OK guys, Here's how to beat the boys in blue at their own game.
First you have a meeting to explain all this to the members of your club so that everyone is on the same page. To start with you need to obtain a certified radar detector, several CBs or 2 way radios, and some good video cameras.
The first thing you do is scout a good section of road where you know speed increases due to overtaking. Place a crew here with the radar gun and a video camera capable of date recording. Make sure you are legally placed and not blocking or parking illegally. They should also have a radio to communicate with a mate stationed at least a KLm upstream and one down stream the same distance. When an officer passes by you radio ahead to the radar team that an officer is headed their way. Clock his speed and be sure to record the whole process if he registers a high speed then as he leaves this area have the anchor person follow him to see where he ends his destination. If it was not for emergency purposes then he broke the law by using State equipment against the policies of that department. Police are not above citizen scrutiny. It is legal here in the States and I'm sure you will find that citizens there have similar rights. If the police are shown to be doing the samething in the same area then they will be reprimanded. Perhaps you may have them remove the squad car.
However, if in fact you also witness bikers, Cobras and others doing this and the police not, then you can't do to much as they are doing what is right for safety purposes. Prevention is the name of the game. The supervisors have to have good reason and judgment to have placed these officers there. Citizens have a right to these statistics that they may be using to jusify their presents in these areas.
My personal opinion is that they have thousands of tourist that come to that area everyday and they know many of these folks are used to driving the opposite side of the road. Because the Great Ocean Rd is a National treasure to Australia it is only natural to assume that the government will go to lenghs in order to keep it as safe as possible. The local business community along this road may also be responsible for this extra attension. They want the tourist to feel safe and enjoy their visit to all the communities have to offer. It all ties into economics eventually.
I have had a spirited drive on this highway. Not to the point that I would consider wreckless but all the same if I had been caught I doubt that I would have complained to loudly. I would most likely taken my medicine and think twice before I attempted it again.
Hersh
