The Sa Wasteland

[nos man]

hell yeah i just picked myself up a new beast for 2k! it's got 140k km and it's immaculate

[JMW]

Hmmmm, could shoe horn a SR20 in there

[CRoNic...]

Morning all.

Good friend at work, she and her husband were driving his late model BMW down the bay last night to find a park to eat. They got pulled over by the cops and got smacked with a $168 fine for having her stock standard fog lights on (the small ones in the front bar near the bottom).

How petty can you get.

There's alot more to the story (only got done for that, but it's the conversation that followed), but since it's a public forum, I won't say any more as she's taking it to court.

Although, I heard in the news that the cops were cracking down on the use of fog lights... but I thought it was only the aftermarket ones? I thought the stock standard ones that came with the car were fine?

[Damo_R34]

now the fooly sick S13 boys wont have theirs on all the time. I heard somewhere that fog lights may only be in when it is actually foggy? but how do you make that a law?

[CRoNic...]

Yeah that's crazy.

Ah... Fringe opening tonight. It's going to be a messy night for me tonight! I plan to line my liver with alcohol.

[Dohmar]

now the fooly sick S13 boys wont have theirs on all the time. I heard somewhere that fog lights may only be in when it is actually foggy? but how do you make that a law?

Well the law was passed 4 weeks ago legalizing the use of Fog lights in foggy conditions. Before that you weren't allowed to use them at all.

Thats one of the reasons the regency boys would fail fog lights on most cars, with the obvious exception of stock foglights (not defectable but you weren't allowed to use them legally until a few weeks ago.)

Yeah. Ya gotta love the genius bureaucrats running this state. Bunch of Monkeys...

-D

[Damo_R34]

Define foggy tho? What if a cop deems it to be "not foggy enough"?

[Fishpaste~]

now the fooly sick S13 boys wont have theirs on all the time. I heard somewhere that fog lights may only be in when it is actually foggy? but how do you make that a law?

they introduced a heap of new random driving laws on jan 31? including 'you cant lead an animal while driving a car' and 'you have to return number plates of unregistered veichles before they have been unregistered for 90 days'

Edit: fixed, to make sence

Edited February 26, 2009 by Fishpaste~

[J - Rad]

Yeah my mate got a $180 dollar fine for having his fog lights on one morning (wasn't dark enough for headlights but wasn't light enough to drive around with nothing on either). Cop pulled him up and treated him like he just murdered someone saying if he was behind someone it would impair their vision or something.

[Damo_R34]

my mate still has his plates from at least a year ago lol. custom plates, transport SA harassed him for ages then just gave up sending letters.

and who the f**k holds a leash out the window while their dog walks on the sidewalk? I guess their motto when making these laws is "Cover all bases"

[Krishy]

your pretty much on the right track there damo

whats the definition of foggy conditions???

What if you deem it foggy enough to use it and the cop that pulls you over doesnt think its foggy enough???

wtf happens then

[J - Rad]

your pretty much on the right track there damo

whats the definition of foggy conditions???

What if you deem it foggy enough to use it and the cop that pulls you over doesnt think its foggy enough???

wtf happens then

I think you know what happens there Krish

[Krishy]

$168+ dollar fine happens there

thats what happens really

[J - Rad]

And if it was one of us it would follow up with a fancy new sticker in your window

[Krishy]

no wrong there jarrad

as that would give the officer a reason to do a full check over lol

[scandyflick]

solution,

use your high beams instead.

[J - Rad]

plan b) Remove headlights for better air flow into turbo!

[scandyflick]

or that. might make midnight runs pretty touch and go though.

Edited February 26, 2009 by scandyflick

[J - Rad]

It only adds to the adventure!

[scandyflick]

if by adventure you mean flaming death...

... then yes, yes it does.