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Old 27-07-2020, 04:07 PM   #211
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Franco had more to do with what you could do in the back of them me thinks, some had nice "Shag" pile carpets....
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Was flicking through the fta tv channels yesterday and stumbled across a story about the owner of this car:



Reminded me of this thread and wondered how this number plate was allowed....
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Wonder what they'd think of This..

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I wonder... could it actually be his real name??
The number plate would be the least of Vicroads worries, considering.
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I know His real Name & that's NOT It....
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I know His real Name & that's NOT It....
you mean to tell me it wasnt the stunt mans real name even tho he was on tv
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you mean to tell me it wasnt the stunt mans real name even tho he was on tv
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I'm Talking about the Bloke who Owns the B model Mack..
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[QUOTE=Tickford.;6457021]In VIC, you own the personalised plates. Cost starts at $495, and goes up to $12'000 (for Heritage plates).....

I still have my personalised plates (VIC) that cost $25 in 1981 when the only choice was 2 letters & 3 numbers white on black. Like me they are showing their age.
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Saw my most favourite number plate ever in malaga today whilst doing deliveries,its for a fastener place 'big nuts' lol
Best plate ive ever seen in my life.
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This bloke beat them with legopener https://www.news.com.au/technology/i...837b08ad58967e
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I see the Lego Pioneer (LGOPNR) is again suffering the strictures of Roads & Maritime NSW, who are clearly sore losers.
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I see the Lego Pioneer (LGOPNR) is again suffering the strictures of Roads & Maritime NSW, who are clearly sore losers.
No I saw the same thing!
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I see the Lego Pioneer (LGOPNR) is again suffering the strictures of Roads & Maritime NSW, who are clearly sore losers.
I think anyone who works in the administration side of a road authority/regulator is a salty loser with a chip on their shoulder.

Has anyone ever had a good experience with any of these flogs? They know nothing about what they're responsible for unless they want to bend you over on something.
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I think anyone who works in the administration side of a road authority/regulator is a salty loser with a chip on their shoulder.

Has anyone ever had a good experience with any of these flogs? They know nothing about what they're responsible for unless they want to bend you over on something.
Bunch of wowsers trying to find some tiny little shred of relevance, in their miserable little lives.
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Why our Constitution needs a tickle-up:

https://www.9news.com.au/world/judge...a-14f4072b84c2
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Why our Constitution needs a tickle-up:

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Strange photo to use as an example.
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Why our Constitution needs a tickle-up:

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Australia needs constitutional reform, this should be plainly evident after the absolute debacle that 2020 has turned out to be politically.
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I wonder if it is possible to change your name by deed poll to whatever you want on your plates and then argue it is your name??
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Saw this on a Commodore a few days ago..OMW2FYB

Was on his way to fornicate with my female dog apparently.
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While I am all for not allowing offensive plates, this police actions was definitely well over the top:

https://www.news.com.au/technology/s...4962e31a7235f7

They should have let him drive it home and really should have waited for legal arguments to be finalised.

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A Sydney barrister has threatened to sue NSW Police after officers pulled him over and seized his personalised Lamborghini number plates deemed “offensive” by transport bureaucrats.

Peter Lavac, a renowned criminal defence barrister and former Hong Kong crown prosecutor, has been locked in a battle with Transport NSW since August, when he was ordered to hand back his prized “LGOPNR” plates.

The self-described playboy argued that most people did not know that the plates meant “leg opener” – a “tongue-in-cheek” reference to his reputation as a ladies’ man – and that the phrase was not offensive regardless.

“How on earth can recreational sex between consenting adults ever be offensive or demeaning in any way, shape or form?” he told news.com.au in October. “Recreational sex is a celebration of the human body and human spirit – how can that ever be offensive?”

RELATED: Barrister’s fight over ‘offensive’ Lambo plates

He challenged the letter in local court on September 1, where he won on a technicality. Transport NSW continued to pursue him, and the next month sent him another letter informing him it would be cancelling his registration.

Mr Lavac appealed again – but four days before the case was due to be heard in court, Transport NSW sent police, “lights furiously flashing”, to seize his plates while he was 200 metres away from his northern beaches home on Thursday afternoon.

“They finally unleashed the nanny state’s ultimate weapon – the boys in blue,” Mr Lavac told news.com.au on Sunday.

“The cop pulled me over, checked my licence, breathalysed me, and for the first time in my life he drug tested me. He then told me he’d been directed by his boss to stop me and seize my plates. He got an email from his boss, so they’d obviously put a target on my back.”
Barrister Peter Lavac featured in an episode of the ABC TV program ‘On Trial’.
Mr Lavac said he explained to the officer that the case was pending appeal, and showed him the court documents.

The officer went back to his car and got on the radio to his boss.

“Meanwhile he called for backup and three other officers arrived,” he said. “They must have feared I was going to engage them in a wild west gunfight and escape and speed off in my high-powered racing car. I thought it was a bit of overkill.”

The original officer then came back and apologised but “said he was just following orders”, Mr Lavac said.

“I told him that I’m going to sue him and his boss for unlawful seizure of property and unlawful detention of me. He then ordered me to remove the plates. I refused, and I said, ‘If you want the plates you remove them yourself.’”

Mr Lavac then stood on the footpath and watched “with great amusement” as the officers “struggled valiantly” for almost an hour to remove the plates, which were attached with double-sided tape and “some sort of super glue”.

“They finally found some screwdrivers and after much huffing and puffing they succeeded finally to get the plates off,” he said.
Before they removed the plates, the barrister had requested that he be allowed to drive back to his garage 200 metres away under police escort. “He refused on the grounds that if I had an accident, he would be in the s**t and could lose his job,” Mr Lavac said.

“I said, ‘Well, mate, that ship has already sailed. You’re already in the s**t, I’m going to sue your ****.’”

One police car took his number plates to Transport NSW at Brookvale, and while Mr Lavac was waiting for a tow truck the second car “circled the block several times hoping that I would attempt to drive back the 200 metres without the plates, and then they could nab me”.

“I wasn’t going to give them the satisfaction,” he said.

Mr Lavac added, “If these fat cat desk jockeys and overzealous cops have the balls to go after me, a seasoned and hardened criminal lawyer, for trivial, Mickey Mouse bulls**t like this, what possible chance does a little Aussie battler have against people like these? Not a snowball’s chance in hell.”

A NSW Police spokeswoman confirmed that at about 12.30pm on December 3, police from Northern Beaches Area Command “stopped a Lamborghini on Pittwater Road at Manly after checks revealed the registration had been cancelled”.

“Officers spoke with a 74-year-old man before seizing his number plates due to them being cancelled in November,” she said. “No further police action was taken.”
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I've got two 'offensive' (I don't consider them 'offensive' but someone will) plate combinations sitting in my room waiting to go onto cars, one is in a similar tone to our Lamborghini driving legal friend, but all it takes is some greens voting communist who works at VicRoads to crack the ****s and have my cars deregistered.

They take the **** out of myself, not anyone else

One would be perfect for something like a Turbo Territory with my family stickers on the back consisting of like 35 babies and 10 blokes in jail.

All this **** started when Wicked Campers told everyone to GAGF and wouldn't play ball when they came in the crosshairs:

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/re...c4d909e1f11cf9

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I wish every success to the Lego Pioneer in his proceedings against authority on this matter.
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While I am all for not allowing offensive plates, this police actions was definitely well over the top:

https://www.news.com.au/technology/s...4962e31a7235f7

They should have let him drive it home and really should have waited for legal arguments to be finalised.
Im offended that i can still find pictures of this car and the offending plates all over the internet, somebody please think of the children......

https://www.google.com/search?q=pete...w=1366&bih=625

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It's a good looking car, I love Lamborghini's so out there crazy futuristic designs.
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At 74 years of age they will probably soon try to find a health related excuse to take his driver's license away for good.
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At 74 years of age they will probably soon try to find a health related excuse to take his driver's license away for good.
'Patient has dementia, arguing with NSW Police, recommend revoking driver license'

Its probably one of those things where because he decided to push it so far he's on the NSW Police ****list so you couldn't even leave the driveway without being pulled over for brethos, license checks and all other sorts of time wasting tactics they can employ.
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