Driving to work today they tell us to be prepared for 'a new operation crackdown on hoon behavior in Melbourne'. This translates as a handful more revenue raising reasons to get dirty looks from police as soon as they spot that P plate..just waiting for another fear mongering story on ACA that labels young drivers moreso and condemns us for being probationary drivers. What more can they get us for now?

saw 2 highway patrols just on the way to work today. 1 had a vy ute pulled over (had big wheels on it and a P plate in the window , so id say your not wrong.

end of the day though... if you don't do anything wrong they can't do you for anything.

@ THC - that sounds like a regular happening down here, so often. @ Morgz - It'd be nice and fair if it were as simple as that but unfortunately they rely on the plause 'officer discretion'. I always ALWAYS drive under the speed limit, even keep in the left lane and I have routine checks often. They can pull you up on the way to work and (if there a real *******) can put your car off the road for arguments sake an empty washer bottle or too many handbrake clicks. All well and good to uphold community safety but they're playing with peoples livelyhood here. Theres a difference between being a braindead bogan with bald stockies and a minispool and trying to get to work everyday but having a slightly loose seat rail. It's the worst. /endbutthurt

Quote: Originally Posted by Stock_87 [View Post] Driving to work today they tell us to be prepared for 'a new operation crackdown on hoon behavior in Melbourne'. This translates as a handful more revenue raising reasons to get dirty looks from police as soon as they spot that P plate..just waiting for another fear mongering story on ACA that labels young drivers moreso and condemns us for being probationary drivers. What more can they get us for now? I heard this on the radio this morning, mentions its a 3month operation targeting the SE and dandy region to cull 'hoon' behavior, prob coming from all the media coverage. Doubt they'll just target P-Platers at least I'm well off them Does make me anxious driving around because unfortunately even though I keep my car well maintained its a preconception that we are 'hoons'

How is it any different from normal?

Yeah you're spot on mz_vl, i'm anxious as soon as i turn the key..every VE or FG Falcon im searching their dash for lights haha.. You're not wrong Duke, it's one of those things..Victoria just doesn't allow car enthusiasts to be..perhaps one day we'll get a 'sorry day' for being oppressed for years like Indigenous week.

No state does. You can understand why they do it.. media beat up, people get annoyed at listening to **** boxes at 2am cutting helis in their street with exhausts cut off and people driving like ****wits in traffic etc When you get older, you buy a boring car as a daily. I've got a D-Max, its legal and reliable and useful. I take the other cars out occasionally. The head ache of owning a car that doesn't comply with the laws governing what can and can't be driven is too much of a head ache for a daily and honestly you would be amazed what can be engineered and EPA'd..

Quote: Originally Posted by Duke57TT [View Post] No state does. You can understand why they do it.. media beat up, people get annoyed at listening to **** boxes at 2am cutting helis in their street with exhausts cut off and people driving like ****wits in traffic etc When you get older, you buy a boring car as a daily. I've got a D-Max, its legal and reliable and useful. I take the other cars out occasionally. The head ache of owning a car that doesn't comply with the laws governing what can and can't be driven is too much of a head ache for a daily and honestly you would be amazed what can be engineered and EPA'd.. Exactly!There are always a few d$#k heads that ruin it for everyone,We always say they are picking on us.How do you know if they guy in the ute that was pulled over may of been speeding.Here in NZ it is the same they always cry they are picking on us.Well behave and there is nothing they can do. Marty

It's dedicated to the S.E. suburbs

Highway Patrol was out & about in Gippsland today pulling over any modified car & P-platers.

If its not a daily dnt drive it for few weeks n piss em off with nothing or noone to pick on.. beat em at there own game...

Its stuff like this that's stopped me driving my senator been over 2 years since it was rego now as everytime take it out i'd get pulled up

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgz [View Post] end of the day though... if you don't do anything wrong they can't do you for anything. soooo not true. anyway on the upside they are doing it in winter! My cars are akl wrapped up for the wet season hells yeah. hope they lay off in summer! ---------- Post added 23-05-13 at 21:39 ---------- also did i see some youtube vid going around about arrests at narre warren krispy kreme at a car meet? someone link me that shiz?

its all those idiots that have these VN and onwards clappers .... running a muck on the street which is why there coming down harder the ammount of times i see P platers cutting lanes etc etc while driving to and from jobs at work is rediculous so i think the coppers should give these idiots all they deserve , ive been pulled over many of times but if the car looks respectable and so on they let you go

Got pulled over on the way home from work in the monaro. Major defect . Keep your toys at home for the next few weeks. Was in narre south to . Didn't even do anything wrong.

Im not on my p's, when i cruise in my VL i get alot of unwanted attention. The difference is, when the popo pull me over they cant touch me. Everything is legal. So they just waste both our time... I drive my senator daily, dont really get much cop attention unless im taking off because the exhaust is loud. Not much has changed, police wise since back when i was on my p's. If your cars unroadworthy, cops will dick you Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

A cop once did a u turn over a medium strip cut off a bus then moved across 3 lanes n followed me from 4 car lengths behind n sat crossed up over 2 lanes seein which way I was going... once I got pulled over he proceeded to tell me it was a random vehicle inspection. .. lol I said how is it random when u jump a medium strip n cut a bus off.. lol n he just let me go

Keep your cars legal and drive them whenever you want. The rules are there in black and white. If you know your car is beyond the limits specified then be prepared to get done for it. Otherwise, take off your 20's, put some springs back in the thing and maintain it.

You all have good points, i'll still gripe at being harassed just for driving to work though. The problem is, d/heads that ruin it for us happen to have P plates..the good drivers also have P plates..it's a common thread that groups us all..it won't change but it stinks. Take my TX5..okay maybe it's not the best choice but - I have coilovers because my original shocks were a hazard and I have a front mount because the turbo is old and it needs more air, not to be a dosing douche (edit: I don't mind a good dose). Stupid thing is, my TX5 would get d/cked in a second and the car that gets driven once a week is a stock standard complying VL lol... ITS A SHAMBLE OF A LIFESTYLE but I won't change, nor will any other enthusiasts.