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Originally Posted by denks
How about Motoring Enthusiasts party (who got 0.5% of the first preference vote but gets a senate seat due to back room preference swap deals)?
Fair treatment for road users.
I voted for this party myself (being a motoring enthusiast). If you have an old school car that's modified, or a newer car that's modified, OR a vehicle that is considered to be a sports vehicle, you may find yourself getting treated poorly by the police on the roads.
My boss used to own a Corvette himself, and would get pulled over by VicPol every time he took it out (only drove it on the weekends) without fail. That was 10 years ago, not much has changed now. These days there's more and more car meets (done legally) that are targeted by police. A Downshift meet (held in Queensland at a fairgrounds that was hired) was recently targeted by the police, with defect stations set up outside the venue. Video linked below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFZfun86c8o
What can be seen there in a few frames of footage are "every day normal cars" getting rolled through the defect stations, while vehicles that people care for are pulled over, targeted, slapped with defects and fines, and sent on their way.
Many car enthusiasts over the years have been defected for ridiculous reasons. One notorious police officer has previously popped the bonnet of many cars, shaken the battery around until it wobbles, then slapped the vehicle with a defect notice for having a "loose battery".
On top of this, AMEP also wants to fight draconian anti-hoon laws. They are anti-hooning, but they don't believe impounding a car is going to stop people from doing illegal acts on the roads. If you've spent a little bit of time hanging outside in a poor-ish suburb between 11:00pm and 3:00am, you'd notice that there are still many people doing burnouts despite the presence of tough hoon laws. If the hoon laws worked people wouldn't do burnouts, but that isn't the case.
What AMEP fights for is something I could seriously rave on for for hours. To sum it up though, AMEP fights for...
- Equality amongst all motor users.
- Less red tape regarding vehicle modifications.
- Less police presence in sanctioned events where no laws are broken.
- Less support regarding nanny-state laws.
Would the lesser support for nanny-state laws include one regarding online poker? To be honest, I have no clue at all. I bet you could get a question answered by asking on their facebook page though, which they are actively using.