How many Death traps hurtling at you on the HWYS???.

If he gets it regularly serviced it should have been picked up long ago, as they dont just suddenly wearout! Makes you wonder what his Garage/Mechanic is like. When i was working as a mechanic in a local Ford dealership all joints were checked at each service. If a car is regularly serviced by a garage properly there should be no need for anual checkups.

Axle,
I am going to disagree with you.

I believe you are talking about QLD.

Many years ago I went threw a yearly road worthy in your state with a vehicle that had the chassis cross member completely cut in half. It passed with no problems at all.

I have mates in your state that have some huge mods done to their vehicles that pass every year.

I have taken trucks over the pits for there yearly inspections and had them pass when I know there are problems.

Now what you have to do is see how many accidents are caused or by vehicles with a road worthy problem.

I think you will find that this state is no different to the others. If it is I will stand corrected.

Have a good one'
RA.

Yep. plenty of "Death traps" on our roads and the part most likely to cause grief is the "Nut behind the wheel" and no amount of inspecting seems to correct the "attitude", "lack of tolerance" or just plain old "shouldn't be allowed on roads" You can inspect the vehicle as often as you like but it makes not the slightest difference to the carnage they cause.
I read somewhere that when the cause of fatalities or serious injury on our roads was analysed driver error was something like 97%. Vehicular failure accounted for the rest.

Cheers
Pop

When I lived down there I was quite shocked that once a vehicle is registered the first time it doesn't need inspection again until it changes hands. Locals were even proud of how rusty and unreliable their vehicles were. I only found this out when I asked why a friend if he was worried about getting caught driving his paddock basher into to town.

Axle
We live in Vic.

I do not see what the problem is ?
Most road deaths, and crashes ( over 95%) are attriduted to the area between the steering wheel and the seat.

Yearly inspections only raise revenue for the local Governments, and may pick up a potential problem 1 day a year. There are another 364 days left when the vehicle can be just as unroadworthy, as thier counterparts in Vic.

I see no problem with rust in vehicles, and again 95% of drivers will repair rusty spots. A rusty guard or boot is by no means unroadworthy, yet the "boys in Blue", in NSW, are deadly on that. I know as I lived in Albury for 3 years.

Rusty chassis, and subframes are a totally different story, but then again this shoule be easily picked up by a good mechanic, during servicing.

Cheers
Bucky

Gday Axle,
Like the others have said above, regular inspections do not save lives. In many states they are a rort to make money for the garages. If they were serious about inspections, there would be government inspection stations (like in NT) where you could get an independant inspection. Two of my daughters have moved to Vic and Qld and had their cars inspected. The Qld one - we got a second opinion and the bushes were actually fine, but she had to get them replaced to get the piece of paper out of the mechanic who did the inspection. The Vic one got knocked back on the rear windscreen wiper rubber and the guy gauged another $30 out of her to replace it before he'd write the ticket. I since found out that it wasn't an inspection item anyway.

RAA here in SA have campaigned against regular inspections because it is a waste of people's money. Here in SA thousands of cars get run off the road by random police inspections and the dreaded defect sticker. Much more sensible IMO. I was brought up in NSW and as young people we knew where to get our vehicles inspected - the guy would come out, take your money, check the tyres and lights and write a pink slip.

Cheers
phil

I fail to see where N.S.W. as opposed to Qld. Vic or any other place, sees more defective motor vehicles.

It is now mandatory for Authorised Inspection Stations to provide details of the vehicles mechanical condition to the R.T.A. by computer when inspected. If the vehicle is not passed for registration because it is defective in some way, the fact is recorded.

So it's then necessary to have the defect repaired or replace the item of concern, and have the vehicle re-inspected. Of course this is open to corrupt or unethical practices, but should the person/s passing a vehicle for roadworthyness get caught they loose their authority, and are fined. Or if the vehicle is passed and though some glaringly obvious defect someone is killed or injured, the inspecting person can find themselves having a couple of fun days before judge & jury, charged with one of the homicide or injury offences.

Where I live there always seems to be one or two previously authorised places suddenly unauthorised for shonky practices. The other aspect is should the cops inspect a vehicle for defects when it's stopped for other reasons, and they do, and it's found that a short time previously the vehicle was passed, there's some explaining to do on behalf of the person passing the vehicle.

New vehicles do not need an annual inspection for five years, but in that five years a fair bit can go wrong, and tyres to scrub and wear out, so the onus is on the owner or driver to ensure that things are correct, otherwise if detected you get pinged.

It's a pain in the backside to have to take a vehicle to an authorised inspection station annually, but at least you know that it is mechanically O.K. Not so elsewhere it seems, eh?

I didn't have much to do with Qld. registered vehicles, but S.A. is the place. Good grief, you'll see rust, oil leaks, excessive smoke, totally backed out windows, crook tyres, and FWD's, holy moley, and this list goes on.

They say that a vehicle's condition seldom has any impact upon a prang, rubbish, rubbish, & rubbish. The driver will usually be doing something that is negligent in the first place, but then the defects will be apparent. For example, not being able to stop in time because of crook brakes or tyres, loss of control due to steering issues and again tyre defects, vehicles coming apart in prangs, when it shouldn't because of rust. You will see bodgie modifications done outside of what the manufacturer specifies, and so the list goes on.

Sorry guys but don't make me laugh. Next time you see a S.A. vehicle that's more than a couple of years old, have a look at it.

And I wonder why I still have some bad nights?

Revenue raising and rort , Sister inlaw sells car to Brother inlaw A. has to have vehicle inspected and roadworthy cert = $$$ , Brother inlaw A. decides has no real need for the car and sells vehicle to other Brother B. one week later , another inspection and roadworthy cert required =$$$ ,,, vehicle distance travelled 4.5 klm ,,,,,,, Safety value of 2x inspections =NIL

There are other things that influence how bad some vehicles or combinations can be. In November, just after we had picked up our new caravan we drove up the highway just South of Bundaberg and came up behind another car and caravan combination. The car a white Nissan GQ it turned out towing a York caravan.

Every so often the caravan would sway from side to side so that from 40m behind, I saw both sides of the caravan in turn. The influence wasn't from trucks going the other way, though that unsettled it. I couldn't see what was making it sway.

Quite frankly I couldn't get past quick enough, just in case something awful happened in front of us

I fail to see how the stupidity of anyone driving an unsafe vehicle relates to Queensland motor vehicle laws or regulations or how we do thing this side of the border, it's our state.
Like daylight saving, just because you have it don't tell us we have to have it as well. Queensland starts with a Q not an N.

NSW used to have some of the best roads and highways in Australia now it has some of the worst, no wonder you need a yearly inspection.

I fail to see how the stupidity of anyone driving an unsafe vehicle relates to Queensland motor vehicle laws or regulations or how we do thing this side of the border, it's our state.
Like daylight saving, just because you have it don't tell us we have to have it as well. Queensland starts with a Q not an N.

NSW used to have some of the best roads and highways in Australia now it has some of the worst, no wonder you need a yearly inspection.