Is your car a cop target?

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Postby eritate » Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:01 am

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Gender: Male
Car: Mr2 Sw20 GT
Exhaust: 2 1/2" mandrel bent into 3" straight through with 4" tip muffler
Intake: Pod filter
Bling: Sacked legally :) on white 17" 5zigens
Dodgy bits: Its bumpy as $&#$%

Number of times pulled over in last 12 months: 1
How many of these times were for -
Speeding:
Other traffic violation:
'Random' WOF/reg check:
Breathliser check: 1

Maybe its because I drive a mr2 its not a car they target ?
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Postby BlakJak » Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:27 pm

Did it occurr to anyone that this is a grossly unscientific discussion? :P

Whether you get pulled over or not is usually a byproduct of your driving habits - where and hwo you drive - and nothing to do with whether your car is a target or not.

I drive a factory ST195 Caldina, pulled over exactly _no_ times. Ever.


(I got pulled up once in my ST185 for speeding, which the cop couldnt prove and then let me off with a warning - but I wont deny that its very likely that my speed at the time was sufficient to draw attention to myself, legal or not.)
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Postby flygt4 » Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:48 pm

it depends. id say 70% of the time people are pulled over becoz of how they were driving. most of the time police officers cant be assed with traffic stops anyway.
im fairly convinced that sometimes they just get bored of cruising round, and pull over cars that they consider have a higher chance of something being iffy on.
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Postby MrBeef » Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:01 pm

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Age: 18
Gender: Male
Car: 96 Holden Vectra
Exhaust: Standard
Intake: Standard
Bling: Stereo?
Dodgy bits: Lost a hubcab

Number of times pulled over in last 12 months: 2 (but not in the vectra in my corolla) Cop saw a bunch of us jump into a flax bush at Harvey Normans, pulled us over as we left and took our details down
How many of these times were for -
Speeding: 0
Other traffic violation: Failure to give way
'Random' WOF/reg check: 0
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Postby bbq1988 » Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:47 pm

Name: Harley
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Car: 96 Curren
Exaust: Standard
Intake: K&N POD Filter
Bling: Wheels? (basic 17s)
Dodgey bits: None
Number of times pulled over in last 12 months: 3

Speeding: 0
Other traffic violation: 0
'Random' WOF/reg check: 1
Breath Test: 1
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Postby Steelo » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:59 am

Name: Adam
Age: 19
Gender: Male

Car: 1997 Trueno Bz-r
Exaust: Standard
Intake: Standard
Bling: 18" TSWs, TRD springs
Dodgey bits: None
Number of times pulled over in last 12 months: 0

Speeding: 0
Other traffic violation: 0
'Random' WOF/reg check: 0

Cars: 1985 Levin SE
Exaust: Standard
Intake: Standard
Bling: 13" enkei entrants (oldschool)......watch this space!
Dodgey bits: the standard soggy suspension.......understeer
Number of times pulled over in last 12 months: 0

Speeding: 0
Other traffic violation: 0
'Random' WOF/reg check: 0
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Postby Phoenixkp62 » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:29 am

Christian "phoenix"
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Car: Kp62 Starlet
Exhaust: standard
Intake: None
Bling: 13" Tridents, Monster Tach, Gloss Black paint
Dodgy bits: 0

Number of times pulled over in last 12 months: 2 times
How many of these times were for -
Speeding: -
Other traffic violation: Just bull crap wasting my time checking WOF/REG and if i was wearing a seatbelt.
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Postby TTEETT » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:57 am

Graham
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Car: 2006 Holden Astra SRi Turbo
Exhaust: Stock 2 1/4 inch, sounds good.
Intake: K&N Element, VXR cold Intake.
Bling: Its new and shiny
Dodgy bits: :P

Number of times pulled over in last 12 months:2 Hade car about 8 weeks and been pulled over twice.

How many of these times were for -
Speeding: 2 (65 in a 50 & 124 in 100)
Other traffic violation: 0
'Random' WOF/reg check: 0
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Postby TTEETT » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:01 am

Graham
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Car: 1985 Corolla GT
Exhaust: 2 1/4 inch, hot-dog and super turbo.
Intake: K&N Pod.
Bling: 14inch wheels, black bumpers. lowered 50mm.
Dodgy bits: 0

Number of times pulled over in last 12 months. 0

How many of these times were for -
Speeding: 0
Other traffic violation: 0
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