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Police have a tough job. Seeing as they spend the majority of their time dealing with people that are doing something wrong, any tolerance they may have started out with has probably long worn off. They would hear so much crap that I find it hard to believe that they can start every confrontation(which is what it often is) with an open and fair mind.
Having said that, you would have to be blind to not see how much speed enforcement is really just one big cash cow.
I also live in Australia and am astounded by how many speed cameras, radar traps etc. are used here. There are more of these than there are drink driving tests performed each year. Doesn't that say something? And the speed cameras here are mounted in vehicles that have to be monitored by an officer. So we have one cop, wasting hours on end sitting in a vehicle on the side of the road. Couldn't these people be better utilised? Solving crimes, doing neighborhood patrols etc!
It must frustrate them as well. Governments dictate what is required and they have to enforce it.
And for those of you that are pointing the finger and saying it's the original poster's own fault for driving a "riced" car. Does he not have the right to drive a legal, modified vehicle? Does he not have the right to be treated fairly, honestly and equally?
Just because someone drives a nice car doesn't mean they are automatically law breakers. Kind of like how just because someone is a cop doesn't mean they are automatically a wanker.
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