Victorians beware - Operation Pipedown is coming

[thewheeldeal com au]

http://www.mcnews.com.au/NewsArchive...l/Pipedown.pdf

[old mate]

awesome. lucky i don't live in melbourne but they will still be after everyone down here.

[SS 1998]

they have figured it out.........must of been them loud cars on the road causing ppl 2 speed and crash
seriously wat are they trying to do these days........just find something different to waste time and money on.

[SHANBANGER]

"as the excessively loud motor vehicle drivers come under the banner of “anti-social behaviour.”" WTF?

[BoNeZ-01]

"as the excessively loud motor vehicle drivers come under the banner of “anti-social behaviour.”" WTF?

I believe in the saying "LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES!"

If you can hear the 'bogans' coming, it gives you a chance to get out of their way! lol

[bandit10]

They should do "operation shit box" and get all the old unroadworthy cars off the road, not pick on the modified cars that are clearly looked after.

This is just another case of a government money making scheme, picking on an easy target motorists.

[satos]

They should also bring out new number plates and they should say "VICTORIA THE NANNY STATE".
The way things are going it won't be worth owing a modified or vintage car.

[thewheeldeal com au]

They should also bring out new number plates and they should say "VICTORIA THE NANNY STATE".
The way things are going it won't be worth owing a modified or vintage car.

Reminds me: when living in Queensland..I used to hear this often...."Victoria - If its 'the place to be' why the f..k are they all up here?" or "Victoria - 'on the move' to Queensland".

Mind you mr plod in Qld is just as bad as here in Vic if not worse.

[bandit10]

im thinking about going back to QLD.. the cops in vic are a joke

[acarmody]

I wonder if all those Harleys will be taken off the road?

[old mate]

no way, all they will get is told to go to the epa to get the bikes tested, then bam on go the standard pipes and they all pass.

ride home and swap the pipes back to the straight thru ones.

[acarmody]

no way, all they will get is told to go to the epa to get the bikes tested, then bam on go the standard pipes and they all pass.

ride home and swap the pipes back to the straight thru ones.

Actually I'm pretty sure Harleys specifically have an exception from the dB limit. Which is bullcrap, once had a Harley gun it from a lights I was waiting at, 400 metres down the street it was still louder than my car with aftermarket exhaust at full throttle.

[old mate]

they have a normal limit like all other bikes i think, have you heard a harley with standard pipes? i heard one the other day and it was awesome, i could actually hear myself think.

i think it might be 90 or 94 db, depends what year it was made i guess..

[strgas]

what a croc of shit another useless waste of police time and effort to please the few and make polly's look like they care about the many

[nathanVY]

victorian police are pathetic. this is where our tax money goes. -__-

[minux]

How is it pathetic? I think its great, it is bloody annoying trying to drive along with windows up, relaxed, listening to some brilliant classical music, only to have some deadhead falcon/commodore come past with their piece of crap droney pile of shit 6 cylinder that seems to be emitting a jet stream behind it.

About time these stupidly loud vehicles were cracked down on.

[nathanVY]

haha classical music, nice.

they've been picking on younger drivers for a while now with all this undefined hoon business and do you really think they'll only get the "stupidly loud" ones? noo anyone on their ps in a v6 you'll get pulled over.

stupidly loud exhausts are annoying (I know i had one, got another muffler put on the other day sounds heaps better lol) but hardly cause for concern - hardly enough for an entire police team to target just us "hoons" what a joke.

when they announced that it was like "new team targeting HOONS./drink drivers..."

yes it is a problem. yes there are a lot of morons out there driving v6s and "tearing it up"
but somehow i think there are more important matters to deal with at the moment, like maybe all the boats caught entering australian waters of late, moving them to the mainland etc.

nah people are more interested in hoons.

[lastlegend]

Reminds me: when living in Queensland..I used to hear this often...."Victoria - If its 'the place to be' why the f..k are they all up here?" or "Victoria - 'on the move' to Queensland".

Mind you mr plod in Qld is just as bad as here in Vic if not worse.

Yep, Qld is a nice place to live as long as you don't have a nice flashy car....I got pinged the other day by Capalaba Police for doing 5k's over the limit.........it wasn't the speeding they wanted to ping me on it to see it my car was road legal which it is, I have a full time ex-HSV mech on staff who maintains it....when they could get me for anything they slapped a ticket for 55 in a 50 zone. so it does happen here!

[the_trademarc]

Another reason why Im looking to move on to Brisbane.

Just an easy target, like people say here. I'd think it would be safe to say that there are more unroadworthy and dangerous cars on the roads that the cops dont consider 'hoon' cars, because they're stock. But they cant/wont go at the speed limit.

As for the police enforcement, I do feel sorry for all of you's. I know its your job and you need to do as told by the fat-cats, but honestly, Im sure the millions of dollars that will be wasted on this pointless operation (2 weeks....and in 4 weeks time it will be business as usual on the roads) can be put to better use.
Like getting my money that was stolen back.
And finding the person who stabbed the guy in the city. Any of them.
Or shutting down school bullying.
Providing better support for victims of abuse.
Or finding the thief that burgled my uncles house.

This is the stuff that matters, not the exhaust noise from a P-plater's car.

[hayden079]

Finally keeping my stock exhaust is paying off lol

[satos]

haha classical music, nice.

they've been picking on younger drivers for a while now with all this undefined hoon business and do you really think they'll only get the "stupidly loud" ones? noo anyone on their ps in a v6 you'll get pulled over.

stupidly loud exhausts are annoying (I know i had one, got another muffler put on the other day sounds heaps better lol) but hardly cause for concern - hardly enough for an entire police team to target just us "hoons" what a joke.

when they announced that it was like "new team targeting HOONS./drink drivers..."

yes it is a problem. yes there are a lot of morons out there driving v6s and "tearing it up"
but somehow i think there are more important matters to deal with at the moment, like maybe all the boats caught entering australian waters of late, moving them to the mainland etc.

nah people are more interested in hoons.

They won't only target the younger drivers but also drivers who own vintage cars will be caught up in all of this.

[soop]

Old man had a geniune HQ GTS Monaro.
Standard those things were loud. How do they work around that?

[Nanos]

How is it pathetic? I think its great, it is bloody annoying trying to drive along with windows up, relaxed, listening to some brilliant classical music, only to have some deadhead falcon/commodore come past with their piece of crap droney pile of shit 6 cylinder that seems to be emitting a jet stream behind it.

About time these stupidly loud vehicles were cracked down on.

i like to think my LS1 is not some piece of crap with droney pipes. It must be though since i got EPA notice last year.

Minux you can have tunnel vision at times. Not all cars with loud exhaust are shit heaps. I have bolts on only good brand exhaust (defillipo system) and it is way over the limit.

Shit your WRX with a sports system would be. Its crap they crack down on modified cars like this but i know the risk so i have stock exhaust in the garage.

If i get a EPA notice ill bolt stock exhaust on (takes the whole of about 20minutes) drive down to tester get it passed again then drive home and put sports system back on. Really do not see the cops point apart from trying to do media stunt and raise some revenue.

[wikky]

This is a quote from a Melb Police Officer the other day: "What makes me laugh, is that they are not doing anything different apart from running around with an EPA station for the weekend. People get so uptight with media releases, yet all seem to miss that it is just the same crap with a different media spin to make it sound like a new operation. "

[Drewie]

Any one heard any more about this operation? Was supposed to start today and run for 2 weeks.