FYI -Princess Highway Dandenong - Vic Roads BLITZ

[Sorted]

2 Booze Buses
Number Plate Scanner
Highway Patrol
Vic Roads Cars

Just outside Dandenong Park & Peter Stevens

I only have sketchy details so it's just FYI

[damoose]

They were there yesterday aswell and my word they had some cars parked up with the old yellow canary.

[ryeman]

Those who have accumulated unpaid fines will be concerned that at these roadblocks are the sherrifs office vehicles....no place to hide now it seems.

[xisled]

These happen most Friday nights down the highway.

[lucas2]

Originally Posted by xisled

These happen most Friday nights down the highway.

Yep, but they are running these in the middle of the day on consecutive days. More cash flow for the government perhaps?

[bArNsY]

Rising costs of Rego = more unregistered cars
IMO the more rego/licence/outstanding fine checks the better.

[Franco Cozzo]

I come across 3 unmarked cop cars with people pulled over on the way home, and on Melbourne speed camera locations on Facebook, there is something new popping up every 5 minutes with police sightings etc.

Must be on an operation tonight.

[ryeman]

Outstanding parking fines are also a target via the sherrifs office.

[Itsme]

This is common over Melbourne doing RBT, RWC with the Sherrifs for unpaid fines using wheel clamps, in fact I have spotted sherrif cars trolling carparks outside vendor stores using mobile recognition camera to identify outstanding unpaid fines.

[xisled]

Just look at any major shopping center, sherif attends once every few weeks on weekdays.

[Trump]

What purpose does the sheriffs office have beyond being the govco debt collector?

[ryeman]

Originally Posted by Loud_Noises

What purpose does the sheriffs office have beyond being the govco debt collector?

Their express role is to wipe the smile off all those 'smarty pants' who have been boasting for years how they have never paid a parking fine.
If they're smart, they will be off to the Town Hall if its not too late.

[Trump]

Originally Posted by ryeman

Their express role is to wipe the smile off all those 'smarty pants' who have been boasting for years how they have never paid a parking fine.
If they're smart, they will be off to the Town Hall if its not too late.

Ahh ok, so another useless govco department.

[ryeman]

Originally Posted by Loud_Noises

Ahh ok, so another useless govco department.

Yep, no point to justice I guess.

[Ducati888]

Where's the Princess Hwy? I've searched and there's no such road.

[Trump]

Originally Posted by ryeman

Yep, no point to justice I guess.

Yet here most are, extolling the virtues and praising a bureaucracy gone mad with greed...

[XWGT]

Well it would be ok if the Sherriff was armed with accurate information, but of course their not.

I came out of work to find my car clamped and a Sherriff demanding $3k for citylink...

When I explained that the matter had been settled 3 years ago, and that Citylink had admitted fault, of course they had no record.

So when Citylink was contacted, they politely said "No problem, we'll check the records" "Only problem is, those records have been archived and we have no staff to check them, so we will require around 6 weeks to get back to you......" Can you speak to the Department of Justice and inform them of that? "Sorry, due to privacy reasons, only you can speak to DOJ regarding your issues...................." Are you bloody serioussssssssssssssssssssssssssssss?????????????? ?

Now add to that the recontacting of Justice Vic, blah blah blah and the whole concept of having private organisations issue fines and another misinformed department enforce them ***** me to tears!

/end rant

[Hulsty]

Originally Posted by Ducati888

Where's the Princess Hwy? I've searched and there's no such road.

Your joking right?

Princes Highway
Road
The Princes Highway is a major road in Australia, extending from Sydney to Port Augusta, South Australia via the coast through the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Wikipedia
Length: 2,256 km
Constructed: August 10, 1920
Highway system: National Highway

[ryeman]

Since when have we ALL been equal before the law, its just a nice theory, that's all.

[JC]

Originally Posted by Loud_Noises

Yet here most are, extolling the virtues and praising a bureaucracy gone mad with greed...

So it's greed for them to chase up parking fines that have not been paid? No it's not - that's called process. Had the person not parked illegally, no fine would have been issued. I wonder how many cars were held up because the person being chased for payment of the fine was origainally booked for parking in a no stopping zone, a no parking zone, a handicapped zone with no permit or a clearway, across someone's driveway, etc? I wonder if you were one of the people held up by their selfish act. But go on, have a general uninformed whinge about govco - it's the popular thing to do apparently.

[Ducati888]

Originally Posted by Hulsty

Your joking right?

Princes Highway
Road
The Princes Highway is a major road in Australia, extending from Sydney to Port Augusta, South Australia via the coast through the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Wikipedia
Length: 2,256 km
Constructed: August 10, 1920
Highway system: National Highway

Yes I am well aware of the Princes Hwy. There is no such road as the Princess Hwy.

[Trump]

This isn't about holding people to account who genuinely cause loss or harm to others, this is sheer, unadulterated money grubbery:

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/ro...822-2sd4d.html

[ryeman]

Originally Posted by Loud_Noises

This isn't about holding people to account who genuinely cause loss or harm to others, this is sheer, unadulterated money grubbery:

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/ro...822-2sd4d.html

No it's simply about keeping the 'scales' in ballance in a civil society as opposed to one defined by chaos.

[Sorted]

Originally Posted by Ducati888

Where's the Princess Hwy? I've searched and there's no such road.

It is not a road - it is a highway

but anyway - Really - you searched

[strobe]

I think his point is it's Princes, not Princess. It's a him, not a her.

[HJThew]

As above.

I think he's just taking the **** mate because a lot of people pronounce and spell it as the female form 'Princess' when it was actually named after a Prince.

[Sorted]

Oh god - are you guys/girls for real - I know what his/her point was

Prinny Hwy - Dandy

[ryeman]

Originally Posted by Sorted

Oh god - are you guys/girls for real - I know what his/her point was

Prinny Hwy - Dandy

....trouble is a computer doesn't.

[Sorted]

Anyway a good facebook site for Melbourne is:-
Melbourne Boozebus And Speed Camera Locations

https://www.facebook.com/MelbourneRe...ocation=stream

Has 49,961 likes and counting

You can post away all day and night about their spelling if you like

[ryeman]

I wonder what % of road blocks involve the sherrifs presence.