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Ian
21-01-2006, 06:06 AM
Hey has anyone in brisbane noticed an increased number of cops on the road lately?

in the past 48 hours ive seen 3 lit up xmas trees, one of which pulled me over (more on this in a second)

ive seen two RBT's, one of which I had to go through, 3 speed cameras and porker bikes everywhere.

anyway just then, comming back from chermside (GF's house) I saw a flash, not in my rear vision mirror but I saw it light up the road. I was sitting dead on 60 however I was out in front of the traffic. That being said, there were people who had to be speeding behind me. Anyway, I hooked a U turn, drove back down the road, hooked another and drove along slowly looking for said camera the whole time... Couldnt find one. So I said to myself meh and drove on.

Anyway...

Driving along, a cop gets on my tail and starts following me through lane changes and round corners(I wasent trying to loose him... I just had to turn there). I was driving real slow at this stage, changing at 3000 rpm to avoid turbo flutter and eventually lights his xmas tree up. I keep driving for a while as theres nowhere to pull off and he gets a bit antsy but i point to a sidestreet out the sunroof and he calms down.

Anyway, he gets out, RBT's me, asks me a few questions, finds out im in teh army and go's away.

Im just woundering if the two have anything to do with each other... The flash from the non-existant camera that I couldnt find and the cop who pulled me up 300-400 M down the road.

He would have had a hard time finding me after my double hooks. I didnt see where he came from, he just appeared in my rear vision mirror.

Im not worried. The cop didnt seem all that upset with me, and I wasent speeding. If I get something in the mail in 2 weeks time my plan is to fight it, as I do not believe I was doing anything wrong.

Come to think of it, ive been flashed once before, and it light the whole ass-end of the car up. This flash didnt seem aimed at me... I dunno. Im going to ring the local police station up tommrow and ask them what the go is.

twilightprotege
21-01-2006, 10:17 AM
sometimes cars with projector headlights and hid's can look like a speed camera flash when they go over bumps.

MitchEG
21-01-2006, 02:15 PM
^Honda Accord Euros are the worst for that!

Ian- look what happens as soon as ur drivng a car with a turbo in it, they can smell it :P

mcwilly
21-01-2006, 03:21 PM
i wanna be smelt lol

Ian
21-01-2006, 04:09 PM
Yeah... This really looked like a flash tho.. I didnt see it in my rear vision mirror, I saw it light up the whole street infront of me.

Fro-Daddy
21-01-2006, 04:32 PM
maybe some tool with a camera, i do it all the time haha! serves them right, if they werent speeding then they have nothing to worry about anyways :)

Cosmo Dude
21-01-2006, 05:31 PM
Sometimes the cammera is set too low to make the flash go off. Anyone who sees the flash will automaticly slow down. The driver flashed will be shown at the speed and if it isn't above the limit then you don't get a ticket.

New turbo paranoia????

Enzo
21-01-2006, 06:33 PM
Where abouts was it you got flashed? As I was driving around that area today.

Ian
21-01-2006, 07:22 PM
Again, I wasent sure I was flashed. I saw a flash but it didnt seem aimed at me.

It was on that 3 lane either way road that runs past chermside shoping center and aspley maccas. I cant remember the name of it.

Sounds about right actually. I took off quickly from the lights cause thats what turbos do and its actually quite hard to take off slowly like a normal car... No matter how easy you take it, you allways wind up infront of the other cars (I had a bogan-lowered commonwhore on my right who may or may not have been trying to race me and a van on the left)

anyway he flash's me, and when I dont go over the speed limit get gets annoyed and radios one of his mates to come pull me up. The cop who pulled me up was ex-army, which really worked out for me...

Still and all, I couldnt find the camera that flashed me. Maybe it was a red light camera for someone behind me running the set of lights I had just taken off from? I didnt see any red light cameras but then again I wasent paying much attention.. it was 5 in the morning and all I wanted to do was go home and go to bed.

meh. I wasent speeding. So fk them.

Cosmo Dude
21-01-2006, 07:50 PM
I had an extend port 13B turbo in my old 929 and didn't even get pulled over for a RBT.
You are being paranoid.

twilightprotege
21-01-2006, 10:21 PM
that'll be gympie rd ian

Nate
21-01-2006, 10:28 PM
You are being paranoid.

agreed ... and paranioa is what gets you pulled over! driving around trying to do the right thing and being over cautious atracts attention to yourself. if you find youself beside / front of a cop just drive like you normally would (within the law) ... dont dawdel off the lights and dont ride the brakes!!!

most of all get that car complied before you come down to sydney :p