Fined.

[sahatiel]

(4) The driver of a motor vehicle (except a bus) must not drive with a passenger if any part of the passenger’s body is outside a window or door of the vehicle.

This part is talking about the passengers limbs, not the drivers. It's reasonable enough to make the exception for bus drivers in this case, as it's easy enough for you to tell your mate to get his arm in the car, but a bus driver can't be expected to watch every one of their potentially 100+ passengers just in case one sticks a hand out the window...

 

[fishunter]

Some police were on a call-out to a domestic when they decided to go looking for my friend who they saw 10minutes prior who was driving unknowingly with his parkers on, i was shocked that they would rather cause minor inconveniences to p-platers then potentially save lives...

 

[junglepython2]

You mean parkers or foglights? It isn't illegal to drive around with headlights or parkers on at anytime.

 

[jinin]

ohh man do u live in the nrth west too, out here they have truck stacks on the exhaust and 33 antennas with wheels coming out from the arches and a back window
u cant see thru with a huge bramah bull sticker on it, apparently this is legal
they had atleast 4 of them scream by doing atleast 100 on a 50k road when im being fined 177 bucks for j walking lol

HAHAHA YES!!! the bull stickers!!!

 

[fishunter]

You mean parkers or foglights? It isn't illegal to drive around with headlights or parkers on at anytime.

He got fined $88 for driving with just his parkers on, no head lights...

 

[babba007]

I heard of a couple who had pulled over on the side of the road with hazzards on because the driver was going to answer his mobile and a cop fined him for talking on his mobile while the car was still running....what a joke. You try and do the right thing and become a target./QUOTE]
My boss had the same thing happen to him. Bugger!

 

[SamNabz]

Going to court over these things usually always ends up with the person not only paying the fine, but also the court fees, resulting in paying more than what you would've if you just shut up and paid

There are definitely some top notch cops out there who enjoy what they do and do it right..

But there will always be the cops who don't do the right thing and are corrupt and power tripping fools. But that's just life and will never ever change.

As the criminals have gotten smarter so have the corrupt cops working for/with them.

 

[REPTILIAN-KMAN]

Most people lost respect for police when they became a force of revenue raising !

When police pull you over to issue an infringement notice ( CIN ) to you for trival reasons they lose respect in the greater general community !

police are taught at police college A us Vs the public mentalilty ( police Vs Public ) !

gone are the days when the locals ( cops ) would rock up and have a sit down with the community for a cuppa now you will find them comming around for court infringement notice (CIN ) or a court attandance notice (CAN ) !

FTP- 1% OFFO

 

[Crystal..Discus]

You worry me sometimes.

So because I think the road rules are meant to be obeyed, I worry you? Whatever. That coming from someone not old enough to drive is hardly an insult...


Skye, cops choose to enforce some laws more stringently then others. The law is the law, and if you obey the road rules, then there's nothing to worry about. I have no doubt there are some immature police officers out there, but there are officers genuinely out there doing their job. You just managed to get one who was feeling particularly vindictive on that day. Contest it, see where it gets you. Never hurts to try. You'll need a defense though, and a solid reason.

 

[bulionz]

I saw some water police guys in a vehicle park in a disabled spot the other day, and then walk inside and sit down at a cafe to have lunch. We were ordering at the same time, so I asked them if it was legal for them to take up a disabled park to come inside for a coffee, and they said they were allowed to because if they had to leave in a hurry they would have to have better access to their vehicle than if they were parked in the underground carpark. (A water police emergency on land?). Anyway, then they sat down and ate lunch for 30mins at the cafe....??

kristy this is true they are allowed to park there and do you get lunch breaks at work ,cause police eat to ya know and they didnt happen to park a boat in the parking spot did they ?? becuase just cause there water police they still have to respond to a situation like any other cop so if somethings going down 2 blocks away they need to get to there car as quick as possible.
im not starting fights or anything.

but i do want to be a copper when i finish all my schooling , i really look up to them and it would be a awesome job , yous are just all pissed because you got fined for breaking the law.

the cops are always there to help and im sure they have helped you once in life or has been there for you when needed , i know there are cops that are on power trips ect ect but theres always the good ones that just want to do there job in helping poeple and there community but still get spat on and called names ect ect , anyways im just sticking up for them cause remember cops r tops

 

[PhilK]

I haven't read the entire thread so excuse me if I'm stating something which has already been said.

Cops need to fill a quota. I have 2 mates that are coppers and one of my best mates family friends is one too.. they have all admitted they have a quota of fines to give out in a certain period - say a week, or month. If they aren't at their quota they make it up by getting people on tiny laws. That's the reason why sometimes you can drive my cops with your arm hanging out the window, and sometimes you can't yawn while driving!

My girlfriends mum got a massive fine for driving through a YELLOW light because the cop said she "could have stopped if she'd put the brakes on hard"... my dad got fined for putting his seatbelt on while the boom gate was opening to let him out of his carpark because the cop said "that means you must have been driving in the car park without a seatbelt on". Low quota weeks.

 

[Jay84]

I haven't read the entire thread so excuse me if I'm stating something which has already been said.

Cops need to fill a quota. I have 2 mates that are coppers and one of my best mates family friends is one too.. they have all admitted they have a quota of fines to give out in a certain period - say a week, or month. If they aren't at their quota they make it up by getting people on tiny laws. That's the reason why sometimes you can drive my cops with your arm hanging out the window, and sometimes you can't yawn while driving!

My girlfriends mum got a massive fine for driving through a YELLOW light because the cop said she "could have stopped if she'd put the brakes on hard"... my dad got fined for putting his seatbelt on while the boom gate was opening to let him out of his carpark because the cop said "that means you must have been driving in the car park without a seatbelt on". Low quota weeks.

These 2 examples are where the word DISCRETION comes to mind!!!!

But in highlighting they are working on a quota just proves that it is pure revenue raising and not for the publics safety etc.

Bullionz - ''cops r tops'' ??? Is that what they teach you at school nowadays?

 

[jinin]

These 2 examples are where the word DISCRETION comes to mind!!!!

But in highlighting they are working on a quota just proves that it is pure revenue raising and not for the publics safety etc.

Bullionz - ''cops r tops'' ??? Is that what they teach you at school nowadays?

You see criminals driving around with Cops'r'Tops stickers, so that they are less sus. Or just normal people being plain old suck ups...

 

[Jay84]

you see criminals driving around with cops'r'tops stickers, so that they are less sus. Or just normal people being plain old suck ups...

pmsl

 

[CodeRed]

You see criminals driving around with Cops'r'Tops stickers, so that they are less sus. Or just normal people being plain old suck ups...

spose smugglers would have to wear "I love customs" T-Shirts?

 

[ModnaR]

another BS fine to the list, my mate bought a car from southside brissy a few weeks ago, the guy gave us his trade plates to drive it home to sunny coast and got done at a servo for "improper use of a trade plate" pretty funny considering we have a kinda friend who is a cop (vehicle inspections etc) and has let us use his trade plate for the exact same thing, we'll be fighting this one in court with another copa on our side, wonder how it will go

but basically along with all the laws there is one stupid little leway they have, the fact that the fine all comes down to the officers discretion/little man syndrome

 

[Jason]

you should've been a bit quicker and told him you were signaling to turn right.

 

[Kristy_07]

kristy this is true they are allowed to park there and do you get lunch breaks at work ,cause police eat to ya know and they didnt happen to park a boat in the parking spot did they ?? becuase just cause there water police they still have to respond to a situation like any other cop so if somethings going down 2 blocks away they need to get to there car as quick as possible.
im not starting fights or anything.

but i do want to be a copper when i finish all my schooling , i really look up to them and it would be a awesome job , yous are just all pissed because you got fined for breaking the law.

the cops are always there to help and im sure they have helped you once in life or has been there for you when needed , i know there are cops that are on power trips ect ect but theres always the good ones that just want to do there job in helping poeple and there community but still get spat on and called names ect ect , anyways im just sticking up for them cause remember cops r tops

Mate, when you grow up and start paying taxes, maybe you'll get it.

You're right, there are some good cops - my brother-in-law was in the force, and he's a great bloke.

But, parking in one of two disabled spots to have a leisurely lunch at a flashy cafe and a look through the shops, and treating a young woman rudely and with hostility for asking them a question about whether they could have parked elsewhere, and then asking her for her rego number so they could go check her car out in the parking lot, is not the kind of police force that I like to think my taxes are contributing towards.

No, I'm not begrudging them because I got fined for doing something illegal. Their behaviour was rude, unnecessary, and arrogant - everything a police officer shouldn't be.

If you think that kind of rubbish behaviour is "tops", then I'd be prepared to make a stab at what kind of cop you're prepared to be when you grow up.

 

[Defective]

hey now! no assumptions should be made on a 15year old who doesn't know what the world will be chucking at him. i doubt that he would condone that behaviour if he knew that was exactly what was happening but he didn't so ease off!

who's to say that Bulionz won't make a great, law upholding, non egotistical/non arrogant and polite cop? he has a lot to learn about how the world works and he's trying to show both sides. give the kid a go Kristy!

 

[REPTILIAN-KMAN]

fiesty i like it ( Lambert )

but yeah 15 yo dont know of the big world they live in and have no idea !