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I have reason to believe that I have just been unfairly targeted by a police officer while driving home from Fyshwick.

As I exited the roundabout at rose cottage, this guy swerved violently out of the left lane (without indicating) to race up behind me like any typical wanker would do in his Holden, then proceed to sit close enough on my ass that I can no longer see his headlights in my rear view mirror. I don't accelerate any further as there's already a car in front of me, and it would be speeding. This guy then leans over to the passenger's side of his car, apparently reaching for something as he both removed his hand from the steering wheel, and focused on looking for whatever he was instead of the road - in particular the car he was no more than 2m away from - me. He then appears to be taking note of my license plate. Hmm. A few roundabouts later when he's not on my ass so much, I decide to see if he's following me by turning left. He doesn't follow me, but instead passes me while again removing his hand from the wheel and attention from the road, leans over the passenger's side to either give me the finger or point at me threateningly. It was then that I noticed he was wearing a blue collar and had shoulder patches with an insignia.

What the f**k? Umm...k so you break the law, drive VERY dangerously, then making a threatening gesture towards me because.....? Nope I got nothing. Spose I'll have to wait and see where this goes...

I know that this is a little late (I dont check the forums that much anymore) but...

Youre obviously a smarter person than I am... This is almost identical to what happened to me but the car behind me was a BA XR8 Falcon and I stupidly reacted to the driver's attempts to make me race him (bad move).

I ended up with a $1,700 fine and half my licence gone... It was an unmarked cop.

I took it to court as I thought that it was illegal for Police to push someone into committing a crime but I lost and had to pay the fine anyway.

The moral of the story:

NO MATTER WHO OR WHAT CAR TRIES TO GET YOU TO RACE THEM ON THE STREET - DON'T REACT, just let them do what they want... They'll eventually get bored and go past you.

Thats Mick's lesson for the day kiddies ;)

I took it to court as I thought that it was illegal for Police to push someone into committing a crime but I lost and had to pay the fine anyway.

Apparently, it's only in criminal matters, that one can use the defence strategy of Agent Provocateur in the Westminster system - and what Americans call Entrapment. I was told by SAUer 4TEECAL I think, that it won't work in traffic matters.

Apparently, it's only in criminal matters, that one can use the defence strategy of Agent Provocateur in the Westminster system - and what Americans call Entrapment. I was told by SAUer 4TEECAL I think, that it won't work in traffic matters.

I can vouch for that :P

kunce.

lol well I've heard nothing at all, so who knows. I can almost certainly say that he wasn't sitting up my ass to provoke me or trap me - he was only there for my number plate.

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