Speed Traps

[neo32]

hey just some exciting news a nice man in a white van so kindly took a photo of my skyline as i was driving past and ime shure hell send me a invoice for his troubles

but i seem to be seeing more and more of these around is there a influx of speed trap

even more so 1 day after my kind photo experence was driving home sitting in the traffic doing like 10 k over and i see mr hiway patrol mand with his hand held laser up ahead

does anyone know if the hand held guns take phitis

as i saw a little red light if so ime gooornn 2 tickes in 2 days it sucks to be me i juess any info on peoples experence with hand held speed guns would be cool

[ToMMaH]

No they don't take photos, you have to be pulled over by those guys. Still.... you were speeding, most likely intentionally by doing 10 so you'd have deserved it.

Wow... the above sentance is what having 1 point left on your Opens does to you Granny driving FTW!!!! Keeping it on the track now.

[neo32]

wasint speeding today just moving with the flow of traffic but yesterday from the mobile camera i will cop on the chin as it was a moement of complete stupidity

i wasint paying attention and i approached the speedcamera and then decided to accelerate to a speed well above the limit i feel shatterd if ive got done twice in 2 days

[ToMMaH]

Yeh it sucks when everyone else is going like 10 over and most likely someone else is right on your ass. Have to take the attitude of 'F$ck them, don't care' and just not follow.

How much over did you get done for with the van? As I said you won't be in shit from the other one because they don't take photos.

Edited February 27, 2008 by ToMMaH

[neo32]

It ws only on monday in alex hills just shit i was crusing along at 60,

then got one of those boost urges and just rolled on the gas just as it started to hit boost i saw the flash ime hopeing i was allredy far enough along andd it took a photo of the side of the car cause i was right along side it almost when i saw the flash, and it was mighty bright but looked at teh speed after and was doing 80. I do know the speed reads a little low and i was going downhill so will have to wait and see.

Its just as i drove past the high way patrol car tonight i could see a little red lite on the top of it.

Edited February 27, 2008 by neo32

[PWND]

god damn it. buy a keyboard with a fullstop and a comma

half way through i forget what the hell i was reading

[neo32]

sorry i do that all the time just ramble on.

[r33cruiser]

"sorry i do that all the time(,) just ramble on."

Edited February 27, 2008 by r33cruiser

[infamous]

Those photo speed traps totally shocked me since moving up here.

I'll be going past a parked van and all of a sudden I'll drive past and see that tiny "Police" logo on the side.

Then I'll be driving down a street, and see a dirty Nissan Patrol with a snorkel and think nothing of it, until once again I spot that logo on the side.

Sydney has none of those cheeky tactics.

[ToMMaH]

Lol. Go easy on the grammar folks. Your one second lectures won't do anything all those years of school failed to do.

You think that's sneaky!? I got done once by a copper standing behind a tree leaning slightly out to the side with the gun. His car was parked just over the crest of the hill so I couldn't see it. He was also catching people going down a hill coming up to his, sneaky bastards. In the time it took him to write my ticket another 5 people were done by his partner.

I heard down in NSW they can't be standing outside of their cars using the gun because someone guy run over and killed.

[infamous]

I heard down in NSW they can't be standing outside of their cars using the gun because someone guy run over and killed.

That could be true, not sure,.... although it's definately been awhile since I've seen a radar outside of the car in NSW.

Well there you go, that's one way to fix your "sneaky" problem. lol

For the record,....I do not condone the running down of law enforcement officers by Queenslanders.

[ToMMaH]

That could be true, not sure,.... although it's definately been awhile since I've seen a radar outside of the car in NSW.

Well there you go, that's one way to fix your "sneaky" problem. lol

For the record,....I do not condone the running down of law enforcement officers by Queenslanders.

I'm really surprised that all speed camera vans and 4WD's don't go up in flames from angry people coming back. Or atleast get a good trashing. Yes considering I want to be a pig one day I'd rather not get run over

[PWND]

Couple of months ago, a guy attempted to ram a policeman on his bike. Stolen car, and the motorbike policeman was trying to wave him down due to catching him speeding on his radar gun. So the dude just attempted to get rid of the problem by ramming the bike. Policeman got away unhurt, but the bike was a mess. Drove past a few minutes later, and there was bits lying around everywhere.

[HKS_R34]

mate that sentence was hell hard to read.

[Col-GTSX]

Couple of months ago, a guy attempted to ram a policeman on his bike. Stolen car, and the motorbike policeman was trying to wave him down due to catching him speeding on his radar gun. So the dude just attempted to get rid of the problem by ramming the bike. Policeman got away unhurt, but the bike was a mess. Drove past a few minutes later, and there was bits lying around everywhere.

I find that story funny and distrubing at the same time...

As for camera vans, a few years back when they first came in I was sitting at McDonalds at Windsor/Lutwyche and over the other side of the road was a 100 series landcruiser camera van. Anyways we are watching him take photos of cars and enjoying our feed. He jumps out of the car and locks it and walks over to Mcdonalds to get himself a feed and leaves the car.

About 10 seconds after the policeman went inside the Mcdonalds a bunch of about 6-8 youths came out of the side street and hurled rocks and bricks and spray painted the whole side of the van. They smashed the camera unit up on the dash board with bricks and the flash unit on the front bar and then took off with his "camera in use" sign...

Once again i thought it was funny, but at the same time thought it was a little disturbing...

[mystery_kid]

not sure what the go is with those vans, i've seen 1 van that i drove past then again when i was going home and it took pictures of traffic that weren't speeding. that was the only way i spotted it the first time.

pretty damn sure they cars ahead of me weren't speeding.

[psi]

I know 1 of the local cops here in Gympie loves to hide..

I saw him parked BETWEEN 2 shops the other day on the highway with his speed gun out. The fat bugger was perched behind a new powerpole.

DRIVE SLOW THROUGH THIS TOWN. they will get you...

Dirty, dirty tricks. We also have a beautiful red mazda 6 undercover car!

He will launch it at the lights until he hits 60! then nabs ya! saw him get an SS last week.

[hojak]

I find that story funny and distrubing at the same time...

As for camera vans, a few years back when they first came in I was sitting at McDonalds at Windsor/Lutwyche and over the other side of the road was a 100 series landcruiser camera van. Anyways we are watching him take photos of cars and enjoying our feed. He jumps out of the car and locks it and walks over to Mcdonalds to get himself a feed and leaves the car.

About 10 seconds after the policeman went inside the Mcdonalds a bunch of about 6-8 youths came out of the side street and hurled rocks and bricks and spray painted the whole side of the van. They smashed the camera unit up on the dash board with bricks and the flash unit on the front bar and then took off with his "camera in use" sign...

Once again i thought it was funny, but at the same time thought it was a little disturbing...

hahaha i agree, funny yet some what distrubing. What did the cop do when he saw it? Stakeouts are fun.

[Dantay]

those new vans are not as distinctive as the old dirty cruisers are, only seen one so far on Appleby rd.

You said you got stung going down a hill? I remember reading something a while ago that said coppers are not allowed to sight mobile speed traps on declines it might be worth looking into, however you are an idiot for 'needing a moment of boost'.

[PWND]

I got done going up a hill....

In a diesel...

I suppose I deserved it, because, in a car that takes 14 seconds to get 0-100kmh, I must have been determined to speed.