So I only got back from a two week trip to NZ last week and when I was there was driving down the freeway and noticed this mini-van parked in the middle of the road ... paying no attention to it I raced past it at 120km not thinking any of it ... next minute FLASH ... wtf ... Luckily there was a car in front of me that got the flash first ... apparently they hire random civilians with certain mini-vans to do their radar catching duties ... how forked is that!!!

Really? time for me to go to NZ and get a new job.

That's not forked at all, good way of catching people who break the law imo.

I agree, theres always a olive colored police landcruiser that does the rounds where i live and after a while you can spot it from a mile away. I think it's a good idea.

It is a really really good idea. They subcontract their speed cameras out to civilians and give them a percentage of the revenue. It means less cops wasting time in a van doing nothing for 8 hours straight, and more of them doing more important things like pulling kids over for their cars being too low to the ground, and the like -_-

im all for it, sounds like an excellent idea, maybe australia could do it, work for the dole kind of scheme.

sifnt park at bottom of hills

Dosent some state in AU put them in wheelie bins

Dosent some state in AU put them in wheelie bins

Yeah I'd heard that a while ago too and Queensland was supposedly going to be trialling it, but never heard anything about it after that.

i do believe this is an anti-establishment thread.

I saw rockape outside of a school in a mini van taking photos, maybe they are trialling it already?

i do believe this is was an anti-establishment thread.

I saw rockape outside of a school in a mini van taking photos, maybe they are trialling it already?

Haha it's been too long since the last Rockape gag on this forum, we need him back here IMO.

Dosent some state in AU put them in wheelie bins

I believe it's the UK. I think I read a story about some dude who went around with a high-powered air rifle (is there such a thing?) shooting the crap out of everyones wheelie bins trying to destroy the cameras.

On a slightly but not really related note:

holy f***. That looks like the most awesome movie ever. New zealand is cool, its like the other australia that has a better national code of football and a better climate, f*** the summer.

hah that movie looks funny, yet kind of stupid.

Dosent some state in AU put them in wheelie bins

Yep I was told while I was in VIC that they do it although I never saw one in action. I thought people there were just pulling my leg just to get back at me for living in a better place.

i believe it was South Australia that outsourced their speed traps first, but i'm having trouble finding anything to back that up on the internets

Violence of the lambs would've been a better movie title.

Violence of the lambs would've been a better movie title.

not to mention black sheep is already the name of a movie. unoriginal bastards.