BobKat Member 34 Member For: 17y 6m 13d Gender: Male Location: Springwood QLD Posted 06/12/07 01:37 AM Share Posted 06/12/07 01:37 AM BADGERSXR6TUTE said: gday fordboy, their is a limiter mine stopped at 230 the other day, still wanting to go though, it's a bit of a shame they have one as the Expensive Daewoo SS doesn't have oneWhere did you get to wind it out?Chops Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10097-turbo-ute/page/3/#findComment-605117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobKat Member 34 Member For: 17y 6m 13d Gender: Male Location: Springwood QLD Posted 06/12/07 01:45 AM Share Posted 06/12/07 01:45 AM Cobra said: ok Mondie ... put your therapists cap on mate ..... :lol: driving along a country road at night .... no street lights but a 60 zone ..... the beast is dying to race off in the cool of the night .... I harness her back to 60 .. no biggie ..... then on the opposite side of the road (about 200m up the road) I notice headlights coming on .... I cruise by at 60 .... I notice the headlight belong to a police car ... I cruise on for the next couple of kilometres at 60ish .... then lights and whistles come up behind ..... I pull over .... wtf ??? a licence check maybe ... nope .... a magic three pointer from the rear of the court .... somehow he got 83 on his radar .... oh well .... there is no sense arguing .... a police officer the size of a barn quietly tells me that his equipment is working perfectly .... I said to him "if I argue ... I call you a liar" he just gave a smile for a responsehe said he was surprised that I would be speeding so close to where I work ... my reply ... "I wasn't" .... but 83 is 83 and you don't argue in Mexico ....I don't approve of speeding and I wasn't speeding last night (I think!!) .... but what gets me is that there is no REAL course of appeal here ... it is all over when the lights and whistles go off at you or the notice comes in the mail ... if I sensed that I would be listened to (and believed) I would appeal ... sad state of affairs Ok tthree things you can do here.1. ask to see the equipment certificate of currency.2. get your speedo checked.3. buy a gps that can record your data. Ummmm always challenge the ticket take it to court. and I witnesed my uncle do this in Orbost in 1979. Request the officer to follow and measure and record your speed for 1km.Do all this very politely.Chops Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10097-turbo-ute/page/3/#findComment-605120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRU260 New Member 19 Member For: 17y 6m 9d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 06/12/07 02:00 AM Share Posted 06/12/07 02:00 AM I don't think you would get a cop to follow you and check your speed these days, would be nice but not going to happen. Reminds me of a friends dad who go pulled over after getting booked by a cop standing in the bushes with a hand held laser. Cop asks him why he was speeding and said its friggen stupid to drive at that speed especially with people standing on the side of the road. He replies its F%@# stupid to be standing on the side of the road... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10097-turbo-ute/page/3/#findComment-605126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 3m 30d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 06/12/07 02:04 AM Share Posted 06/12/07 02:04 AM Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10097-turbo-ute/page/3/#findComment-605128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 06/12/07 02:10 AM Share Posted 06/12/07 02:10 AM BobKat said: Ok tthree things you can do here.1. ask to see the equipment certificate of currency.2. get your speedo checked.3. buy a gps that can record your data. Ummmm always challenge the ticket take it to court. and I witnesed my uncle do this in Orbost in 1979. Request the officer to follow and measure and record your speed for 1km.Do all this very politely.ChopsA. 3 years after the fact I doubt they even use the equipment any more let alone have the certificate...B. Rob's probably gone through 15 cars since this point in time which speedo is he gunna check.....C. Challenge a ticket 3 years later.....I'd like to see that court case..... D. Rob doesnt come on here very often any more I doubt he'll read this... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10097-turbo-ute/page/3/#findComment-605131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRU260 New Member 19 Member For: 17y 6m 9d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 06/12/07 02:13 AM Share Posted 06/12/07 02:13 AM haha I didn't realise this had been thread mined! He would also have got the points back now anyway! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10097-turbo-ute/page/3/#findComment-605132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRU260 New Member 19 Member For: 17y 6m 9d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 06/12/07 02:26 AM Share Posted 06/12/07 02:26 AM BobKat said: Ok tthree things you can do here.1. ask to see the equipment certificate of currency.2. get your speedo checked.3. buy a gps that can record your data. Ummmm always challenge the ticket take it to court. and I witnesed my uncle do this in Orbost in 1979. Request the officer to follow and measure and record your speed for 1km.Do all this very politely.ChopsDid they even have speed detecting radar in cop cars in 1979? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10097-turbo-ute/page/3/#findComment-605135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobKat Member 34 Member For: 17y 6m 13d Gender: Male Location: Springwood QLD Posted 06/12/07 02:35 AM Share Posted 06/12/07 02:35 AM XRU260 said: Did they even have speed detecting radar in cop cars in 1979?Nope they had these wonderfull tapes they stuck across the road you were timed. The point is though you need to know your rights if you think you were pinged for the wrong thing. I hate anyone who boasts about speeding on public roads, but if your in the right you stand your ground.Again I did not realise this ticket was that old. Police do have quotas to fill and I know this as fact, it is not writtend down but they are expected to intercepy X and write X tickets, the targets change but the end result is the same.Chops Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10097-turbo-ute/page/3/#findComment-605140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRU260 New Member 19 Member For: 17y 6m 9d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 06/12/07 02:48 AM Share Posted 06/12/07 02:48 AM And that technology was probably more accurate than today’s radars! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10097-turbo-ute/page/3/#findComment-605147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordboy1981 Donating Members 2,075 Member For: 22y 4m 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, NSW Posted 06/12/07 05:43 AM Author Share Posted 06/12/07 05:43 AM wow, this thread is OLD! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/10097-turbo-ute/page/3/#findComment-605233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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