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Old 15-09-2005, 10:43 AM   #61
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What are the tolerences like in QLD? I was going 115 or so in a 110 and some Landcruiser was on the side of the road with police markings. Didn't have a 'Speed camera operating' sign though. And I'm from ACT so I didn't twig that a Landcruiser would be a speed trap. How long to QLD take to send fines through?
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Old 15-09-2005, 12:00 PM   #62
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What are the tolerences like in QLD? I was going 115 or so in a 110 and some Landcruiser was on the side of the road with police markings. Didn't have a 'Speed camera operating' sign though. And I'm from ACT so I didn't twig that a Landcruiser would be a speed trap. How long to QLD take to send fines through?
Mate it takes about 2 to 4 weeks for them to send out fines,also up here cops have black (no markings) svu's on speed camera ops, you have got to keep your eyes open etc...
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Old 15-09-2005, 12:02 PM   #63
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Mate it takes about 2 to 4 weeks for them to send out fines,also up here cops have black (no markings) svu's on speed camera ops, you have got to keep your eyes open etc...
SVU's? What type of vehicles are they? How common are speed cameras within the north Brisbane suburbs? Paranoid now :P I was wondering why noone sped in QLD.
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Old 15-09-2005, 12:29 PM   #64
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Done it!! Because they are just lowly scum, they don't have the right to make you move either. :yeees: The guy was just about to set up when he asked me if I would move.. "Ummmm no" and continued to hassle me for ages. I didn't budge. Eventually he moved off. Sucker. :
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Old 15-09-2005, 12:30 PM   #65
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depends on the colour of the badge coming my way. another sort of fun thing to do is when u see 1, speed up to it then just as u get close put ur brakes on and get back down to the limit - i have to much spare time i think
hey your not that strange..I do it too!

If its a P plater commodore the is not a hope in hell I would...but I try and help other fords where I can.

Immature yes, but I know so many spastics driving commys that should not have there licence. :newangel:
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Old 15-09-2005, 12:35 PM   #66
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I flash people everytime (my headlights that is). I always appreciate it when people flash their headlights at me. I suppose one good deed deserves another!!
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Old 15-09-2005, 01:10 PM   #67
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I've been pulled up for flashing (my lights, you perverts). What you MUST say is "I was testing the operation of my lights, officer." This is perfectly legal, and you are entitled to do it on public roads.
Not in Victoria it ain't! You just have to be careful no to flash your high-beams. There's no law against flashing low beams. It's a funny one though because everyone is saying they flash people to slow them down, but if we see people screaming past us, we think they're idiots for speeding and deserve to be caught.

Imagine if the guy you flashed slowed down only to speed up again once past the camera and went on to cause a serious collision. Just because you wanted to be "friendly" or whatever the reasons are. And why is this the only time people want to extend any sort of courtesy on the road to lawbreakers? Think of how some people react to getting cut off, another minor offence in the scheme of things. Do we all just flash our lights and wave our hands like flashing police lights to them?
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Old 15-09-2005, 01:48 PM   #68
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SVU's? What type of vehicles are they? How common are speed cameras within the north Brisbane suburbs? Paranoid now :P I was wondering why noone sped in QLD.
I mean in townsville,SVU"s? Landcruisers,Mitsubishi pajero etc. no kidding..
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Old 15-09-2005, 04:29 PM   #69
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Not in Victoria it ain't! You just have to be careful no to flash your high-beams. There's no law against flashing low beams.
This I'd like to see, flashing headlights using the standard fitted unit only flashes high beam.
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Old 15-09-2005, 04:32 PM   #70
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I mean in townsville,SVU"s? Landcruisers,Mitsubishi pajero etc. no kidding..
ROFL. I think you mean 'SUV' (Sports Utility Vehicle). Only Seppo's call them that, here in the real world we call 'em 4WD's.
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Old 15-09-2005, 05:11 PM   #71
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This I'd like to see, flashing headlights using the standard fitted unit only flashes high beam.
Try the on/off switch for your headlights really quickly and it will be just like a flash... :
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Old 15-09-2005, 05:24 PM   #72
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Try the on/off switch for your headlights really quickly and it will be just like a flash... :
Hahahaaa.. wait wait! let me write that down! On... then Off.... then...?? :P
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Old 15-09-2005, 05:56 PM   #73
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Its Illegal in WA to operate High Beam in built up area. They went on a rampage a while back to get people. There is nothing wrong with turning your headlights on and off on low beam though.
I flash, you might as well try to slow hte fast ones down, but once they are past the camera they are off again.
The most revenue is from the second camera 200m down the road (Gotcha)
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Old 15-09-2005, 06:12 PM   #74
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Yeah, Camera Operators in WA are tricky bastards, especially on Kwinana Fwy

Soooo many times I see a multanova on the other side of one of the bridges, then the next bridge there is a bike/hwy grunt with a handheld just drooling over the car accelerating from 90 to 150...

And I have seen kids on Shepperton holding upa sign saying speed camera ahead. It was so awesome everyone that went past was cheering and honking horns and like that.

Multanova's are the scourge of WA roads. Operators I don't have a problem with they're just doing their job
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Old 15-09-2005, 06:24 PM   #75
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Agree with ya there Clontarf.
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Old 15-09-2005, 06:49 PM   #76
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Bindi wrote: "I do not flash my lights anymore out of principle. If they wanna speed and get done by the cops, it's not my issue. They are the ones driving like idiots and could be the ones that cause the next accident through reckless endangerment".

Bindi - clarify could you what is 'safe speed', and then explain at what point does this 'safe speed' become 'un-safe'.

And then explain the relevance between unsafe speed and the posted or default applicable speed limit.


superpursuit83: Can you guide me to the relevant WA legislation that prohibits high-beam use outright in a built-up area, thanks.
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Old 15-09-2005, 07:06 PM   #77
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...clarify could you what is 'safe speed'...
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Looks like a sig I sometimes use. "If you drive fast enough, you're past the accident before it happens!"
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Old 15-09-2005, 07:54 PM   #79
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ofcoarse...it would be un-australian not to flash your fellow brothers of the road..
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I generally check the traffic first. If it is a "sik-uleh" in a wrx or one of those cars that goes "pshhhhh" when they change gear, or a ricer that has been dropped and is fitted with a fart cannon; I'll never flash them. VL's or P platers I include in this rule.

Basically anything that has a level of SIKNESS; then I never flash em.
I think that's probably why so few flash in NSW, there are so many stereotypes that we hate.

If it looks like just a normal car or a nice ford, truck, van or basically anything that a non SIK (Stupid Inbred Kid) person would drive, then I'll always flash them.

Actually the other day on the Boulevarde in Strathfield I saw a motorcycle cop with a lidar gun in the 40Kph school area. He stopped a 30ish woman that I forgot to flash in a big lexus 4wd. I meant to flash her beforehand but at the time felt so conflicted.
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Another point on flashing:

Appropriately, Australian Road Rule 218 (2) allows, AS AN OPTION, for you to give a 'quick' flash of your high-beam (to alert vehicles ahead) your intention to overtake them.

The flash grabs attention, the indicators then show your intention.

Full indicators >>>>> out and when returning<<<<< must still be given.

This does not mean one should stay on high-beam 'blinding' or otherwise irritating that traffic!

The allowance arrives to us here in AUS/NZ via the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic, Road Signs and Signals.

PANDA - Hate to say it:-), but my experience is that I've seen a 74 year old lady drive at a higher rate of speed, by quite a few km/h to be honest. E46. But not in Australia . . .
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I would never flash people in a school zone if they are speeding around a school zone they deserve to get booked,moreso female mothers in huge 4x4 as they are some of the worst offenders. Often on the phone too. And Keepleft my mother recieved her first speeding fine at age 70,96 in a 60 zone. Not all that far from you @ Anna Bay.
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i flash but i think yesterday i got flashed by the wrong thing,was a wagon with a big bulb thingy on its roof :( will see in a few weeks wont I :P
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What are the tolerences like in QLD? I was going 115 or so in a 110 and some Landcruiser was on the side of the road with police markings. Didn't have a 'Speed camera operating' sign though. And I'm from ACT so I didn't twig that a Landcruiser would be a speed trap. How long to QLD take to send fines through?
Spoonage, I don't reckon you should worry!
Tolerences in QLD are said to be 10%. I set my cruise @ 110 in a 100 zone and 120 in a 110 zone and the mobile guys don't even look at you.

I have a hand held uhf and a detector, and get ample warnings of stationary units, so don't have any dramas.

I always flash/ warn trucks, Fords and more performance variants of cars, like SS's, HSV's, WRX's but not all cars.

In QLD you can be pinged for operating your Hi Beams within 200m of oncoming traffic, but you can legally switch you headlamps on/ off as much as you like!
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Allways, I even flash the camera.
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