Wednesday, Oct 22, 2014 at 17:31
What date applies and where the line is drawn in the sand is a constitutional matter.
items that comply with previous regulations or where there was an absence of regulation can not be made illegal under regulations that follow.
Vehicles have to continue to comply with the ADRs under which they where manufactured.....this is why all previous versions of the ADRs remain active and continue to be published.
There are certain complications and exemptions...like if you fit a later model engine...generally it is expected that the emissions now have to comply with the ADRs under which that engine is manufactured.
I have not looked up the dates on the ADRs..but you will probably find they....the new ADRs comming into play determine the age of vehicles required to comply.
This is why you can have a great many things existing on a 40 series toyota that would not be permitted on later models.
remember the wording is....." models first manufactured before".....exacty how that plays out in the model range could be interesting.
is the 04 hilux the same model for these purposes as the 99 hilux..that ARE the same vehicle and body shape, but have certain updates arround 2000....so are they the sme model..." first manufactured in 1999"
NOW...many of the bullbar issues raised....like unacceptable protrubances and visual obstructions.....may apply to vehicles a very long way back.
Some of those matters are mentioned in the first edition of the ADRs......some of those matters may even have existed in stste regulations before ADRs existed.
You simply have never been legally able to have sharp, pointy, pokey things on the front of vehicles....yes you can argue about hood ornaments.
cheers
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