Road Tax Sensor

[mistamidget]

I was driving along Canterbury road yesterday and just over a rise there was a popo road block that funnelled three lanes into the centre lane where a sensor on a tripod about 1/2 meter off the road was scanning (I assume the number plate but maybe more) the front of all cars in the queue.

There would have been 50 cars at the time and the lane went about 20 meters where there was a number of popo pulling over some but waving most through.

So, If the sensor was scanning number plates for unregistered cars or registered cars owned by suspended/cancelled drivers then, as there were five cars and a truck pulled over at the time I went past then I can't believe 10% of an arbitrary bunch of drivers are in that category.

If not then wtf is the sensor testing for?

[emts]

seems they average 3.5 an hour on the blitz..

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/police-dragnet-for-outlaw-drivers/story-fn7x8me2-1226052900170

Frankly un licensed/un registered cars...they can go to town as far as I'm concerned.

been hit by 2 in the past, thankful I've always had comp insurance.

M

[llama_au]

I'm all for it too. The rest of us do the right thing, get them off the road.

[mistamidget]

Agree entirely, but that means there must be 100's thousands of them. Can't believe that.

There must be more to it IMO.

[emts]

not sure about amount, but every time I have seen them in action they have a bunch of ppl pulled over.

and some will be in teh clear.

eg if I have lost my license even if some-one else is driving my car they get pulled for a check.

But I think the amount of un reg/ un lic on the street would scare most ppl.

And really with todays modern policing, ie all about speed cameras, so long as Bin laden was under the speed limit he could have been hanging in Victoria for the past 10 years and he would have been still safe!

[mistamidget]

I've never come across this before so it seems to me that with the 3km speed tolerance (fkuk 3km at 100kmph is only 3% margin) and this type of thing, if they have a combined camera/electronic scanner they may be testing ride height, popped lights, all sorts of things.

Guess I see it as a trend where maybe we should all get a roadworthy every Monday before heading out for the week.

Cynical me I suppose but the government even talks up "more revenue through speed cameras" these days.

Still if it's just nabbing unreg/unlicenced ppl then that's all good.

But it's getting more un-nerving as time goes on.

[R31Nismoid]

It's not just unrego and unlicensed cars.

It's also if you have outstanding warrants (read: fines) with the Sherrif/Police, checks for Alcohol interlock etc etc.

There is a broad selection of things they are looking at.

I mean you could have $150 outstanding with the Sherrif for example - and that will nail you going through one of those cameras

[Birds]

Sounds like a good idea to me. A lot of people (read: scumbags) hide behind privacy legislation for civil matters...friggen leeches of society.

There are TONS of unregistered cars on the road. All it takes is someone to have not paid their rego for a week. The percentage of unregistered motorbikes is much higher though.

[gdogzgtr]

Checks for Unlicesed driver, unregisterd car, suspended/disquailified drivers, Warrants both Police and Sherriff any wherabouts for vehicle and or car owner. Also if vehicle owned by learner driver. They generally coincide with booze bus so obviously drink driver's also caught. In some operations we have taxi directorate there and check all taxi's and even immigration along with EPA.

I have worked these operations and no matter how many of us are there we are always flat out. I should be working one agian in couple of weeks.

[Jack-]

Seen this in Caroline springs few months back, next day there was a carpark on the side of the western highway lol.

Big thing in the herald sun a few days ago about these units.

[GTRRKT]

So if a skyline goes through one of these they may get stopped to check for EPA and maybe some other things?

[PurpleR32]

Sounds like a good idea to me. A lot of people (read: scumbags) hide behind privacy legislation for civil matters...friggen leeches of society.

There are TONS of unregistered cars on the road. All it takes is someone to have not paid their rego for a week. The percentage of unregistered motorbikes is much higher though.

I agree. This is a great initiative from Vic Pol! Finally getting to the bottom of the real issues on our roads.

Get them all i say!

If you dont pay rego or dont have a license, you SHOULD be caught!

[R31Nismoid]

So if a skyline goes through one of these they may get stopped to check for EPA and maybe some other things?

Of course.

Thats how the world works.

[Birds]

Skylines, the only import PROPPING Australias economy!

[ssxRicho]

They 'Blitzd' Camp Rd yesterday arvo in a similar fashion. Copper blocking the rd with tri-pod sitting there, funneling cars into the car park were there was a drug/booze bus.

[nicrowkz]

Seen this in Caroline springs few months back, next day there was a carpark on the side of the western highway lol.

Big thing in the herald sun a few days ago about these units.

I was wondering what that was about! I thought it might of been drink drivers who got done - But now I know!

[W0rp3D]

So if a skyline goes through one of these they may get stopped to check for EPA and maybe some other things?

I have worked these operations and no matter how many of us are there we are always flat out.

that should answer your question.

[GTRRKT]

that should answer your question.

Well since he makes no reference to jap cars and EPA etc...no it doesn't answer my question.

Ash answered my question.

[R31Nismoid]

If you go through any police operation without a EPA/defect - You've had a good day.

Buy a lotto ticket would be my best advice in that situation as lady luck is on your side.

Go in with a golden rule - you are never safe

[W0rp3D]

so you think the comment "I have worked these operations and no matter how many of us are there we are always flat out."

Means "but if your driving an import we will drop everything to defect you"?