4wd running red in front of police car

[Ext User(Scoobity Dooobity Doooo)]

Heading down the highway this morning I noticed the front of a police
car in the side street at the next set of lights. The lights went red
and the 4wd in front went through from about 3 car lengths back. I
thought cool could see some action here. Occupants of the 4wd (80's
hilux) were looking out the back to see if the cops chased. I stop at
the lights and the cops go straight across intersection.

The cop car was a Mitsubishi 380.

Could the cops have known there was a good chance the old hilux probably
would have out run them and by ignoring the 4wd saved them certain
embarrassment

[Ext User(Ben Thomas)]

Scoobity Dooobity Doooo wrote:
> Heading down the highway this morning I noticed the front of a police
> car in the side street at the next set of lights. The lights went red
> and the 4wd in front went through from about 3 car lengths back. I
> thought cool could see some action here. Occupants of the 4wd (80's
> hilux) were looking out the back to see if the cops chased. I stop at
> the lights and the cops go straight across intersection.
>
> The cop car was a Mitsubishi 380.
>
> Could the cops have known there was a good chance the old hilux probably
> would have out run them and by ignoring the 4wd saved them certain
> embarrassment

I've seen cops go after red-light runners.

Perhaps the cops in this situation had more important things to tend to.

Ben

[Ext User(Trevor Wilson)]

"Ben Thomas" <no.sp@m.thanks.mate> wrote in message
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> Scoobity Dooobity Doooo wrote:
>> Heading down the highway this morning I noticed the front of a police car
>> in the side street at the next set of lights. The lights went red and the
>> 4wd in front went through from about 3 car lengths back. I thought cool
>> could see some action here. Occupants of the 4wd (80's hilux) were
>> looking out the back to see if the cops chased. I stop at the lights and
>> the cops go straight across intersection.
>>
>> The cop car was a Mitsubishi 380.
>>
>> Could the cops have known there was a good chance the old hilux probably
>> would have out run them and by ignoring the 4wd saved them certain
>> embarrassment
>
> I've seen cops go after red-light runners.
>
> Perhaps the cops in this situation had more important things to tend to.

**LOL! Like a cheap meal at Macca's.

They don't do that anymore, do they?


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[Ext User(a9x5l)]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:55:07 +0000, Ben Thomas wrote:

> Scoobity Dooobity Doooo wrote:
>> Heading down the highway this morning I noticed the front of a police
>> car in the side street at the next set of lights. The lights went red
>> and the 4wd in front went through from about 3 car lengths back. I
>> thought cool could see some action here. Occupants of the 4wd (80's
>> hilux) were looking out the back to see if the cops chased. I stop at
>> the lights and the cops go straight across intersection.
>>
>> The cop car was a Mitsubishi 380.
>>
>> Could the cops have known there was a good chance the old hilux probably
>> would have out run them and by ignoring the 4wd saved them certain
>> embarrassment
>
> I've seen cops go after red-light runners.
>
> Perhaps the cops in this situation had more important things to tend to.

McDonald's was about to close?

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[Ext User(Ron)]

Ben Thomas <no.sp@m.thanks.mate> wrote in
news:g272q3-d74.ln1@teri.unico.com.au:

> Scoobity Dooobity Doooo wrote:
>> Heading down the highway this morning I noticed the front of a police
>> car in the side street at the next set of lights. The lights went red
>> and the 4wd in front went through from about 3 car lengths back. I
>> thought cool could see some action here. Occupants of the 4wd (80's
>> hilux) were looking out the back to see if the cops chased. I stop at
>> the lights and the cops go straight across intersection.
>>
>> The cop car was a Mitsubishi 380.
>>
>> Could the cops have known there was a good chance the old hilux
>> probably would have out run them and by ignoring the 4wd saved them
>> certain embarrassment
>
> I've seen cops go after red-light runners.
>
> Perhaps the cops in this situation had more important things to tend
> to.
>
> Ben

Maybe the knew the HiLux could out run them :-)

[Ext User(OzOne)]

On 31 Jul 2006 23:54:00 GMT, Ron <X101@newsguy.com> scribbled thusly:

>Ben Thomas <no.sp@m.thanks.mate> wrote in
>news:g272q3-d74.ln1@teri.unico.com.au:
>
>> Scoobity Dooobity Doooo wrote:
>>> Heading down the highway this morning I noticed the front of a police
>>> car in the side street at the next set of lights. The lights went red
>>> and the 4wd in front went through from about 3 car lengths back. I
>>> thought cool could see some action here. Occupants of the 4wd (80's
>>> hilux) were looking out the back to see if the cops chased. I stop at
>>> the lights and the cops go straight across intersection.
>>>
>>> The cop car was a Mitsubishi 380.
>>>
>>> Could the cops have known there was a good chance the old hilux
>>> probably would have out run them and by ignoring the 4wd saved them
>>> certain embarrassment
>>
>> I've seen cops go after red-light runners.
>>
>> Perhaps the cops in this situation had more important things to tend
>> to.
>>
>> Ben
>
>Maybe the knew the HiLux could out run them :-)

Idiot!


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[VYBerlinaV8]

Running red lights is NOT dangerous. It isn't speeding. Although I could be wrong, because they now have cameras that automatically detect people who run red lights - thus, it IS dangerous!

[Ext User(Ben Thomas)]

VYBerlinaV8 wrote:
> Running red lights is NOT dangerous. It isn't speeding. Although I
> could be wrong, because they now have cameras that automatically detect
> people who run red lights - thus, it IS dangerous!
>
>

Red light cameras have been around longer than speed cameras.

Ben

[Ext User(Lohn J. Deister)]

"Trevor Wilson" <trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> "Ben Thomas" <no.sp@m.thanks.mate> wrote in message
> news:g272q3-d74.ln1@teri.unico.com.au...
>> Scoobity Dooobity Doooo wrote:
>>> Heading down the highway this morning I noticed the front of a police
>>> car in the side street at the next set of lights. The lights went red
>>> and the 4wd in front went through from about 3 car lengths back. I
>>> thought cool could see some action here. Occupants of the 4wd (80's
>>> hilux) were looking out the back to see if the cops chased. I stop at
>>> the lights and the cops go straight across intersection.
>>>
>>> The cop car was a Mitsubishi 380.
>>>
>>> Could the cops have known there was a good chance the old hilux probably
>>> would have out run them and by ignoring the 4wd saved them certain
>>> embarrassment
>>
>> I've seen cops go after red-light runners.
>>
>> Perhaps the cops in this situation had more important things to tend to.
>
> **LOL! Like a cheap meal at Macca's.
>
> They don't do that anymore, do they?

I don't think so, you never see as many there as you used to in the early
nineties.

Although at a certain Hungry Jacks I know there is sometimes, for some
unknown reason around lunch time, 5-10 police cars gathered together. HJ's
doesn't appear to be the sole reason they're there, though a fair proportion
of them do go in and eat.

[Ext User(Lohn J. Deister)]

"Ben Thomas" <no.sp@m.thanks.mate> wrote in message
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> VYBerlinaV8 wrote:
>> Running red lights is NOT dangerous. It isn't speeding. Although I
>> could be wrong, because they now have cameras that automatically detect
>> people who run red lights - thus, it IS dangerous!
>>
>>
>
> Red light cameras have been around longer than speed cameras.

Dependent on the city and the exact scenario, I haven't found traffic to
flow any less smoothly when the traffic lights are flashing faulty. With a
bit of practice it would be smoother. I reckon it would be better if they
pulled them all out.

[Ext User(Trevor Wilson)]

"VYBerlinaV8" <VYBerlinaV8.2bu66c@no-mx.phorums.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> Running red lights is NOT dangerous.

**Uh-huh. When was the last time you were hit by an idiot running a red?

I was. It wasn't any fun at all.


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[Ext User(Spear and Magic Helmet)]

Trevor Wilson wrote:

> **Uh-huh. When was the last time you were hit by an idiot running a red?
>
> I was. It wasn't any fun at all.

It obviously knocked the sarcasm detector right out of you.

[Ext User(the_dawg)]

VYBerlinaV8 wrote:

> Running red lights is NOT dangerous. It isn't speeding. Although I
> could be wrong, because they now have cameras that automatically detect
> people who run red lights - thus, it IS dangerous!

It all depends on the contact points of the vehicles. One of the very
few
accidents I've had was when a taxi ran a red and my vehicle contacted
it on front drivers side fender. If the taxi had been going a little
faster and
the bull bar contacted the drivers side door at around head height of
the
driver, it's anyones guess if things could have been quite nasty.

[Ext User(the_dawg)]

Ron wrote:

> Maybe the knew the HiLux could out run them :-)

Who knows, meybe it had a 350 V8 installed :-)

[Ext User(Trevor Wilson)]

"the_dawg" <patrick@hilux.ace.unsw.EDU.AU> wrote in message
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>
> Ron wrote:
>
>> Maybe the knew the HiLux could out run them :-)
>
> Who knows, meybe it had a 350 V8 installed :-)

**One of my mates had a warm 5 Litre V8 installed in his ancient 245 Volvo.
It was hilarious, pulling up beside some wanker and beating his Falca-Dore
with what appeared to be a 4 cylinder Volvo station waggon.


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[Ext User(the_dawg)]

Trevor Wilson wrote:

> "the_dawg" <patrick@hilux.ace.unsw.EDU.AU> wrote in message
> news:1154404729.883332.313720@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >
> > Ron wrote:
> >
> >> Maybe the knew the HiLux could out run them :-)
> >
> > Who knows, meybe it had a 350 V8 installed :-)
>
> **One of my mates had a warm 5 Litre V8 installed in his ancient 245 Volvo.
> It was hilarious, pulling up beside some wanker and beating his Falca-Dore
> with what appeared to be a 4 cylinder Volvo station waggon.

A regular poster, Athol who is a bit busy to post ATM, might know
something about doing exactly that in a Volvo 264 with a 350 :-)

[Ext User(Ron)]

"the_dawg" <patrick@hilux.ace.unsw.EDU.AU> wrote in
news:1154404729.883332.313720@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:

>
> Ron wrote:
>
>> Maybe the knew the HiLux could out run them :-)
>
> Who knows, meybe it had a 350 V8 installed :-)
>

I doubt anyone would bother..
The rest of the Magna would probably twist with the power of a 350 :-)

[Ext User(D Walford)]

Ron wrote:
> "the_dawg" <patrick@hilux.ace.unsw.EDU.AU> wrote in
> news:1154404729.883332.313720@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:
>
>> Ron wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe the knew the HiLux could out run them :-)
>> Who knows, meybe it had a 350 V8 installed :-)
>>
>
> I doubt anyone would bother..
> The rest of the Magna would probably twist with the power of a 350 :-)

Patrick meant the V8 would be in the Hilux, its a common mod.


Daryl

[Ext User(OzOne)]

On 1 Aug 2006 04:56:44 GMT, Ron <X101@newsguy.com> scribbled thusly:

>"the_dawg" <patrick@hilux.ace.unsw.EDU.AU> wrote in
>news:1154404729.883332.313720@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:
>
>>
>> Ron wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe the knew the HiLux could out run them :-)
>>
>> Who knows, meybe it had a 350 V8 installed :-)
>>
>
>I doubt anyone would bother..
>The rest of the Magna would probably twist with the power of a 350 :-)

Another Magna comment....I should start counting to see who the real
poster of Mitsu posts is.

Lets see, that's 1


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[Ext User(OzOne)]

On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:22:25 +1000, D Walford <walford@iprimus.com.au>
scribbled thusly:

>Ron wrote:
>> "the_dawg" <patrick@hilux.ace.unsw.EDU.AU> wrote in
>> news:1154404729.883332.313720@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:
>>
>>> Ron wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe the knew the HiLux could out run them :-)
>>> Who knows, meybe it had a 350 V8 installed :-)
>>>
>>
>> I doubt anyone would bother..
>> The rest of the Magna would probably twist with the power of a 350 :-)
>
>Patrick meant the V8 would be in the Hilux, its a common mod.
>
>
>Daryl

Ron's an idiot....


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