I live in the Melbourne's western suburbs, Hoppers crossing to be exact. I have also noticed that there has been e decline "jap cars being targeted" in my area. Going back 4 or so months, We were believed that there was some sort of police blitz on the local roads. Where anything with after market wheels or exhaust was pulled over for a full check up. Imports were being towed away left right and center. Since then the streets have quieten down, the police are still out on force but now for some reason I feel a little bit eased that they are more "easy going" towards us import drivers after the blitz.
I recently had a chat with one of your local TMU officers, SGT Gibson, and his advice to me was "if ur going to continue driving a modified motor vehicle that will not pass RWC/EPA regulations, alway obey the road rules and do no attract any unwanted attention to your self.
after Not having a license since i was 18 to just getting them back recently (now i'm 21), i now understand that holing a drivers license is a privilege, not a right.
So going back to the main topic that Spunky Munky has posted, I do believe that has been a decline on our roads in regards to cars getting pulled over/defected. In order to keep it like this i guess we should all try to obey the road rules and keep out heavy foot for the track.
Winton FTW!!! lol =]