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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2009
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For those who believe that the police need to do more...they are...
http://www.vicpolicenews.com.au/more...ion-tonka.html Quite a good result from them, it seems most people are getting the 'don't drink and drive' message. No speed cameras booking people, just grunt police work - picking up the odd stupid souls who decide to drive unroadworthy and unregistered vehicles.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Yep, good one.
Each was removed from the road NOT sent a picture and an invoice. REAL road safety enforcement........ |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Gisborne Victoria
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I do not understand why Australians are now content to be pulled up at road blocks while going about their legal business.
I travel this road to the airport. I would not be happy if I was late for a plane because of this and had to wait 24 hours for the next one or had to cancel a business trip. "Last week police ran Operation Tonka over two days and performed 854 preliminary breath tests and issued 18 penalty notices for offences including motorists not wearing seatbelts, unregistered vehicles, exceeding the speed limit and displaying false number plates". Good use of resources, not. ![]() |
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That's kind of insane, everyone complains about speed cameras being revenue raisers, and yet when police actually get out there and do 'their job' they get ragged on too? Not a lot of logic there.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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As my car is always roadworthy and I do not see whey I should be delayed when going about my legal business. It is something Australians have given up for the so called "greater good". I am not happy with it. |
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Adelaide
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All arguements aside guys, "The amount of vehicles defected for being unroadworthy was disappointing" Define VICPOL's defenition or unroadworthy. Tint too dark etc.... maybe??
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Gotta say Id rather see the prescence out there on the roads instead of those B.S. Flash for Cash Revenue Raisers..
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On the opposite side, the down hill run, there has been three mobile speed cameras in the last ten days. |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Victoria
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Good result I think...
The other thing - that I found to be quite positive - is the fact that they bretho'ed 396 people and had 0 drink drivers... If they had a rolling crew of 'Tonka' that randomly set up in towns and suburbs EVERY day of the year... Then they might achieve something on a large scale... Something that they should consider...
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These checks wouldn't take much time if everything with the car is ok.
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Your car might be "always roadworthy"...but how often have you followed some rusty smoking crapbucket and thought to yourself "I wish the cops would pull over people like that instead of sitting in camera cars beside the road raising revenue!"? More than once I would wager.
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![]() I bet if one of those unregistered (and there for uninsured) cars hit your car or even better one of the ones with fake plates hit and run your car you would be screaming for police to do something about it ![]() How would police know you were doing something wrong ie drink driving if they did not stop you for RBT???? How would they know your vehicle is un roadworthy (balled tyres, oil leaks, frayed seat belts etc etc) if they did not stop and inspect the vehicle?? Mate you are a clown (its probably the kindest thing I could think of considering your brain dead comments) |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NSW
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Finally news about REAL road safety.
This would be do more good then a discreet car parked on the side of the road. I have seen in Newcastle on a Thursday night when all the people with modified cars hang around the foreshore in the carpark and on the side of the road, the cops wait until there is lots of cars in there and at about 9pm they block the road at both roundabouts. Then everyone leaving the foreshore is Breath tested and sus cars are checked out. That is real road safety. |
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