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Old 19-01-2008, 10:04 PM   #1
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Melbourne west guys- Sunshine Ave....a silver AU "work" ute with household insulation bats in the tray is a speed camera. Man they are getting more shifty and shifty... or desperate!
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Old 19-01-2008, 10:20 PM   #2
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Melbourne west guys- Sunshine Ave....a silver AU "work" ute with household insulation bats in the tray is a speed camera. Man they are getting more shifty and shifty... or desperate!
If that's true I'd be surprised. I didn't think they were allowed to do that.

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Old 19-01-2008, 10:24 PM   #3
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If that's true I'd be surprised. I didn't think they were allowed to do that.

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Im with you mate. Pics of said car would be much appreciated.
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Old 19-01-2008, 10:28 PM   #4
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i have seen (was a fair few years ago around 00 / 01) an XH panno, complete with tandem trailer with stuff on it, with a camera set up out the front.... it does happen
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Old 19-01-2008, 10:37 PM   #5
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Meh.....sarcasm might be too much for some.
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Old 19-01-2008, 10:46 PM   #6
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Im with you mate. Pics of said car would be much appreciated.
It's been there the past 2 days, will try and get a few with my camera phone. I couldnt believe it myself. Had the whole setup on the front of the car and everything.

I was wondering why I was getting head light flashes, kept my eye for the usual the station wagon or 4wd. Nope.. definatley a lookalike tradies work ute.
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Old 19-01-2008, 11:58 PM   #7
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I very much doubt this.
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Old 20-01-2008, 12:02 AM   #8
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im corio near my place the coppers have a XG panno and x jimms mowing trailer, i love it they, try and hide it but it stands out

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Old 20-01-2008, 12:06 AM   #9
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im corio near my place the coppers have a XG panno and x jimms mowing trailer, i love it they, try and hide it but it stands out like dog's ball's.

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Eaxctly my point... this does happen.

On one occasion, I had a station wagon speed camera over take me on a one way road, flawed his car to get way ahead, pulled over and waited for me to pass him. After passing him, he took off back behind me!

They will play at any game to get anyone!
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Old 20-01-2008, 10:33 AM   #11
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They without doubt use late model rodeo crew cabs in the eastern suburbs. Saw him at the last moment cost me 110 bucks to confirm that..
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Well hey if you dont speed there is no need to look out for the bloody things is there....
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Old 20-01-2008, 10:50 AM   #13
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Well hey if you dont speed there is no need to look out for the bloody things is there....
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Why so mate, sticking to the speed limit removes the need to worry about cameras and police.... Do the right thing and they have nothing to pin you for.
People always have a sook about speeding fines and cameras but the fact is if you get done you have done something wrong.
Grow up mate..........
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Sure it's just not a dumpy level or some kind of surveying equipment?

Highly doubt they could do this. And if they could, it wouldn't be an AU...
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Old 20-01-2008, 11:15 AM   #17
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honestly.....who DOESN'T speed these days???? What do you do when you over take? To say "I never speed" is bullcrap.


I read some article in Cars Guide in the Herald that said every driver will sub-consciencely speed at least 7 times on a half an hour trip :P.
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Old 20-01-2008, 11:27 AM   #18
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honestly.....who DOESN'T speed these days???? What do you do when you over take? To say "I never speed" is bullcrap.


I read some article in Cars Guide in the Herald that said every driver will sub-consciencely speed at least 7 times on a half an hour trip :P.
no one has cruise control do they.
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Old 20-01-2008, 01:56 PM   #19
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dropped a mate off and he spotted a vl commodore with cops in it, undercover, mill park area, 2 days ago

and back on topic :P
have only spotted those typical 4x4? camera cars, get some pics of that car will ya
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dropped a mate off and he spotted a vl commodore with cops in it, undercover, mill park area, 2 days ago

and back on topic :P
have only spotted those typical 4x4? camera cars, get some pics of that car will ya
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Old 20-01-2008, 02:32 PM   #21
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It does happen ive seen a SS with surfboards on the roof as I live at the coast, they looked like nothing strange. Also have seen a AU wagon with some ladders on the roof and it was a unmarked cop car
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Friend here got pulled over by plain clothed cops in an 2002 model Hilux, small led lights mounted behind the bullbar and had a siren too.
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Well hey if you dont speed there is no need to look out for the bloody things is there....
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Old 20-01-2008, 02:53 PM   #24
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the cameras live in the passenger cabin and the darad unit generally stuck to the front. They are NOT put in the back of utes.
People are now doing things to take the p155 out of the paranoid types.
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What that got to do with anything? Who sets their cruise control around suburban streets??????? LOL
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A few people have posted that i have the wrong idea on this and the cameras are in the wrong....but hey i am sure its not the camera that is speeding its you ...think about it before you sook for speeding fines.
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What that got to do with anything? Who sets their cruise control around suburban streets??????? LOL
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A few people have posted that i have the wrong idea on this and the cameras are in the wrong....but hey i am sure its not the camera that is speeding its you ...think about it before you sook for speeding fines.
Nah, I think you have the right idea ZC. I've been driving for 14 years now and never had a speeding fine. Been through plenty of speed cameras as well.
As for speeding whilst overtaking, if it's a dual lane (or more) carriageway, then I won't speed. A single lane carriageway, then yes, I will speed to spend the least amount of time on the wrong side of the road, but that is only on country roads. If it's in suburbia, I'll whine and moan about how slow the person in front is, but I'll stay behind them until they get out of the way.

I can't believe the word used to describe a female dog is in the swear filter! Lucky we don't discuss dog breeding here...
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They without doubt use late model rodeo crew cabs in the eastern suburbs. Saw him at the last moment cost me 110 bucks to confirm that..
Thats all I've ever seen between Drouin & Dandenong. Always have canopys on the back too..
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