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JUST copped a fined

Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 2:22 am
by eddiii
Finially i copped a fined for my blue parkers at the front, and he nearly defect me for my airbox even though its enclosed? cause its "not stock" lucky just a small fine $81, guess i have to change back to my white leds :( i was so dumb too, i went next to him on m5 i knew that car was a undercover, but later on i still went pass him, i shoulda just hide behind a few cars instead of overtaking those cars -_- sigh stupid me.

Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 4:26 pm
by koolio1234
hope you learnt your lesson young man. Seriously though, thats so petty of him, you can tell the economy has hit the government hard, their chasing us for our money.

Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 4:40 pm
by eddiii
learnt my lesson from not go pass undercovers? or dont put blue leds on parker?

Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 4:46 pm
by koolio1234
eddiii wrote:learnt my lesson from not go pass undercovers? or dont put blue leds on parker?
both, especially the not going past undercovers :lol:

Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 11:15 pm
by Cassf88
blue parkers in melb are legal as long as the headlights are white....

thats no good... i think the copper was just having a bad day

Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 4:43 am
by J
LOL!!!! you knew it was coming though. just like my tailights... i'll be done someday too but i like them.

Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 11:42 am
by alekazam
thats sh*t I'm surprised thay haven't done me in with my 20" wheels, hid's LID parkers varex muffler. I'ts wierd I't not like thay dont noticed me thay do. I'm beginning to think city cops just have a different agender.

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:11 am
by FTEvolution
alekazam wrote:I'm beginning to think city cops just have a different agender.
Probably all those big city homicides

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:57 am
by Oliver89
koolio1234 wrote: thats so petty of him, you can tell the economy has hit the government hard, their chasing us for our money.
Your spot on dude , there everywhere in the campbelltown area, esepcially before joining the M5 purple undercover cop cars parked and defect stations setup on sunday morning , saturday nights and friday evenings... :roll:

Your right there after our money...ive been to court earlier this year to get my 3points and $231 fine back for a stupid EPA defect... which court accepted =) so i put $231 towards to Victorian bush fires :) as a good cause.

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 11:07 am
by Eltnot
Cassf88 wrote:blue parkers in melb are legal as long as the headlights are white....

thats no good... i think the copper was just having a bad day
Blue lights on the outside of the vehicle where they can be seen are illegal in all states (Even if they have an off switch).
Blue light is reserved for emergency services exclusively.

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 11:16 am
by Cassf88
im not sure on that .... we're not allowed red.. i have blue parkers, my bf has blue parkers, he had a cop pull him over, ask him to switch on his headlights n let him go....

from what i understand with neons, u cant have red, u cant have them showing but if they're properly installed n just colour is seen under the car its fine...

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 11:45 am
by Eltnot
Whether a cop fines you for it doesn't change the law. I know for a fact that they are illegal in QLD and am almost positive that it's the same in all states.

You are allowed red lights (but not visible from the front), white lights (but not visible from the rear), and orange/yellow lights (only to be used to define the extremities of the side of a vehicle). Blue is not allowed (reserved for emergency services).
All other colours are legal (pink, green etc).

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 11:52 am
by eddiii
Eltnot
PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:45 am Post subject:
Whether a cop fines you for it doesn't change the law. I know for a fact that they are illegal in QLD and am almost positive that it's the same in all states.

You are allowed red lights (but not visible from the front), white lights (but not visible from the rear), and orange/yellow lights (only to be used to define the extremities of the side of a vehicle). Blue is not allowed (reserved for emergency services).
All other colours are legal (pink, green etc).
are you erious eltnot? green/pink is allowed? if i put green on and i get another fined in putting it on you ^^ :twisted:

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:47 pm
by Eltnot
Found one of the many articles on Boost Cruising regarding Queensland's Laws. I can't garauntee the legalities in other states, but I doubt they would differ greatly from what is listed here:

Underbody lighting is permitted, provided the lights are fitted in
accordance with the conditions listed in this information sheet

AIS INFORMATION SHEET No. 21


Alternative lights

Additional lights fitted to motor vehicles and, in particular, alternative lighting on dressed up vehicles with underbody lighting, such as neon lights and ultra violet lights, are acceptable, subject to certain conditions.

(TO(RUM-VSS)) allows lights not mentioned in the standards to be fitted in addition to the required lights, whereas the former Traffic Regulation 1962 required specific approval, which was not often granted. Lights that flash or are white, red, yellow or blue are mentioned in the standards. However,
pink lights, for example are not mentioned and could, theoretically, be
fitted.

The use of blue lights are reserved for police vehicles in Queensland but ambulances and fire engines in other states may use blue lights.

As such, additional underbody lighting such as neon lights and ultra violet lights are acceptable provided the light omitted is not blue, yellow, red or white. Of the last two, red lights must not be seen from the front and white must not be seen from the rear. Other colours are acceptable as long as they do not flash or dazzle another driver.

Other additional lighting requirements are covered by the regulations and which is summarised in the brochure "All About Modifications to Motor Vehicles". This brochure may be sighted on the Queensland Transport website at http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/qt/driv ... ehiclemods

Additional mandatory lights, e.g. an extra pair of direction indicator lights, are also permitted. The Australian Design Rules set mandatory position, width and height limits for a primary set of lights fitted to a vehicle. In the case of light and heavy omnibuses (MD and ME categories), all commercial vehicles (N category) and medium and heavy trailers (TD and TC categories), additional direction indicator, hazard warning, stop, parking and rear position lights may be fitted to satisfy specific operational requirements.

These operational requirements could include the need to better project manoeuvring intentions in congested traffic such as for buses frequently stopping to pick up and set down passengers, the need to have additional lights to retain signalling capability in case of primary light breakages, and where operating environment results in low mounted lights becoming covered in dirt or dust.

The maximum height limits for particular lights, which includes stop lights, fitted to the above categories of vehicles do not apply when provided as additional lights.

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Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:55 pm
by eddiii
http://forum.streetcommodores.com.au/sh ... ?p=2038516

I was reading that forum, people get done for pink and green too, so im not TOO sure if its legal to have parkers other then white or standard.

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:57 pm
by Cassf88
Just called Vic Roads-- again this is for the Vic state...

neons are not permitted unless the car is parked and engine is off... red n blue N/A
coloured parkers are only legal if the car was initially installed with those colours and given the roadworthy... 'depending how nasty the officer is'

so, Eltnot- bit from colomn A n bit from column B

:)

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 1:02 pm
by Oliver89
NEON lights are *~delightful!~*! simple and straight forward 8)

Does that solve your solution guys :P

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 1:12 pm
by eddiii
Oliver89 wrote:NEON lights are *~delightful!~*! simple and straight forward 8)

Does that solve your solution guys :P
everyone has their own taste, i can say the same thing to big fat bling wheels too.

Re: JUST copped a fined

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 1:37 pm
by BJ
eddiii wrote:Finially i copped a fined for my blue parkers at the front, and he nearly defect me for my airbox even though its enclosed? cause its "not stock" lucky just a small fine $81, guess i have to change back to my white leds :( i was so dumb too, i went next to him on m5 i knew that car was a undercover, but later on i still went pass him, i shoulda just hide behind a few cars instead of overtaking those cars -_- sigh stupid me.
your lucky he didn't give you a defective sticker, every time i see a typical looking under cover cop car, i just stay far away as possible or just pull over somewhere until the cops are long gone, i got pulled over a couple of weeks ago & the cop just wanted to defect me...i talked to him saying everything is legal, my friend is a cop & he said its ok...he was like hmmm....he look in my engine...& its all stock...then he looked in side my car...its all stock...he couldn't fine anything..then he said, ill be back...then out of nowhere he had a stick with wheels on the end & started rolling it under from the front bumper & he said your car is to low..im like how low..he said 1cm...im like in my head..WTF...then he said my GT wing is too big...its out of my body..so you have to take it off...im like ok ok...(in my head im like bull crap!)...so he gave me a warning...& i didn't drive my car in the 4 a week or so...that cop really wanted to defect...if think he was just in a bad cause his not getting any from the mrs...LOL

Re: JUST copped a fined

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 1:50 pm
by eddiii
BJ wrote:
eddiii wrote:Finially i copped a fined for my blue parkers at the front, and he nearly defect me for my airbox even though its enclosed? cause its "not stock" lucky just a small fine $81, guess i have to change back to my white leds :( i was so dumb too, i went next to him on m5 i knew that car was a undercover, but later on i still went pass him, i shoulda just hide behind a few cars instead of overtaking those cars -_- sigh stupid me.
your lucky he didn't give you a defective sticker, every time i see a typical looking under cover cop car, i just stay far away as possible or just pull over somewhere until the cops are long gone, i got pulled over a couple of weeks ago & the cop just wanted to defect me...i talked to him saying everything is legal, my friend is a cop & he said its ok...he was like hmmm....he look in my engine...& its all stock...then he looked in side my car...its all stock...he couldn't fine anything..then he said, ill be back...then out of nowhere he had a stick with wheels on the end & started rolling it under from the front bumper & he said your car is to low..im like how low..he said 1cm...im like in my head..WTF...then he said my GT wing is too big...its out of my body..so you have to take it off...im like ok ok...(in my head im like bull crap!)...so he gave me a warning...& i didn't drive my car in the 4 a week or so...that cop really wanted to defect...if think he was just in a bad cause his not getting any from the mrs...LOL
yeah i am quite lucky and not denying that, he was a d!ck at the start tryin to defect my engine and stuff but in the end he was ok. I normally hide, well at least wont go past cops, dont know what i was thinking, probably just tired from work at 12:30am and driving home -_-**