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Putting the brakes on the road toll : Comments
By Andrew Leigh, published 17/12/2004Andrew Leigh argues that there are alternatives to P-plater programs to reduce road tolls.
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Now I am of the opinion that the police should be able to do checks that are prompted by suspicious or illegal behaviour. But they should not be able to do checks that are prompted by completely innocent behaviour. I asked them why they chose to check me out after my run and why this prompted a different response to the initial encounter. They said that I had made myself conspicuous. What?
I had not done anything illegal, offensive, cheeky or out of place. They made no suggestion that I had. They didn’t ask me what the run was about at all.
Well, as far as I am concerned, that demonstrated erratic and unjustifiable behaviour from the police, and was unacceptable.
I gave direct confident and polite answers to their questions. My licence, rego and everything else checked out okay. They let me go. But not before the officer in charge said almost apologetically that they were just doing their job regarding the seatbelt. Yes, sure.
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