Hi, I have a few questions regarding defects, but firstly I had better explain the story.
on Friday night at 12:30 I was driving home from the Green Gate when I was pulled over by Highway Patrol.
I just assumed that it was a RBT because I get at least one nearly every week and he had followed me for ages from the pub.
anyway I put my window down and the first thing he says is:
"rear number plate, defect."
He then asks for my license and asks me to step out of the car.
He asks me where I had been and I explained I was coming home from the pub.
He then proceeded to defect me 3 times on my front number plate.
Then for boost gauge and blue park lights.
By this stage im thinking fark I’ve been standing in the cold for 15min and he's still farking round...
Anyway he went back to the patrol car and told me to sit in the car, after a couple of mins he came back and gave me a ticket for no P plates (double demerits )
he then (didn't give me the defect) rather said that he lives in North Syd and sees my car most mornings on the way to work (this is true, I nearly always pass a patrol car near the hospital picking up someone from a block of units) and told me that if he sees my car on the road as of Monday he will give me a red defect, which means my car has to be towed (at my expense) I then have to clear all defects or get an engineers.
I was thinking stuff him because he gave me BS reasons (ill explain below).
but I live at the end of a very quiet almost dead end street, we never see cops there and today a hwy patrol car (I guess him) drove past my car, stopped and checked it out etc... Apparently my mum said she saw him too....
So im guessing he is going to go out of his way to find me on Monday... my dad wants to make a formal complaint but I want to know where I stand first.
Here is a list of what he is defecting me for.
1. Rear number plate can not be seen from 12degrees. It’s the same as every skyline I have ever seen, ill post pics (and my car was complianced like this)
2. front number plate does not fit in front bar properly (the cut out is for jap plates so it’s too short)
3. front number plate is bent on both edges to fit in holder, must be flat...
4. front number plate is slightly angled down. (that’s because it only mounts at the top and the wind slowly bends it a bit)
5. Illegal to have gauge on dash, or a pillar. my mate checked the ADR for this one, and it says "gauges such as... blah blah.... can not be mounted on the cushioned part of the dash. however mine is mounted in the air vent. so would this be ok?
6. blue parkers. takes 5 mins to change, cant b f'd unless I get the defect.
ill post some pics, the officer was as rude as anything kept interrupting me and was just up himself. serious power trip.
do u think I would get off this because the car was complianced with the number plates like this? the gauge is easy to remove if I have to, it’s got hooks and plugs so I can remove it if I want and put it back easily. so it’s really only the number plates that are an issue.
ALSO: he forgot to sign my ticket. where it says signature of officer its blank. does that mean it’s not a valid ticket? and I don't have to pay it? I can just deny it?
not only that. The funniest thing of the night is I told him on 2 separate occasions I was on my way home from the pub and he didn't RBT me...!!!!! :headspin:
Thanks Guys! I eagerly await your wisdom.
Ash.