BG> Extremely.  Qld has a $400 fine if you're caught, whilst NSW went
BG> way over the top with a $750 fine if caught, and another $750 fine
BG> if you don't voluntarily surrender it when detected by the
BG> "radar-detector detectors" used in many police cars.  I was actually
BG> pulled over twice in NSW for using my Whistler 2000, but because the
BG> coppers couldn't find it (and I denied that I had one) they let me go.
BG> Had I owned up, it would have cost me $750 plus loss of the detector,
BG> but if they'd found it, the fine would have been $1500 instead.

They would have confiscated it just for good measure. Then you can
complain to their boss and they will give it back to you after you
have paid the fines. Then you can get nicked again... In the
meantime, we are going to buy guns from certifiable looneys.
@EOT:

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