SYD: Putty Rd Blitz

This appears to be confirmed as the cars have been seen by more than
one person. Via the MCC list.

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Major Police operation in progress for the next month, operation
sportsbike. Focus is on the Putty rd, and George Downes dve which is
the road from Broke to Wollombi Pub.

In use are:

1)Un-marked Burnt Orange SV6 VE commodore, with give away 5ft stainless
UHF whip antenna on right rear 1/4 panel and a large frangipani flower
sticker on top right of rear windscreen, and of course when you get up
close the light box in the back window

2)Un-marked Silver VZ SS commodore with same features as the Orange one
(antenna, Flowers and light box)

3) Marked Hunter Valley Highway cars

We pulled over in the middle of the 16km of corners at the end, and
watched 1&2 above just cruising back and forth every 20-30 mins through
the bends. They are using the un-marked cars as the mainstay vehicles
for obvious reasons, and when following them, they will drive alot slower
than the speed limit especially around corners where double white lines
exist in an attempt to get you to overtake over the un-broken lines,
and to get you to speed.

I believe the operation is ongoing for the next month.

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Zebee

 

One has to wonder how they get away with incitement to commit.. anyone
know where the loop hole is ?
needs a fix asap

 

S what would you call a legal passing manoeuvre which alters when the
passed car speeds up to block ?

recently was subjected to this ( happily the passenger was helpful)

 

Agreed that is a good fix not that I will have to be concerned BUT I see
a fair bit of it of late around the Beaudesert to gold coast roads and
Johnson Rd last night hiding between some parked 40 ft trailers .

 

How about slowing down and pulling back in? No need to get into an ego
measuring competition here - use your brain, not your d***. let this idiot
bast off, keep road rage down, then ride off into the sunset with a smile on
your face. If you feel a compelling need to pass every person in front of
you, then head to the race track ;-)

Shaun

 

They seem to have a blitz on this area every year about this time... last
year at the same time they were really hitting it hard, and some riders
complained of discrimination - the police were pulling over every motorcycle
on the road for a 'random' license, RBT, rego, noise etc check and not
pulling up any cars. That was enough for me to decide to stay away, there
are other roads out there.

Shaun

 

Did you read the post ?
do you have a sensible answer ?

 

Yes i did,
Perhaps i missed something here? Was there an earlier thread that i didnt
read? From what i understood, the poster was suggesting that he had legally
attempted to pass someone who then sped up to block him - not sure if it was
a cop or whatever - and i suggested that slowing down or even pulling over
to a stop was a very sensible idea, whoever the person is in the other car.

Shaun

 

I've found that often the prick that pulls this kind of maneuvre will
also stop accelerating the instant you back off. This means that the
only way to get onto the left hand side of the road is to brake hard
while the blocking vehicle is also slowing down to the speed limit.
It's incredibly dangerous as it leaves you stuck out there for much
longer than would otherwise have been the case. Often, it's safer
just to open the throttle all the way up as a car can seldom match a
motorcycles acceleration.

It's also illegal to accelerate whilst being overtaken AFAIK

 

Yep, saw them all last sunday.
We actually fact we came up behind the silver car just as the twisties
started. Something wasn't quite right so we didn't pass...luckily!
Eventually it pulled over and we were on our way

 

excellent summation

 

That's precisely the case in Europe, and I'd suspect most other countries.
However, the last time I read through an RTA handbook (admittedly several
years ago), it only gave an advisory to maintain or reduce speed whilst
being overtaken - there was no explicit warning that it was illegal to
accelerate.

I stand to be corrected, of course; if someone can find the relevant law,
I'm all ears.

Of course, the RTA (and other state-level bodies around Australia) would
have you believe that "speed kills, but being a dickhead is ok." It's far
easier to point a radar at a vehicle to justify a fine, than it is to
determine that someone's being an arsehole on the road.

--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom - "Australia's Web Presence Specialists"
http://www.cognicom.net.au/
telephone (0417) 45-77-66
facsimile (02) 9824-2240

 

let this idiot bast off, keep road rage down, then ride off into the sunset with a smile on

then he slows down, and then speeds up and slows down...

what do you do then? I'd rather the **** be behind me for sure.

 

Ummm... Thanks.

Hope you don't mind if I give it a miss just for now, I've got more than
enough reading material in the toilet already.

--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom - "Australia's Web Presence Specialists"
http://www.cognicom.net.au/
telephone (0417) 45-77-66
facsimile (02) 9824-2240

 

Ah, but have you been wormed 'n microchipped?

(sorry, couldn't resist )

--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom - "Australia's Web Presence Specialists"
http://www.cognicom.net.au/
telephone (0417) 45-77-66
facsimile (02) 9824-2240

 

Could depend upon the plod's mood at the time. We once had a local cop who
was constantly harassing bike riders.

On my PE 250, (stock exhaust) he pulled me up for a noise test in my back
lane at 3AM one frosty morning after he followed me home the 3K's from my
workplace.
He decided I wasn't revving it enough to his satisfaction so he reached
over & twisted the throttle on full.
He managed to get it about 4K over the red line then booked me for excessive
noise.
Next morning I pulled the head off & took my now cracked piston in to the
local Chamber Magistrate to file a complaint.
Lots of negotiations & threats followed, but the end result was no more
harassment...for me at least.
Grump.

 

In aus.motorcycles on 29 Aug 2007 23:00:41 +1000

Considering Chris Turner was pulled up and defected for a legal exhaust,
and had to spend time and money to prove it was so in court, worrying
about being done for noise is a legitimate fear.

Zebee

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:42:31 +1000

From the Australian Road Rules, part 11 "Keeping left, overtaking".

145 Driver being overtaken not to increase speed
If a driver is overtaking another driver on a two-way road by
crossing a dividing line, or crossing to the right of the centre
of the road, the other driver must not increase the speed at
which the driver is driving until the first driver:

(a) has passed the other driver; and

(b) has returned to the marked lane or line of traffic where the
other driver is driving; and

(c) is a sufficient distance in front of the other driver to avoid
a collision.

While each state that adopts the rules (has WA done it yet Theo?)
makes some changes, I doubt any have changed that bit.

Zebee

 

Couple of points , just because it is law doesn't make it moral ?
and some of the behaviour I see by officials in relation to driving
breaches is at best morally corrupt justified by bad laws .

 

If you have the time to waste...

Moount a digital camera in front, wait until he is due past again,
then ride in front of him @ 40km/h. Then photograph him as he goes
past and send the piccy anonymously to his boss.