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No, there will be some cops who try it on, just because they can. Remember, this is the state that when confronted with evidence a camera may have been faulty for some months, wouldnt even entertain the idea of rescinding fines over that period.
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Prior to images being available online a colleague received a fine in the mail. He went into the city to look at the image and it was not his car in the photograph. Different registration and manufacturer. No compensation for his time. |
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For the record I travrl through many diffrrent gantrys, under bridges and even through the Heysen tunnels without issue but pass through a particular few and it hangs up every single time. |
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It baffles me how many people can't drive without having their phone out. Seriously. Just drive. It's not hard. Leave your phone in your pocket.
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A sign of the direction of the human race. People can't even talk to the person sitting with them. Our daughter can't phone us to talk, she must text instead.
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It seems to be the only language idiots understand $$$$$$$$$
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Sure, I sound like an old fuddy dud but nearly all generations have a phone these days but not all generations have their lives dictated by them.
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Looks like lawyers are already onto this. The final 5 second is a snippet from Shaun Hardy, a well known traffic lawyer, as I thought, it's the blatant infringements that you can't defend, who will get done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqJyvkY_MNg
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It’s like they have to check their phones for world breaking news every few seconds like OCD Every time cars are stopped at lights or in peak hour stop and go, out comes the phone…. In Brisbane, they have cops on motorbikes riding between stopped cars capturing them on helmet cams. It’s unbelievable to watch, their heads down, not noticing something just over their right shoulder… I hear the government now has cameras everywhere on lights and gantries to look down and catch phone users |
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Same with police on motorbikes riding around looking into windows looking for phone usage. I think the worst thing I saw on the road there was how the bendy bus drivers pick up and drop off passengers in Adelaide CBD - they drive like it's June 6, 1944 and they're dropping off soldiers on Omaha beach, I took a wrong turn and ended up unintentionally joining the fight, going through Adelaide CBD with the bendy bus drivers on a mission to liberate France, one white collar worker at a time, I even got a photo of it: ![]() That's the first time I've seen an effort by any police to crack down on it, here in Melbourne if was just police driving by and then deciding to pull you over if they saw and they could be bothered. Mates Dad got done on the phone, taking a call from management a couple years ago in the semi. Gets pulled over and the cop asks 'Why we're you using your phone?' He's all 'I was checking the GPS' 'With your ear?' ![]() Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 02-04-2023 at 10:50 AM. |
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Just don’t touch your phone! |
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I get tired of fxxxwits drifting out of their lane on a multi lane Rd because they are texting or whatever
ESP when I have 9 elderly people or Ndis young people on a 12 seat community transport bus It’s out of control |
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Surely if they're serious about safety, ANY collision between moving vehicles should be attended and charges laid? |
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I stopped driving heavy vehicles 15 years ago.
We were warned that use of a mobile phone was cause for instant dismissal, and had to sign an acknowledge of that rule. But if the depot wanted to contact us by 2 way radio, it was OK to keep driving and answer the call. That practice reeked of double standards to me. I have no idea now about the rules of using 2 way radio, as I don't use it. |
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I don’t think transport coy s use two ways much now although my local bus coy still does and of course cb s still used
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For every 1 crash you hear about there has been another 500, from once being a towie amongst hundreds of other towies and making a comfortable living from it, I can safely say they don't have the resources to come to all crashes, I am now in the repair game and being only 1 panel shop out of thousands and the 100 cars a week that we do, you can see how bad people drive even without a distraction. Police will only show up if it involves injuries, fatality, drugs and alcohol, they will also come to the ones where the people are punching on 🤣, but for clear cut fender benders you just report it yourself. |
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I nearly died a coupla years ago when a ranger driver was looking on his lap, presumably texting, I was heading east, him west, kept his head down while the road turned to the left for him, crossed his lane, filled my side window with Ford badge/grill at 110 km/hr, had me on the shoulder, until he looked up with eyes as wide as dinner plates, straight towards my drivers door across double lines. True slow motion events and recall tell me it was close... $1000 fine isn't enough for these wombats, but then I go and buy a car with a digital control screen which requires 3 screen presses to do everything, eyes always leave the road for a second or two, I hate it, kids love it... |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Nope, they get you to pay the fine, cant get money from a dead man!
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They're in Queensland.... with an amusing number of cameras dedicated to making sure the trailers arent vandalised!
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Location: Australasia
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Problem is many idiots don't care or pay fines, they only do it when they get caught and vehicle gets locked by the sheriff when found.
You be surprised how many people go about evading to paying their fines. |
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Although this wouldn't bother some people.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Nah, its not happening in Victoria, so its not a problem.....yet.
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Well well.... saw one of these new AI camera contraptions on the way from Geelong to Portarlington this morning. Was placed in a 60 zone. You can't miss them, they stand out!
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A colleague said there has been one on Green Gully Rd, Keilor and another on Dandenong Rd Malvern.
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