Nsw Police Driving With P Plates

[Black Widow]

Ok. Firstly before i start let me just say i'm new to ranting so if its not good just bare with me. This is in regards to the fact that now NSW police are now supposedly driving undercover Subaru WRX's, Ford Falcons, etc, with P plates on. As far as i was aware, to drive a police vehicle you need to be on your full lisence (can someone clarify this for me?) And also the fact that if a full lisenced driver, accidentally leaves p plates on their vehicle (child is on p plates or something) and the cops see this, they are pulled over and fined! A bit hypocritical don't you think?

And by using p plates to try and get "hoons" (i think they're referring to us in that ) to slip up, isn't that some form of entrapment? Surely what they're doing can't be legal?

If anyone wants to join in on my rant please you are more than welcome to.

And i apologise if this is a repost.

Thanks for listening

Nick

[WPN-O33]

I'd say its some form of entrapment if the accused person of an incident was encouraged or somehow tempted to drive negligently by an officer in a vehicle with p plates on or undercover in a car trying to entice you into driving illegally.

If it were me i would be straight on the phone to my solicitor to ask what my rights were thats for sure.

But ill be honest i havent seen any undercover cop cars with p plates, in my area they are all driving F6 Typhoons & they are very EASY to spot!

thats my 2c.

[Swiper the Fox]

they have a typhoon in sydney with "000 Race Team" sticker across rear window. Looks like a rip off of the "888 race team" I think its very wrong for a govt. dept. to have such a thing on a tax payer funded vehicle.

[TTT]

Ok. Firstly before i start let me just say i'm new to ranting so if its not good just bare with me. This is in regards to the fact that now NSW police are now supposedly driving undercover Subaru WRX's, Ford Falcons, etc, with P plates on. As far as i was aware, to drive a police vehicle you need to be on your full lisence (can someone clarify this for me?) And also the fact that if a full lisenced driver, accidentally leaves p plates on their vehicle (child is on p plates or something) and the cops see this, they are pulled over and fined! A bit hypocritical don't you think?

And by using p plates to try and get "hoons" (i think they're referring to us in that ) to slip up, isn't that some form of entrapment? Surely what they're doing can't be legal?

If anyone wants to join in on my rant please you are more than welcome to.

And i apologise if this is a repost.

Thanks for listening

Nick

Proof of bolded statement please

[Black Widow]

they have a typhoon in sydney with "000 Race Team" sticker across rear window. Looks like a rip off of the "888 race team" I think its very wrong for a govt. dept. to have such a thing on a tax payer funded vehicle.

yeah i've seen that driving round...

i think its wrong too...they're driving 50k cars...on our money...how does that work?

and GTST...no i dont have proof. this is what they are saying they are going to do. it was in the papers

Edited January 16, 2008 by NG0387

[TTT]

1.) tax payers money is not used to fund the "fancy" cars for the cops like the Lotus Exige or Typhoon or XR5 etc.

The manufacturer LOANS them to the cops to get publicity.

Your tax money goes on their wages, doll bludging bogans and council workers that sit on a tractor mowing a field.

2.) Is there an article on SMH.com.au or anything about it?

when was it printed that they "might" be using P Plates to lure street racers?

[J'z-R33]

Witnessed it on Cleveland St Chippendale (Sydney) a few months ago. Blue BA Falcon with white GT stripes and red P plates. Theres a thread in the NSW section swomewhere.

Also, with the restrictions on P plate drivers wouldnt a P plate on a brand new perfomance vechile make them stand out?

I got no problem with cops cracking down on the real idiots but surely theres a better way.

[Swiper the Fox]

1.) tax payers money is not used to fund the "fancy" cars for the cops like the Lotus Exige or Typhoon or XR5 etc.

The manufacturer LOANS them to the cops to get publicity.

Your tax money goes on their wages, doll bludging bogans and council workers that sit on a tractor mowing a field.

2.) Is there an article on SMH.com.au or anything about it?

when was it printed that they "might" be using P Plates to lure street racers?

The vehicles are leased ya bonehead, and photo's of police proudly standing next to vehicles was shown in last weeks paper. It was warning people they were out in these vehicles and to think twice before you act.

Also council rates pay for council services...not taxes...if you owned a house you would be aware of this.

here's a link for the story...better photo's were in paper with police posing with their "hoon" patrol cars

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5001021,00.html

[MRGTR911]

I Have experienced One of these Guys, Was a V8 Ford Falcon with 000 Racing stickers at the back he tried Geeing me up , I Laughed at him the guys dumb i had a look at his car you can see things hanging out of his Dash were not all Stupid ... I guess you just have to be very careful .....

[MRGTR911]

The vehicles are leased ya bonehead, and photo's of police proudly standing next to vehicles was shown in last weeks paper. It was warning people they were out in these vehicles and to think twice before you act.

Yeah vechiles are leased, Same as being bought , Thus Us Tax payers payings for them to be leased ....

[Black Widow]

i agree i have no problem with the cops using tactics to get the real idiots on the road. but when they start hassling the people not doing anything wrong..thats when it annoys me

[SECURITY]

this has been happening for yonks.

around 3-4yrs ago my mate was getting chased through parramatta by a van with P plates on it.

Edited January 16, 2008 by SECURITY

[PIG747]

a while back there was a AU falcon driving around blacktown with undercover cops in it and it had green p plates on it

[FATAZZ]

i think 'geeing' someone up at the lights is going abit too far.

[trism]

old news...

theres a thread in teh vic section i think it is, about this story...

[lingeringsoul]

if you have any brain cells, you won't get Geed up no matter what anyone's drving.

[FATAZZ]

if you have any brain cells, you won't get Geed up no matter what anyone's drving.

Never heard of 'Leading By Example" ?

[drmafia]

well the best way is to fight them back with just having a camera handy to tape it while they trying to rev you up and put it on youtube iv seen a wrx in perth that went mental at the roundaboubue nearly losing it and they were undercovers tryina rev me up !! i just wish i had the cam at the time.. but ya do to them what they do to us and they will learn not to f**k around.

they arent ment to rev ppl up they just ment to blend and spot speeders not intrap ppl how ever there is no law against intrapment here even tho they shouldnt technicaly be doing it.. so watch out.

[TTT]

no.. you'd get booked for operating a camera while driving..

probably same as using a phone while driving..

[DRD-00F]

This issue seriously pisses me off... I'm not one to drive like an idiot, but I get the looks anyway...

My induction noise (standard box) is louder then any other car I have heard (except the gas supra)...

It's cheap and it's trickery... I don't appreciate it at all being on my Ps still... Not to mention if they are going around egging people on, that gives us an even worse name, when it is the cops themselves doing it!