Hey guys well I've noticed lately a lot of threads being made to have a rant about the police so I thought I'd share a good experience I had tonight.
I finished work and offered to drive home a co-worker to Neutral Bay. Now I don't know this area and went around a corner on slight boost, down a dip at about 70(too fast I know)... Slap bang into a RBT setup around the corner. The police then waved me over and proceeded to ask me what speed I was travelling around the corner. As I didn't actually know I replied that I didn't know the area or the speed limit but admitted to probably going a little too quick.
They then told me that my gauges and rear light up skyline logo were defects, despite my polite and informative reasoning with them. After this they checked my license over, found that I haven't had any bookings or reports in 5 years of driving and let me go on my merry way without any fines, defects and without lifting the hood to have a look at the goodies(thankgod). All the while my loud exhaust was rumbling and they knew as well as I did that I had done the wrong thing(which one of the officers pointed out before they let me go).
So there you go, from potentially receiving a speeding fine and several defects, worse if they lifted the bonnet, just being polite and non-argumentative meant that I got to leave with nothing but a warning. Don't be a dick to them and most of the time they won't be a dick to you.
Cheers Steve.