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fattdex

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I hear a lot of people in here saying that they get hassled by the cops a lot with defects etc.

I'm wondering whether its racism or what? because I'm a fairly large white guy, my car looks like it's modified and it's pretty loud, I've not had one trouble from the cops yet (touch wood) and i live in SE suburbs around the areas where it seems to happen most? I realise that a lot of you guys that are having/ have had problems with the cops are not average joe crackers like me :-P so what are your opinions? Do you reckon that they really do target "ethnics", as they probably say, more than white guys? I'm not trying to be a racist myself or anything like that, just wondering what the consensus is on the issue.

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DJ_L3ThAL Grand Master

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its luck dude, and the SE suburbs :D.. coz i am from northern suburbs and i drive pretty nuts around here with my BOV waking up the whole neighbourhood and even past broady cop shop and NEVER had a hassle over here (not even a speeding fine) and all 3 problems ive had with cops have been over the other side of the city and in the city... so i just avoid those areas as muhc a spossible which makes it hard when i go to ice performance :D

and yer im a white guy too so just letting you know it aint racism (well maybe a bit i guess) but im a white dude that has been picked on

chopobo Veteran

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well look at what kind of person the average cop is

90% of the time its a white guy

ive only seen one asian cop and I think he was a trainee

i even read about racism within the police force where if you are in the police force and not white then you cop shit from colleagues.

its stupid especially in a multi-cultural country

inark Grand Master

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i think u'll find that racism comes into it a little but isnt a major factor... im a maori and have neever really been hassled by cops apart from the dyno day we had a while back in bayswater... funnily enough by a maori cop... the aussie wasnt worried at all.

uLa32 Proficient

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first 3 weeks when i got my car (almost 2 years now) i was pulled over. i knew i had done nothing wrong, cops did too, just a random 'check'. looked over the car checked for height (hehe stock height still!) but didn't pop bonnet. cop says 'nice car' i say 'thanks'. then his next question floored me 'where did you get the money for a car like this?' didnt expect that question but the only thing i could say was 'ummm, i work'. finished his licence checking and then let me go. prolly looked to him like i'm sort of drug dealer or something.... very weird cop too.

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i doubt there is anything gotta do with racism. i have never been hassled by coppas recently(touch wood also) but i realsed that a lot of coppas target 'P Platers' rather than full licence drivers so it comes to the conclusion that it doesnt matter what race you are, if are a p plater, you bound to be pull over by them. Alternatively, most lines are tinted so they wouldnt know what nationality you are until you got pulled over anyway

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maybe it is a young guy nice car thing aye, I got my car when i was 22 and a biggish dude and not been hassled at all, but my brother bought an r33 gts when he was 18-19 and a bit scrawny- he was pulled over about 6 times in his first 3 months and quite a few times since then (but he's in Perth). Its not very fair, but i'm not going to go as far as saying that they should pull us all over an equal amount of times :-P hehe

DJ_L3ThAL Grand Master

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probably coz they are all high school dropouts on a minimum salary that comes with authority so the fact they can get the guys who 'bagged their sorry asses in school' back for the harrassment back then LOL

hmm, i want a sticker on the back of my window saying 'before you coppers pull me over think about this, my exhaust aint over the limit, my car is stock height, AND YOUR NOT GOING TO FIND A DARN THING DEFECTABLE ON IT SO **** OFF!!!'

:D

uLa32 Proficient

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probably. i wasnt a p-plater back then. prolly the car, prolly coz i'm asian. could've been anything.. other than that (and some other alleged speeding mishap that was never proven :D ) i've never been pulled over for anything.

/ula knocks on a lot of wood :D

dAVE Grand Master

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in all my hassles for cops they always ask where I got the money from. Also, i have never been defected..... very suprisingly.

I got pulled over and given 11 demerit points.. all 3 fines bullshit and then they didnt even bretho me and look under my bonnet ... i was told to slow down with "such skinny tires" - pff 235's hmm

and cops are racist for sure.. unfortunatley lots of people are in one way or another. Like, if i see dudes with big beards and a turbban, im going to automatically think terrorist.. but thats being racist.. im sure cops see it as people coming to OUR country, with MORE money than they have and a NICER car than them.. which prolly pisses em off.

uLa32 Proficient

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bah... its only a povo r32... no-one take any notice of those cars. :D i was in the se subs today... couldn't help but be on a special lookout for cops. saw a few but all of em seemed to be on their own mission. never even gave me a second look...

/ula knocks on wooden computer desk.

/gets bandage and ice from swollen knuckles

predator Grand Master

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I don't think a lot of cops even realise your average R33 GTS-T is under $25k, and about half what you'd pay for a brand new SS. I think jealousy does come into a bit..they probably think they're like $50k. In fact neither do most people, i regularly get questions like "so how much did that car cost you? $40k?" and i just laugh :D

I don't think racism comes into it that much, because after all, most of the time they can never tell from about 5 metres away whether the person is black, white, blue or green to be honest..

I think its probably more an age thing than anything, and in many ways that is justfied

coco69 Experienced

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Originally posted by inark

i think u'll find that racism comes into it a little but isnt a major factor... im a maori

ah! so yur not russian? funky u lie!

:D

but i dunno, i've only been pulled over once, told that im busted to EPA, too low, bov, speeding... la la la...

but didn't receive anything in the mail?

im so lucky, and i put it down to them actually being nice cops or they were too lazy.

so i can't say that i've really had any racism trouble with the cops. and i guess its all down to the individual cop. my 13.65c.

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