Rego time again, Just how safe are vehicles in states that don't require a inspe

Yep!, your right, but when a tie rod end pops out of its socket because its that worn ,then the best driver in the world is in big trouble.

Cheers Axle.

There are 100 or so D-heads on the road for every one TRE that pops while driving, lets concentrate on getting rid of them first...

Spot on Gary, when is open season declared?

Thats where it all goes to crap mate!, window tint to dark??, how many different shades of sunnies can you buy?, No! , a proper check of steering, brakes , and supension should be a mandatory thing each year in all states.

Cheers.

Mate dark sunnies wont stop other road users seeing "thru" your vehicle (via the windows) to see other vehicles when overtaking or at intersections and they don't prevent other drivers seeing your intentions at intersections, etc but dark window tint does and that is why in Australia is must provide 35% light transmission. Presumably you remove your dark sunnies at night so you can see out of the vehicle but you cannot remove dark tint just at night time especially in the cars where idiots tint the whole windscreen. Dark tint provides no more heat, glare or UV resistance than good quality correctly installed 35% tint film and is strictly for use only by wand polishers.

I'd like them to see through some of the canopies that are on some of the vehicles owned by people on this forum. They have no windows so does that mean that they are unroadworthy?? I think not.

Kev

No it does not make them unroadworthy but they are a different category of vehicle and never will there be as many on the roads as there are passenger cars. NA category light commercial vehicles by their very "design for purpose" do not have to have windows but that does not make it right or safe for ALL vehicles to have windows tinted so dark you cannot see thru them or out of them at night.

Agree Bonz!, But its the one that deems the car roadworthy!, that should be more accountable, jn other words weed out the shonks!!, the fifty bucks ones i mean!!.

Cheers.

Here, Here!!

Just another excuse for government to interfere in our lives!

Your methodology would be fine if ALL vehicle owners were responsible and had common sense but if you keep your eyes open when out on the road, as I am sure you do, then you would realise just by their driving actions that many do not have those attributes. I can assure you in WA there are 1000's of death traps with very serious defects out there daily as well as many illegally highly modified vehicles that in a situation that requires instant evasive action just would not perform as they were designed to. Just by way of one simple example there are many who just don't service their vehicles at all and know when it is time to get a tyre when the old one blows out as it wears thru the last ply and can no longer hold air.

My methodology is simply this: Get the wallopers out on the road, visual presence, defecting the stuffed cars and out of the bureaucratic back rooms stuffing around with annual checks. Punish those who dont maintain their vehicles not those who do!

Mate I agree with you 110% all the way on the visual presence but the fact is in WA there are just very few coppers out there on the roads and it has even been reported in the press that over the holiday period people who have traveled 1000's of K's on major highways have sighted very few police. My own Son who travels 1500k's to get home for Christmas and has just completed a 1200k trip thru the South-West of WA visiting all the major towns which are in summer the most popular tourist destinations during the busiest period on the road for the whole year has sighted two police vehicles and one Multinova. The Govt over here just don't seem to get it and there are less police out there throughout the rest of the year. If there was a visual presence the road toll would drop for a start not to mention the dramatic attitudinal change that would result to the idiot fringe as well as the contacts that would be made to identify unroadworthy and illegally modified vehicles. Unfortunately speed cameras do not detect any of that and if you are drunk, speeding, have no drivers license or no vehicle rego the speed cameras don't detect any of that either but let you continue on your journey unhindered but you get a fine in the mail 4 months later and they call that road safety. Kerbside cash registers more likely. Mate if it wasn't so sad it would be a joke. An added problem over here is that the coppers are leaving the force in droves and they are finding it very hard to get replacements. Many of those imported to Aus to be trained leave the force once trained and use that as a stepping stone to migrate here then get a better paying job with better conditions and why wouldn't they with all the #rap the coppers have to deal with which is compounded when they cop the blame for being late in attending jobs because there is just not enough of them to go around. Anyone who has a pulse can get a job over here at the moment.
So given that the police aren't out there doing what they are supposed to do, and are limited in what faults they are able to detect at the roadside (no underbody inspection), as well as being unqualified to detect every visible fault, there needs to be another way of getting the defective vehicles off the road.

blown you are spot on I reckon, not enough wallopers on the roads. These days its all about revenue raising (speed cameras) and passive processes. All the wallopers are somewhere stopping protesters violence escalating. hmmmmmm maybe that not a bad thing...

Hang on YES it is

Hi Vince, What got me going on this amongst other things was the fact that my niece turned up in her early model commodore for Xmas, and asked if i would have a look at her car as it had a noise in the front somewhere. Well!! she had driven it from bloody LoganHome QLD, and the front end was absolutley shot, No way will i let her drive it back! its gunna cost me but at least i can try and keep her alive on the roads.

Cheers.

Annual inspections ! 6 monthly for vehicles over three years old in NZ. And they are adding pollution checks soon.

SPOT ON , DIO

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spot on mate something like 98% of accidents are caused by the d-heads behind the wheel not the wheels on the road

cheers