Why are there two sets of rules?

exempt?...doubt it

1 law for us and one for them......or do as i say not as i do!
police are exempt for using mobile phone....that law was for when they had standard UHF communication and they didnt want us to eavesdrop.

now that they have trunking communication why do they need to be exempt?

What frontal protection bar limitations are currently in force or proposed?

I am aware of restrictions on things that stick out eg rod holders, and lights above or in front of the bar.

EV700

There are two sets of rules for any group that makes the rules. Local, State and Federal Govt rules are excellent examples of these. Speeding policemen, drunken judges, medically inept health offocials. Jobs for the boys, jobs for the girls, jobs for the disadvantaged. Affirmative action. Political correctness. All of these things can advantage one section of society at the expense of other parts of society.
Questioning the status quo will probably earn you a reply like "get used to / over it.
Is it any wonder that youth has little respect for anything ?

Overtook a taxi

I think not

When we were in Perth in June this year the news was out that 5 poster bullbars were the dislike of the month as they were potentially dangerous. You see many of them on Holden Utes.

We were driving along the Freeway when a Motorcycle Cop passed us. He then slowed down deliberately to look back at our bullbars individually but then sped on.

Obviously ours were in compliance for that particular moment.

Recently I have seen 4bies with spotties on top of the bullbar, spotties on the roofrack and those fishing rod holders on the bullbar pointing forward.

As long as your field of vision is 11 metres ahead of the front of the vehicle in a straight line from your eye, you should be OK(thats not very well put but will have to do).

Cheers

Nudenut, In my neck of the woods, the off duty cop having his odd larger or three at the local water hole needs his mobile fone to call his mate on the highway patrol to advise of the departure and probable route of his next RBT client. Thats why the exemption.
Me? Cynic? Isnt that what you wash your hands in?
the kesh

So what's the problem with complying????????
Why would you want a bull bar with sharp protusions on it? What advantage would it have?
What fool fits his driving lights on top of the bullbar obscuring his view 24/7 so he can see better at night?
Why does one need to have rod holders fitted to the bull bar for 12 months when most only use them for 5 days in the year? Couldn't they be quick mounted?
Who leaves a tow ball fitted to their bull bar because theyr'e too lazy to learn to back their boat or van?
Does it not matter that the loosely secured laptop screwed on top of the dash is creating a blind spot or is distracting your consentration? What will it look like when it's embedded in your skull after a crash?
& anyone who fits fluffy dice to their mirror deserves to booked by the cops :-)))
Cheers Craig.......

WELL SAID CRACKLES.....HEAR,HEAR

Yerssss. Here in perth there is a growing number of young men from the country who drive V8 utes with MACK bulldogs on the bonnet, Catarpillar mudflaps, 150,000 aerials, 450 spotlights, OH and yes a dirty big 4 poster bullbar.

PoOfTeR UtEs I call them.

The things I dislike the most are....

A. the Lightforce spotties mounted above the cab (anyone who has been confronted with these lights on the highway at night, now knows why it is illegal to mount them above the height of the vehicles driving lights)

B. that dirty great cow-catcher 4 poster bull bar on a vehicle that spends 90% of it's time in the city, and isn't even a 4WD.