Caravan Towing WA

And when we had our water tank empty out because a gibber ruptured the hose leading to a tap , I guess as well as suddenly having no water in a very dry area , we could possibly have been fined for illegal "watering" .

Cheers
Jim

https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/rta1961111/s108.html
There is an "out" for your bad design.....
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Just needed a strategically placed "mudflap" and all good for the last 15 years . May not need to appeal to the commissioner or apply for an exemption under "extenuating circumstances". :)

Cheers
Jim

So how does one stop rain water from dripping onto the road?

Why are car manufacturers allowed to have overflow drains on the radiaitor coolant reservoir?

Why are cars airconditioners allowed to drain onto the road?

Why do cars fuel tanks fillers have a drain down to the road?

Why do cars oil filters have a drain down to the road?

Why does the windscreens drain down to the road?

Why do cars headlight washers drain down to the road?

The above makes no exception for these?

Leigh W,

That is just being pedantic. No-one drains their fuel tank, oil filter, crankcase sump, transfer case sump, Radiator not the road whilst driving.

Macca.

No the regulation is rediculous:

"If any article or material falls from a vehicle onto a road, the driver of the vehicle will be taken to have deposited the article or material on the road, unless it is proved that the driver had taken reasonable precautions to prevent the article or material from falling from the vehicle"

A cars airconditioner while running is depositing water on the road. You wash your windscreen the fluid drains down to the road. Overfill the tank and unless you wipe all the fuel out of the filler area it will drip down onto the road as you drive off. Car radiator tanks will overflow if there are overfilled.

The wording of the act is stupid, it makes no mention of draining, it states if "any material falls", wash your windscreen and cleaning fluid will fall onto the road. Then you go down the path oh a little is ok but then it as not quatitiy is specified it becomes subjective as to what's ok and what's not.

In the case of clean water, I haven't seen any police out booking road washers when there cleaming the road.

It's just another case of a badly worded act.

.

Hi Folks…. And welcome to the Semantics & Pedantics Hour.

The nark in me says that means every car using air conditioning on a hot humid day is illegal because the condensate water drips onto the road!

The case in point was my son and his family. They had been camped away from services for some time and needed to manage water carefully. They headed out to the highway where they stopped and checked everything before hitting the bitumen. They had a coffee, topped up all their water bottles and headed towards their next stop - a caravan park. The wind was hard onto their nose when they started to drive so they decided to reduce their load as much as possible ie 100kgs of water. It was not essential but why wouldn't you? After all it is only fresh water coming out of a 10mm drain hose at speeds of 80 /90 kph.
I have done it many times as I head home from a free camp. Usually on unsealed roads admittedly but it has never occurred to me that it might be illegal. After all every boat that is retrieved from a boat ramp has the bungs removed and dribbles water until the bilge is dry. Roadsweepers spray water as they go etc etc.
Anyway I thought I would ask and thanks to all who responded.

Kenell

I never did it just in case I broke down and couldn't get to my destination.

In 20 odd years of vanning, I always had full water tanks, extra weight down low can only improve the stability of a van.

Some boats that have water running out of the bung hole for kilometres down the road they have issues be it their to tight or lazy to fit a new o - ring to the bung or reseal the bung fitting or the boat has damage and leaks. There the sort of people you don't go out onto the water with because most likely there could be other issues and safety is not that important to them. You may get a little if it was a choppy day or descent swell with some water getting into the boat but that's why you take the bung out while you're on the ramp if it's not to busy.
I've had a new 5mtr bow rider and a 5.5mtr 15 yr old cuddy cab both alloy and didn't leak water into the boat.

" their to tight or lazy to fit a new o - ring to the bung" or they just forgot to put the bung in before launching.
Dave.