You should know your rights! Police have no right to just randomly search you or dufflebag so I hope you did not let him!
more of that confounded yankee talk!
op is australian, lazy lightning is russian, and well...ok, most of you are from the US. different laws, regs, restrictions in every damn country.
we have no rights here in australia. according to an airline pilot i just met the other day, this is the MOST over-regulated country in the world.
problem over here, is most people that take to MB's either have no license cus they cant pass the tests or are too young, or have had them suspended/cancelled/disqualified for being idiots (myself included).
basically, it means that anti-MB groups have a very good point, and strong supporting arguments, whereas the general MB community does NOT.
turn up to court, try and explain the situation, and the judge will simply tell you its your own fault, move to a more convenient location for public transport(no consideration its the family property and the parent is over 70, or you cant afford to move because you cant work because you have no transport) and then tell you to get a hired driver instead(easy when the driver is government supplied, like the judge gets, on his $200k a year, not so easy for someone with no job, money, transport, etc) then give you a $1500 fine+ court costs. compounding the issue.
если бы я мог позволить себе сделать это , я бы переехать в Россию !
and i am fairly close to our largest city, but its still zoned as rural. it would be absolute hell for someone out in the middle of nowhere, for instance, broken hill (where mad max was filmed) though at the same time, most rural cops know everyone and will turn a blind eye if theyre behaving...