So, I paid my phone fine today... $141. Points... ha ha, UK licence, but I do need to get a Vic one now. Heard a pleasing story where a cop pulled a car over for speeding, gave a fine and points etc... turns out the speeder is a work cover officer... who in turn fines the cop about $800 for getting out in traffic without his fluro vest on... sweeeeet....! Note to self.... report any and all cops to work cover for anything you can think of...
Melrose Drive , Tullamarine , Victoria . January 16th 2006 : 14.35 hours: Highway patrol pulls over a Workcover Inspector for doing 68kph in a 60kph zone. Workcover Inspector says nothing and cops it sweet. Policeman finishes writing ticket and proceeds back to his car........... Workcover Inspector in the mean time, gets digital camera out of bag, photographs the cop and proceeds to the police car where he issues the policeman with an $800.00 fine for not wearing his hi-visibility vest when leaving his vehicle in a high traffic area.
i've heard that story ages ago (over a year i'm sure) here on fchat. when i saw it pop up again i tried searching but couldn't find it. anyhoo what i read was a first-hand account, still not sure if it's an urban myth.
yeah, maybe. But it's nice to think you can get at least even with the tax collection dept... Imagine being a dentist or chiropractor and getting a traffic cop in for treatment....