... what training do the people that enforce the fines have other than basic police training???

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MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 24 May 2013, 1:51 pm

#956899

empi wrote:Are the police qualified to make judgement on parts of cars that are road worthy ???

Mechanics are.... what training do the people that enforce the fines have other than basic police training???

Yes they are. They receive training when they do their driver training (QLD).

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AA003 Custom Title Time!

1,189 posts · joined Oct 2011 · 24 May 2013, 2:10 pm

#956900

MickH wrote:
empi wrote:Are the police qualified to make judgement on parts of cars that are road worthy ???

Mechanics are.... what training do the people that enforce the fines have other than basic police training???
Yes they are. They receive training when they do their driver training (QLD).

I don't think that they are taught about Empi shifters etc.
They probably only spend a very brief amount of time on roadworthy checking.

I read it on samba, so it must be correct.

Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 24 May 2013, 4:20 pm

#956907

donn wrote:There is already a law against smoking in a vehicle, at least when children are in the car, and fair enough too I reckon. 👍

My parents smoked in the car when i was a kid and i turned out fine 🤪

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 24 May 2013, 9:34 pm

#956939

empi wrote:Are the police qualified to make judgement on parts of cars that are road worthy ???

Mechanics are.... what training do the people that enforce the fines have other than basic police training???

highway patrol are fully trained for this, regular police aren't, at least in vic thats how it is.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE