Cops are tops.

Falcon_Phill · 23-06-2007, 10:27 PM

No front P plate
Back number plate wasnt visible due to towbar
Was wearing thongs
P plate that was on, wasnt visible and was in the wrong spot
Speeding 15km over the limit

He handed me a p plate rule book and let me off from over $500 worth of fines and loss of points. What an awesome copper.

aye you · 23-06-2007, 10:29 PM

geez, lucky break mate. whats the deal with the thongs tho?

TheSneakiness · 23-06-2007, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Falcon_Phill

Was wearing thongs

You got done for wearing thongs while driving????

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MITCHAY · 23-06-2007, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by aye you

geez, lucky break mate. whats the deal with the thongs tho?

I think you can get into poo for driving bare foot too.

EF Futura 07 · 23-06-2007, 10:36 PM

sorry to here that, its like not displayin p plates means your a criminal! and u wernt wearing shoes, you should be ashamed of yourself

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woodsy109 · 23-06-2007, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by aye you

geez, lucky break mate. whats the deal with the thongs tho?

Yeah what is the go with that? Is it illegal to wear thongs while driving?

I've been wearing them from the day I got my learners and it would be un-australian to have a law like that.

Falcon_Phill · 23-06-2007, 10:52 PM

In NSW they dont like them, he said it and my driver instructor told me that when I was on my L's. Anyway, there were 5 cars in front of me and I was going as fast as them, he even said so. Since my cars on MPH and I usually go as fast as everyone else. I was just the one between them and him.

That feeling of those lights flashing in your car definatly isnt a good one.

Nostalgia · 23-06-2007, 10:53 PM

So all is good. The question here is "Have you learnt a lesson from this" ?

Ives · 23-06-2007, 11:01 PM

I really dont see why we MUST wear close-toed shoes. I love driving with barefoot.

Falcon_Phill · 23-06-2007, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by EAadam

So all is good. The question here is "Have you learnt a lesson from this" ?

Yeh, dont go to Campbelltown the Appin way.

I did have barefoot, but put the thongs on to get out. Im thinking maybe because I have had no driving offence in over 4 years that he let me go, im not really sure.

Falc'man · 23-06-2007, 11:09 PM

Yeah its good when the cops are reasonable and show that its not just revenue they're after. When they give you a good little talk and respect you at the same time, it goes a long way with getting people to heed...

I've been let go a few times and felt more obliged to stick with the road rules than when I was unreasonably booked..

EF Futura 07 · 23-06-2007, 11:13 PM

he wasnt Constable Wier or Weir was he? hes a reall ****. i used to live at Raby. and know of him.

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Falcon_Phill · 23-06-2007, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by EF Futura 07

he wasnt Constable Wier or Weir was he? hes a reall ****. i used to live at Raby. and know of him.

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Im not sure, the blinding light in my face didnt let me see much of him. Funilly enough on the way back home, I got pulled over for an RBT, I passed it and he had a go about my P plates just like the other cop but didnt beleive that Id been pulled over before about it by the highway patrol. I showed him the P plate book I was given and he acted like I carried it around as an excuse. Maybe that was Mr Weir.

tim2x · 23-06-2007, 11:19 PM

My car broke down the other day

The coppers put on the lights and helped me and my g/f push my car to a safe location for me to work on it.

There are some decent coppers out and theres some *******.

Just like how theres some decent human beings and *******.

EF Futura 07 · 23-06-2007, 11:20 PM

tall,medium build and a heavy voice? smart*** too

Billy351 · 23-06-2007, 11:20 PM

You would not get away with any of it in Victoria

burnz · 23-06-2007, 11:31 PM

alltho i'm not a copper i would have let you go.
but i'd pin you for thongs

Powdered Toast Man · 23-06-2007, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by EF Futura 07

its like not displayin p plates means your a criminal!

Ahh, yeah that's exactly what it means. It's illegal if you are P plater to not display your Ps so technically that makes you a criminal. I don't understand why people don't. I know, cops pick on P platers yada yada. I always dispalyed my P plates and for the first year and a half I owned a lowered V8 XA coupe with a loud exhaust and was pulled over a whole 2 times! And one of those was only because of all the oil smoke it puffed out the exhaust. So there must be more to it than just displaying a couple of red (or green or white depending on state) plates.

Falcon Phill it sounds like you were lucky. Dunno about the laws re the thongs, I think they just frown on wearing unsuitable shoes for driving, it's not illegal I don't think. I thought driving with bare feet was ok.

Duc21 · 23-06-2007, 11:47 PM

You were lucky with the thongs..... thats why i wear massuers, the "dress" thong ;-)

fordxrtfan · 23-06-2007, 11:49 PM

I had no idea that driving with thongs were illegal. Is it in the rule book?

Ridin-High · 23-06-2007, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Falcon_Phill

No front P plate
Back number plate wasnt visible due to towbar
Was wearing thongs
P plate that was on, wasnt visible and was in the wrong spot
Speeding 15km over the limit

He handed me a p plate rule book and let me off from over $500 worth of fines and loss of points. What an awesome copper.

He got in trouble for wearing a 'thong'... indecent exposure

woodsy109 · 24-06-2007, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Ridin-High

He got in trouble for wearing a 'thong'... indecent exposure

Ok lets get this right. Thong in Australia is one of a pair of thongs, the things you wear on your feet. It does not and never will mean a g-string in Australia.

I know you were just having a joke but by using it with a different meaning, you are destroying the image of an iconic Australian footwear.

Billy351 · 24-06-2007, 12:37 AM

Thongs in winter = poor bogan

kyro_02 · 24-06-2007, 12:38 AM

don't we call thongs 'flip flops' ? and thongs as in 'g-string' :P

The Yeti · 24-06-2007, 08:16 AM

I'm tippen you wernt being a smart ar$e when he was talking to you.

Falcon_Phill · 24-06-2007, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by The Yeti

I'm tippen you wernt being a smart ar$e when he was talking to you.

Nope, I learnt that from a few other posts on this forum. I just agreed with everything he said and told him it was my fault.

Gimmers55 · 24-06-2007, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by kyro_02

don't we call thongs 'flip flops' ? and thongs as in 'g-string' :P

How could someone from Victoria say this.

Nate07 · 24-06-2007, 09:45 AM

Thongs are '***** slappers'

Singlets are 'wife-beaters'

eb_5litre · 24-06-2007, 10:06 AM

I was under the impression that improper footwear (thongs) could interfere with the operation of the pedals like getting caught underneath them etc...... However, I hung up my thongs when my wife threw away my flannos.... bloody women.

eXi7w0unD · 24-06-2007, 10:22 AM

when i was doing my driving lessons 2 year ago, my instructer said no shoes, cus some kid got into a learner car with wet underneth shoes cus of rain, sliped on the break peddals and smash the car etc. i even did my driving test barefooted.. weird.