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On the way home from the track today I got pulled over. I wasn't doing anything wrong so was a bit confused as to why. He proceeded to breathalyse me which was fine as I hadn't had anything, checks my license and then tells me the reason he pulled me over was because my trailer is out of date by three days! Oops, it had completely slipped my mind.

Now you need to understand if you don't own a trailer, that rego is just over $50 a year and they don't need to get checked for rego or get a pink or green slip either. So, the only difference between this trailer being regoed or not is the $50 payment over the Internet, which I could easily do when I got home. He then tells me I will have to leave the trailer on the spot (with the track bike in it, near Campbeltown) because I can't take it on the road unregistered and issues me with a $506 fine!

How the fuck can you justify a five hundred dollar fine for something being three days out of date of a fifty dollar registration? There is NO safety message that could possibly be linked to this fine what-so-ever. The trailer does not get checked for rego and there was absolutely nothing wrong with it when he checked over it so what did issuing me such a large fine achieve?

Now before you blokes that work in this industry start on about the attitude test, I was extremely polite at all times and even controlled my anger after the fine was issued. If this is not pure revenue raising then I am not here! The bureaucracy of this state's traffic laws and the way they are policed is ridiculous. The law is supposed to be there to protect people, not cause them misery at every possible oportunity.

The officer in question was young, had to be in his twenties, and seemed a little unsure of himself the way he went about his duties. If I had to guess I would say he has not been highway patrol for long. Is this how they establish themselves amongst their peers at work by racking up a huge quota of fines issued or was he just on a power trip? Honestly, how could he feel good about himself choosing to fuck up someones holidays rather than using discretion and issuing a reminder/warning. What good did he possibly do by issuing such a substantial fine?

That sucks big time....... Now you know why normal every day General duty coppers hate the fucken highway patrol cu#ts like the rest of us do...........

I'd pen a nice polite letter to the Police commissioner asking him that exact same question. This is just another punchline in the joke of "road safety"........

Thats $506 to REVENUE Nelso.
Whilst we're on the subject my dad drove thru the wrong tollgate, which was the 'exact' not change. He has a beeper, but obviously in this lane is of no use. No probs bout paying the toll, just that he got in the wrong lane and didn't have change, only notes.
Soooo, what does he get in the mai?
A $150.00 fine.
Had he went the e-way even without his tag being affixed, it would cost $3.80 cos his car is on the tag.
After writing to them to inform them of his mistake and give his tag details, he has just received a reply stating .... 'pay the fine'. Dad is taking it to court.
That sux Nelso, sorry to hear.

ps. I have to say that is one of the best tonka truck and trailer combinations I have seen. Oh, and of course complete with Kwakka in the back!!! Love it, love it, love it!!

Thats absolute crap Like Phil said, type a letter cause thats ridiculous!

Id be very surprised if you ended up out of pocket on this one

i say we try to overtake the government like the good old days...i hope they are not monitoring this

So rob did you leave the trailer ............................oh thats a joke of a fine... get pen to paper mate

thats insane, especially at this time of year.

Go see your MP. It's time that WE (the people of this state) say that this is nonsense and that we wont put up with it anymore. We must revolt (or something) to bring the pollies back into line with *normal* people.

Backdate a cheque stub and send a letter explaining you had sent the cheque in the mail.
With christmas time it must have gotten delayed at the post office or something.

Pay it and send copies of both the cheque stub and the payment made over the internet.


Farkin pricks! Theres no such thing as common decency any more, and your right, they wonder why we hate the bastards so much.

Nelso, that sounds like a bunch of crap. I mean 3 months i understand as it is blatant. 3 days i would be loosing my shit as well. I would have hoped that he gave you a warning and sent you on your way as it hadn't even gone 100 hours out of rego.

$150, what in the hell?

I cant believe it Nelso that you wouldn't THINK OF THE CHILDREN, I mean that trailer was clearly a MENACE to society by being out of rego for 3 days..

farkin pigs, there just ticket issuers nowadays...and how the fuck do they think $500+ is a reasonable fine for the offense...thats just bullshit !

A police officer is only a policy enforcer, if he were to not enforce the policy of the regime under which he is employed he would not be doing his job, the real problem here is the policy.

+1 for revolution

Nelso wrote: Are cops trying to get everyone to hate them?

Yes, and we do a fucken fantastic job of it!

Hey Rob, If you have a mate with a mechanical business, get him to give you a receipt dated the same day and when you put pen to paper, tell them you were taking the trailer top the repairer to ensure it was roadworthy ........... juat a thought