At around the 8pm mark last night I was driving around to find a good pub for the start of mine & my friend's farewell. Now, the Glenmore (& its rooftop bar) is situated right near the Harbour Bridge Climbing Centre. What I failed to remember is that you shouldn't take an import through The Rocks on a Friday night.
Apon leaving I, of course, got pulled over for a "random breath test" - ie a cop car went past the intersection I was stopped at & waited for me on the side of the road. The obligatory bonnet pop & questions later I was told that my exhaust wasn't legal for the car. The cop said he wasn't going to book me for it due to that fact that I "seemed like a decent guy"...
I consider myself very lucky as not only is exhaust fairly obnoxious, but the rear tyres protrude quite obviously & the boost control sticks out like the dogs bollocks. I think they let me off because I was quite pleasant & chatty with them. The lesson is, I guess, if you not cagey or a smartarse the cops can be very reasonable. Even when they're holding a swadge of yellow stickers.