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Sounds good in concept, but thats just that. Imagine if pettet or wolfe decide to make an appearance. When my calais is back on the road, whatever mods I do I intend to have engineered, so if some smartass cop wants to be a prick they can't do ****... Won't stop defects for things like bald tyers etc but, but thats no where near as bad as a EPA notice or anything. I'd be in, but I don't even have a car on the road so it doesn't count for much. But when it comes down to it, I don't trust cops when it comes to this sort of stuff, and for good reason.

Would be a fantastic idea i was telling my dad about this (hes a copper) and he reckons stuff like this will like be deffinatley a no with other coppers and once one or two people f**k up it stuffs it up for everyone haha HDT-VLCLE u from frankston or something is that how u no "wolfe" hes a tight arse

So your dad thinks that theres no chance? Is he TMU? Yeah Wolfe is a hard ass... but thats why I dont want it near Frankston or Knox.

Quote: Originally Posted by bar0034 Would be a fantastic idea i was telling my dad about this (hes a copper) and he reckons stuff like this will like be deffinatley a no with other coppers and once one or two people f**k up it stuffs it up for everyone haha HDT-VLCLE u from frankston or something is that how u no "wolfe" hes a tight arse thats the thing that sh!ts me, the negative attitude a mojority of cops have when it comes to people wanting to enjoy their cars...if we as a group are trying to do the right thing by the law and them why should there be a problem?...if an enthusiastic group such as our selves want to put together a regular meeting spot that is under the supervision of police i dont see why they should just rock up and slap canarys on everyones cars...if they honestly mean that they want to reduce the road toll etc why dont they have these sort of things where we can come to a safe environment and do things legally..

Well said Chemical. Thats basically what Im getting at. I honestly dont think that all police want us to hate our lives and do nothing fun... but to just do it safely - thats why I proposed with their supervision and support. Clearly what theyre currently doing (TAC ads, hoon laws, speeding fines, defects) arent working because the road toll isnt going down, young blokes still race, and there is still hatred for police with alot of people being treated unfairly. Dont try to fight it, play by thier rules or itll never work. Cant just sit there and do nothing... can you?

^exactly mate What they should be doing is giving us a place and a time to meet and do our thing, get to know a few local cops, have a chat etc i think the best way to go abouts holding a meet once a month or wotever is by making it a bit of a charity event, where everyone donates a gold coin on entry and all funds go towards a particular foundation..if the bikies do it so should we, i always see them in the news "bikies cruising for charity..raising money for the royal childerns hospital" or wotever i think that by doing that we will not only gain the support of police but also redeem a postive image

il back this up 100% i reckon its a very good idea expecially if we have young car enthusiast not doing anything wrong like hooning we can show people that its only a fair few young p platers wrecking it for the rest of us

I think its a great idea... it would give people a chance to show off cars, n catch up without to much fear of getting defected and wat-not. And also changing spots every week would not only cut down the idiots wrecking it for everyone it would also somewhere "new" to drive to. with the right organisation it could be done

Well this is on the back burner for now. Im too busy with other things to follow it up. Furthermore I just dont think it is going to work. Itll cause arguments and there will be non stop hassles. For now, its on the shelf.

That sucks, but even still. I doubt it would work, cops love to be assholes.

It could work. If you could (not sure about legalities etc) write a letter on behalf of the CT website with a CT logo etc on it then maybe you wouldn't be generalized into the catergory of 'hoons.' Instead it would be an official group thats trying to stand out from all the knobs on the road, at the meetings you bring something that says 'Calais Turbo' on it. ( i think someone has a flag or a tie up banner, i saw one at the calais turbo shed at easternats.) That way people who are there to enjoy cars and to have a good chat and it would be easier for the cops to distinguish between tossers and people that actually just want to cruise and talk about their cars. Just throwing out ideas, anyone from CT could just whack a CT sticker on their rear windscreen or something. And yeah the charity thing is a really good way to promote us. Its not as if we could get negative attention for funding a charity like the cancer foundation or anything like that? And yeah basically what everyones been saying, it just takes one idiot to stuff up the whole thing, thats why i think the CT idea would work. Just keep in mind if someone that had a CT sticker on the back of their window got caught rippin a massive skid on boost, you'd all be stuffed. Hopefully this can work.

Good Thinking Tom thats a great idea, why arent you at school though? haha

Haha, why aren't you at work mate. Nah i got tafe today so had the morning off.

Interesting idea tommy... I might talk to Steve about it... although I think he will be tougher to convince than the popo!

Doubt it. That would mean anyone that puts a CT.com.au sticker on their car would be officially representing the site. Then it would backfire... CT would be labeled a community of hoons by the likes of ACC and TT, and by other useless journalist too.

good idea for the safety zone but cops being cops the second you cross the border from the "safety zone" watch them pull ya over, they will just kick bak waiting for people to leave so they can canary u

Well Brett, why dont you find some details out about the meet over at Cranbourne race course. Next time its on just ask who organizes it, if they make any donations to charity etc. They never get targeted by cops do they? In theory the whole idea is really good. But practically i doubt it would work. I think its probably better if people that want to meet up or people that are going out cruising on a Friday night just start a thread in this section. Basically, you could get canary'd any time the cops want to be ass holes, whether your being a knob or not, whether your with a massive group of other cars or not. Brett, what your suggesting, is this a meet up held at night? For some reason i think police are more intolerant of large groups of drivers at night. I'm just saying this because every day cruise I've been on, cops have never been a hassle whereas most of the night cruises, the cops are *******s. Maybe this is because of what happened at Noble park, or maybe the cops just think that theres more ****head drivers out at night? Making it a Sunday arvo or Saturday could change the belief that the cops have on us. When you think about it, most hot rod shows are held in the afternoon, they never get hassled. Just another thought.

The thing about hot rods though is that almost none of them ever break the law! Theyre older more mature owners. When was the last time you saw a hotrod race or donut an intersection up!

Quote: Originally Posted by PROGMH I havnt thought of a location yet, give me a few days or even if anyone has any recommendations please pm me. Keep it away from knox, think of a well lit area and preferably away from housing. I guess your best bet would be to try and setup a meeting with someone from the Traffic Department of the Police Force. That would ideally be your first step. Maybe they would have a location for you aswell. Petitions aren't personal enough, and it's more of a demanding action. I'd go for a phone call and ask if you could speak to someone that can help you out, even if you get some kind of Public relations person to start you off maybe you could set up further meetings from there. I think it's a great idea and there should be more of it. People are forgetting that it works both ways, if they let you meet and play safe without giving you a hard time and defects, in return they get more respect from the community and everyone gets what they want. On the other hand if they start defecting you in mass proportions on the first night it happens, pull the pin. It doesn't happen again and the car community pull out of the deal on the basis that it was not how it was intended to happen and won't happen again. I'd support it definitely if I was down that way. And hey, first few meetings you can always turn up in your parents car that can't be defected and see what happens.