Illegal 4x4 mods

Interesting: "...vehicle standards state that no vehicle can be equipped with any object or fitting not technically essential to the vehicle."

One could argue that nothing added to a vehicle for four-wheeling or camping is "technically essential to the vehicle" ?!

I get that the solar panel was an eyesore but was it really worth a yellow sticker or was it just another 700 plus easy dollars to be had to boost the budget.

It barely presents a crash risk as there will be very little damage of any part of the bonnet due to the bullbar.

Also the gas bottle appears to be removable so i hope it wasnt just for that.

It seems i can smell bacon.

Cheers jed

Not as stupid as people carrying 20 litre drums of fuel on their roof racks.

How many of us have seat covers...illegal...car was not complied with them on the seat....sure they are airbag compatable, but this doesnt change the fact that we have made modification to what was presented for compliance by the vehicle manufacturer.....but the difference is they are out of sight, out of mind. You need to use a bit of uncommon sense, my solar panel is on the roof rack.

Did anyone else notice he had failed to remove his removable hitch. Cops missed that one!

How about a $752 fine for pedestrians who walk across a road without looking first - because their eyes are glued to their mobile phone and when they get hit by a 4wd with a bull bar they want bull bars banned because they injure pedestrians ????


Happy and safe travels

Gazz

Whether the solar panel can or cannot harm a pedestrian is a point already discussed.
But how foolish is it to mount a solar panel where it can blind you when travelling west into a setting sun.

Mate,

Blind Freddy will be blinded sunnies or not, it is like a mirror

Bullbar mounted fishing rod holders are a classic example of a poor design being defended without considering why they are an issue.
The reason they can be declared as an illegal fitment is that they are considered a protrusion that could cause great harm to pedestrians. This is no different to lots of other sharp or pointy things you can’t fit to the front of vehicles anymore,
A particular risk is they are often at head height for children and could cause great damage even if just walked (or tripped) into. Something I have seen in road safety policy submissions.
This is the issue that gives the ban everything brigade something to complain about when attacking the attitude of (some) 4 wheel drivers to safety issues.
The well known manufacturers usually attach a label, that says “off road use only” instead of addressing the on-road issue.
A potential fix involves a very minor re-design that would move the mounting bracket to one end of the tubes and allow the whole thing to be mounted further back and under the top tube of the bullbar so that all the sharp bits are masked by the bullbar top tube.
However it appears that the half hours work to resolve the issue by resetting the manufacturing jig is too much effort.

Regards

A

HI
verbal warning for the all these major major ha ha ha items would be enough .


This shows 3 points about our police force
1/ trained like drones /zombies
2/ given NO TRAINING in personal skills and even if they are it does not work . There inter personal skills are sh.t
3/ way to keen on raising money refer point 1

All this training very ineffective signed and approved by some latte sipp`n doosh bag


Technically a modified vehicle is anything that does not comply to ADR rules .
The adr rules have a lot to do with the design .
Other mod rules are still [ VSB? ] are done by a govt dept . Suppose to be the same state to state . This is not the case in reality . Police interpret them differently .

So which one or both ,you could spend decades in court !!!!!

I seem to recall an article I read some time ago which related to fitting any item to the front of a vehicle which reduces visibility above the bonnet line of the vehicle from the driver's view.
Seems pretty straightforward if my recollection is correct, that a warning was quite lenient.
As for the gas bottle, yikes!

So this is legal then!

So - the bloke with the Prado with a solar panel was illegal? - but these blokes are completely legal??

World Solar Challenge

No Sir! - No sharp edges or chances of pedestrian injury on my Solar Car, Sir! (insert 'roll-eyes' icon here).

I rest my case, Yer Honour!! [;-)

Cheers, Ron.