My first defect!? (this is a repost, other one didnt work)

[R33Steve]

Posted this up earlier to day but the forums were down and it didnt make it. This is a shortened version believe it or not.

I was driving in Brissie last night maybe around 4ks over the limit tops, and I saw a cop with a gun. I didnt even bother hitting the anchors because i was hardly speeding. The cop put his gun down as if he was going to let me pass. When i got about 10 metres away from his, he must have seen the fmic and pulled me over making all the cars behind me come to a very abrupt stop. Then he directed me to cut across 3 lanes of traffic while all the cars waited.

I got out of the car and walked to wards him and he told me to turn the car off, so i pulled the keys out locked it and went back but the tt was running. He said " i said switch it off!", so went and did so. He started telling me that my exhaust was too loud. I said that as far as i was aware it was within the legal limits. He was telling me that as soon as you make the car louder than what it was when it came out of the factory, that is a breach. I kept questioning him on this, being quite nice about the whole thing, because every second car you see these days has an exhaust.

I asked the cop where i could go and get the car tested and as soon as i did he went a bit quiet. He told me and then said it costs a bit of money to get it done. I asked him how much and he said 20 bucks...whoopdi doo. Anyway he wrote me a defect for, and i quote, "Drive vehicle with modified silencing device which reduces effectivness". The really funny thing is, is that i have an atmo venting bov, an unenclosed pod filter, a gauge higher than the dash, a hand controller for my wol and no indicators on the front bar because of the recent fitting of the front mount!

Im not going to get itr tested because i will prolly get pulled up on those things. Ill pay the 45 bucks and be done with it. If have complete and utter respect for QLD police and the fact that they have a job to do, (even though some o them are bastards), but this guy had no idea...

Steve

[strutto]

Must have been his first defect too hey? Hope you both have fond memorys... As I said somewhere else, the heat is on up here in QLD ATM...

You could probably fight it if you could be bothered, but for $45...

[slavlazar]

haha cops can be so dumb at times!!!

[shif_tea]

i think i'd more have the shits that he was being such a dickhead more than the petty 45 buck fine. Don't pay it i say, write a letter away

[foznice]

add this to the 'what was the dumbest thing a cop has ever said to you' thread

[Autech]

Stupid tosser. Driving home a month ago, about 11pm on a cold night. Sitting at a set of lights to turn left, I see headlights coming so I wait for the car to cross the intersection before they turn left. They go real slow and my green turns red.

So I sat there and on the next green waited for the car to cross the intersection so I could turn left. I then saw it was a cop car and he flashed his lights at me to indicate I should turn.

I did this and he basically tailgated me down the highway until I put on my indicator with the intention of zipping up a side street. Wrong move. The cop chucked on the lights and was a total tool to me. I had my window down and wearing only a tshirt I was shivering and he asks me "Why are you shaking???" and I go, "Um because I'm cold maybe".

Should have said I'm a strung out junkie and my stash is in the boot, want me to pop it for ya maayt?! This shut the twit up and he then proceeded to try and chat up my girlfriend and tell me that this kind of car is "trouble" and I shouldn't drive it late at night. Tosser!

[R33Steve]

I still cant believe that he booked me for it. It said modified silencing device which is not the case, the whole thing has been replaced. Id love to dispute it but it get done for everything else

[Genesis®]

tough luck Steve...

[R33Steve]

yeah well shyte happens, im just lucky he didnt get me for everything else!