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Yeh, just went to drag tag to check it out (in the skyline i sold to a mate) was pretty cool, i'm not a fan of the dyno runs but there was some ok burnouts, anyway, on the way in there was about 3 highway patrol cars waiting about 200 meters down the road so we drove around (that cars all legal at the moment, but just in case) parked the car and walked in.

Anyway we left after about an hour, went out the front and surprise surprise 4 cop cars, 2 highway, 2 normal, sitting there pulling everybody over/waving them in (not with those light saber things) and defecting them, some people were getting RBT'd but we didn't, just popped the trunk had a geezer then drove off, i think when we left they had about 3 cars pulled over that they were checking. Anyway made me P.O'd

It's not like they were on a main road they were in the actual court connected to the drag tag. So cops were using this place to bottle kneck people into getting defected and i think thats poor, so i thought i'd whinge. I hope they're not still out there when it ends at 10:30, because i'd venture to say that it will get ugly

Anyway, yeh i thought that was poor, and it just made me a little happier that i sold my skyline when i did :D

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Another disgusting display.

If Vic Police think this is the way to go about operations, then i think Noble Park was just the beginning of much larger and possibly much more violent scenes.

Its only a matter of time before hatred rises to a point that it should never have reached.

All time LOW for Victoria if people were being pinned after making an effort to get it off the street.

That's fkn disgusting.

I'm all for defecting people with MAJOR safety reasons like bald tyres, cracked/broken/missing body work that can be fatal if you hit a pedestrian ect ect

But things like this, camping somewhere where car enthusiast come to participate in some LEGAL fun and cop defect for stupid shit (like no H pattern on gear nob, no rear parcel shelf ect ect) is just fkn annoying.

sheeesh they aren't really giving us much to work with are they :D

i mean what the hell is the point then of being all for this "safe/legal hooning" thing when it obviously makes no difference to the police?

you have fun illegaly, you get f**ked over for it. you have fun legally, you get f**ked over for it...

oh well...

last time i checked driving on the road with illegal mods = illegal

why is it a special case because you drive it to a driving simulator thing.

what different does it make? the mods are still illegal

i like the new add for Calder park drags about not getting your car inpounded for being a hoon etc.... and come to Calder Friday night drags and do it all legally..... How long before they abuse that as well....

Time will tell and hopefully the Victorian police respect those dragging their cars in safe and legal conditions.

Their actions tonight obviously don't say much.

last time i checked driving on the road with illegal mods = illegal

why is it a special case because you drive it to a driving simulator thing.

what different does it make? the mods are still illegal

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last time i checked driving on the road with illegal mods = illegal

why is it a special case because you drive it to a driving simulator thing.

what different does it make? the mods are still illegal

true. but what's the point then? are you supposed to tow your car to this place everytime you wanna do a burnout because it has a pod and a fmic? :D

i like the new add for Calder park drags about not getting your car inpounded for being a hoon etc.... and come to Calder Friday night drags and do it all legally..... How long before they abuse that as well....

well that assume you take the car on a trailer

then that would be fine, and i expect thats what they want you to do

then you can have all the mods and it doesnt bother anyone or endanger anyone

driving to the drags will illegal mods, is still illegal and of course they would defect you for that

true. but what's the point then? are you supposed to tow your car to this place everytime you wanna do a burnout because it has a pod and a fmic? :D

based on the adrs and whats legal and not legal yes, you should tow it on a trailer and do it

im not saying thats nice or that is feasible to do, but thats what you should be doing technically

otherwise, yeah you are open for being defected

much like robbing a service station

you are putting yourself in the situation to be arrested and goto jail

Also gotta factor in that (in my experience) vic cops like giving out defects to people for lots of random stuff (some of the stuff i've been done for is so wack) so regardless of whether the car is really illegally modified or not, your still at risk

and if i get defected its my own fault

i have illegal mods on the car

and i accept that

i wouldnt post up a thread

saying the vic cops are low

because they had a defect station up somewhere

it would be like me robbing a shop

and going to jail for it and speaking to the news

saying that its unfair and abuse of power

it just makes no sense. if you no illegal stuff or mods then who cares if they check your car for defects, let them and then drive away and not worry.

well that assume you take the car on a trailer

then that would be fine, and i expect thats what they want you to do

then you can have all the mods and it doesnt bother anyone or endanger anyone

driving to the drags will illegal mods, is still illegal and of course they would defect you for that

yes thats fair enough, allthough very expensive way about doing it, it is the legal way!... but think of it this way, intercoolers, bigger turbos, boost controllers, exhausts, specially ones with no cat converter (general modifications that you get busted for) arent really "SAFETY" problems, they are more epa and pollution laws set in place to protect emmision standards, our atmotsphere etc, so how is it 'OK' if you use your motor vehicle with these epa breaking modifications on a private property? its still polluting isnt it?

like said earlier, if your car is physically danerous, eg bald tyres, rusting through the chassis, etc, yes then it should not be on a road let alone be driven ANYWHERE! but if you can do it on private property, i dont see how a boost controller, or emmision changing mods are that bad!

and if i get defected its my own fault

i have illegal mods on the car

and i accept that

i wouldnt post up a thread

saying the vic cops are low

because they had a defect station up somewhere

it would be like me robbing a shop

and going to jail for it and speaking to the news

saying that its unfair and abuse of power

it just makes no sense. if you no illegal stuff or mods then who cares if they check your car for defects, let them and then drive away and not worry.

Getting defected for illegal mods.. yes ok...

Setting up the testing at an event that promotes taking hoon behaviour off the street is where the problem is.

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