Knocked back on rego check today - 2 aerials on ARB bull bar ( at Back )

Willie
Have you forgotten your in the backward state NSW, a state that spends millions of tax payers dollars on road safety , speed cam' signs,and is the road toll any different.............NO.

I might add that Qld is nearly as bad with all the crap.

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Willie,

Here is a link to the RTA re Bull Bars and protruding accessories.
RTA Vehicle Standards

Not sure if it will be much help.

Hi Willie

The guy is a dummy, did he give you a reason apart from there being two aerials. In the complex at work there is two RTA rego guys and one specialises in 4wdrives so I will check in the morning and put another response up in the morning.

Have fun

Craig

Just removce them and then get the vehicle passed and then put them back on again. There is no gain in argueing with idiots.


Cheers

Wille
from memory he is right, its just that the law is not enforced very often.The law also state no extra driving lights may be above the headlights. The aerial can not be in a ?% angle of vision & must have a breakaway system so as to make it safer for a pedestrian hit. there is some exemptions for vehicle over a ? amount of weight. you will find this in RDA. The RTA may help but it will take time to find someone to help. or just remove aerial for rego & than refit like so many do
Good Luck

Hey willie,
By mistake,

Bulliten

I came accross this bulliten issued november 07. It may explain why they have been passed in previous years.
Peter

What was his reply, when you said that you have passed this exact same setup for the last 6 years?

I couldn't pick up anything in that bulletin that specified "two aerials not allowed" so it becomes an interpretation of an individual.

Anyway, unless the pedestrian you hit only receives a "love tap" it wouldn't make one iota of difference what is mounted on the bullbar.

That will give Harold something to whinge about.

Talking about Mr. Scruby, we had a report in the local paper the other day, whereby he was quoted that the speed limit in Adelaide's CBD should be reduced to 40km due to an increase in pedestrian accidents. Yeh right!

What is so different about Adelaide that is not the same in every other City.

Waste of space, he is!

Hi Willie
Had mine passed about a month ago- with a UHF on one side, and tapped HF on the other. No problems. Then again it was a 4WD enthusiast that does the inspections.
Did they give you a defect notice??? If not- go somewhere else !!

Hi Willie

The guy is right, you are only allowed one aerial. realy obscure and very subjective. It is a combination of two laws, one is vision and the other is fittings to a bull bar.

So basically he is right and wrong, best thing to do is take one off and stick the cable in the grill, next year come over for a visit and see my guy here, I take it he gave you a white slip with a fault on it.

Have fun

Craig

There is absolutely nothing in the Nov 07 Bulletin that limits the number of aerials on the bullbar. If two thin aerials obstruct the drivers vision, how does this compare with the obstruction to vision caused by the A pillar ! There used to be a reference to 30mm maximum aerial/pipe diameter, but that has now gone.

There will be a lot of tradesmen who will have to remove rack supports if you are only allowed one thin aerial.

The only exemptions are for Emergency vehicles.

If I was you, I would be contacting the RTA to complain about an Inspector who is victimising you and contacting the Bullbar manuafcturer to point out that their aerial mounts are now illegal.

How does one expect the poor bugger to get it right, not everyone here can agree lol. To me its like most laws and rules they are open to an individuals spin on the wording.

Not having read what is and is not legal I cannot comment. just sound typical to me lol.

Hope it works out Willie. :)

Brian

Have I missed something but I thought that the problem was two aerials on the rear bullbar. How do they obstruct the driver's forward vision.

it reads to me that when the bracket is attached in such a way as it extends forward of the bar, IE, the GME U-Bolt type but with the bolts to the front or some one welded and bracket that goes up-and-forward.

From the RTA

Any attachment or protrusion projecting forward of bull bar or bumper bar which presents a danger to other road users