spewin...first fine in years
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Bugger, thats $150 that could have gone on some cardboard.
Im always getting caught out at that point between stopping and having to punch it through the lights, seems like the amber lights are getting quicker these days plus i do like the sound of an angry 8 at full throttle
You do the crime, you pay the fine...........I personally like the new hoon laws, you see those kids in their angry V8s or rice burners doing all sorts of stupid things and that is why I keep a note book in the car to record time, date and place of offence so I can ring QPOL and report them.
If you saw 19 year olds in their rice burners or V6's etc doing burnouts in the wet at lights besides other traffic or passengers opening their doors whilst the car is in motion and sticking their bare asses out the open door or standing out of sun roofs throwing bottles on the road then I am sure you would report them as well. I just wish the state governments had the balls to impound the vehicles and make the drivers / offenders watch as they are crushed into scrap.
I have two kids who are just starting their driving careers and I have ZERO tolerance for rule breakers. It is the attitude that a little bit of fun is OK because it does not hurt anybody that eventually gets people killed. I have been to too many crashes and seen too many young and old lives ruined because a driver did not take due care and attention.
In fact about 3 months ago I spotted a QPOL vehicle heading down my street, I flagged the police car down and asked the officer driving the penalty for driving with white fog lights on, he told me then I asked him who is going to book him for having them on. Its not only members of the public but all drivers need to take a good hard look at themselves to see how they are behaving on the road.
And Steve, I have a life because I obey the road rules to the best of my ability, can you say the same.
GarnettFan4Life
OZCT Supporter
Kids do stupid ****, I did, you will never stop them all, it's part of growing up. People die, people live, it's life Dave.
Having said that, if someone endangered me or my family it would be on.
I can see this thread going off on a massive discussion, did you wanna shut it down Steve or happy to discuss lol
PS WTF is a rice burner?
---------- Post added 29-11-2011 at 12:00 PM ----------
I thought they were doing that for repeat offenders, I'm sure I remember reading about crushing cars, NSW maybe only??
Having said that, if someone endangered me or my family it would be on.
I can see this thread going off on a massive discussion, did you wanna shut it down Steve or happy to discuss lol
PS WTF is a rice burner?
---------- Post added 29-11-2011 at 12:00 PM ----------
I thought they were doing that for repeat offenders, I'm sure I remember reading about crushing cars, NSW maybe only??
lololo....well lets examine the facts
Im older than you and have been driving longer than you.
I drive hundreds of cars every week in my job
I drive a worked v8 car and ride a high powered sports bike
2 fines in 5-6 years
Its a fact..the more your on the roads the more often you will break the rules..its human nature
Like most i dont hate police and obey the rules 99% of the time but a hoon i am not
Dave..as innocent as you like to think you are..all road users break the law at some stage !!
Ide be willing to bet on any given day you break a road rule of some caliber
ps...you do know there is no such thing as white fog lights ???
There called driving lights
Im older than you and have been driving longer than you.
I drive hundreds of cars every week in my job
I drive a worked v8 car and ride a high powered sports bike
2 fines in 5-6 years
Its a fact..the more your on the roads the more often you will break the rules..its human nature
Like most i dont hate police and obey the rules 99% of the time but a hoon i am not
Dave..as innocent as you like to think you are..all road users break the law at some stage !!
Ide be willing to bet on any given day you break a road rule of some caliber
ps...you do know there is no such thing as white fog lights ???
There called driving lights
GarnettFan4Life
OZCT Supporter
I'd say it is impossible for anyone driving longer than 5 years to NOT have broken "road rules".
Anyone care to reduce that? 1 year? Learner driver?
Also, and importantly so, there are varying degrees of breaking the law as related to driving.
Anyone care to reduce that? 1 year? Learner driver?
Also, and importantly so, there are varying degrees of breaking the law as related to driving.
Mate I am not innocent, never said I was, what I said was that I try to do the right thing all the time, that means I never intentionally commit an offence that falls within the purvue of the hooning legislation here in QLD. But it is the attitude that letting loose every once and a while is OK, its that one time you send that text or spin those wheels around the corner etc that end end with someone having to perform that death knock.
Anyhow enough said of the subject.........and might I say that I also got a speeding fine a couple of weeks ago, my car caught doing 77 in a 60 zone.........problem was I was an in-patient in hospital at the time and I found the daughters boyfriend decided to borrow my car. He was spewin when I sent the fine back with his details on it, $133 and 1 point..........cost him his green 'P' plates as he only had 1 point left. Now he is finding out all about public transport in the local area.................
Mate I am not innocent, never said I was, what I said was that I try to do the right thing all the time, that means I never intentionally commit an offence that falls within the purvue of the hooning legislation here in QLD. But it is the attitude that letting loose every once and a while is OK, its that one time you send that text or spin those wheels around the corner etc that end end with someone having to perform that death knock.
Anyhow enough said of the subject.........and might I say that I also got a speeding fine a couple of weeks ago, my car caught doing 77 in a 60 zone.........problem was I was an in-patient in hospital at the time and I found the daughters boyfriend decided to borrow my car. He was spewin when I sent the fine back with his details on it, $133 and 1 point..........cost him his green 'P' plates as he only had 1 point left. Now he is finding out all about public transport in the local area.................
Hope you don't/didn't let your daughter ride around in a car with that Hoon.
WRT the fog lights, I am not sure how they market them on new vehicles in W.A. but here they are a white light and are marketed and called fog lights. Just had a look at the new car brochure for my wife's Honda and yep, Fog Lights are whey they are called but they are a white light............not sure how that works...............lol
****...$75 is a bargain! i got done on fathers day of all days (and i only had just bragged to the mrs that i hadnt had a fine for years) and guess what 73 in a 60 zone...but to make matters worse i got down 30 mins later on the same road returning! and the same speed 73...i contested it and nope they are satisfied i was naughty...anyway $244 x2 and 6 demerit points...happy fathers day!!! sad thing is im not a speed freak either, but the road i was on goes for miles with no traffic and is a 60 zone...them the breaks!
sharkies4eva
GO COUNTRY!!!!
you dont get your car crushed for speeding, just hooning, stay with the play
A_Iverson_I
OzCardTrader
You get your car crushed after 3 "hooning" episodes I believe.
TBH I think fines when you are < 10 KM's over the limit are BS - it's far more important to keep your eyes on the road than to constantly have to worry about looking down at your speedometer. But I know, if that was the case then you would get the people who would abuse the system.
TBH I think fines when you are < 10 KM's over the limit are BS - it's far more important to keep your eyes on the road than to constantly have to worry about looking down at your speedometer. But I know, if that was the case then you would get the people who would abuse the system.