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Just thought I'd give the SA members a heads up
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/motori...-1226058563490 So now (from July) if we check our brake lights then one happens to blow down the street we may cop a $120 fine then more to get the sticker off ![]() |
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The biggest load of **** ive ever heard as most ford ppl know the brake light switch on eseries cars blow alot having to pay 120 bucks fine because it decided to **** itself infront of a cop car is utter ********
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blaa blaa.. carry spare globe......
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Myself, Ill cop the fine if one of my globes spits the dummy in front of a police car. If its gets all the weasels to change their ways who drive around for eternity with defects to change their ways, small price to pay....if it ever happens. I can see perhaps some leeway being granted in these inspections, one globe out, speak nicely to plod, demonstrate your commitment to safety:"thanks officer, got a spare here, Ill put it in right now". But a couple of globes out(must of just happened officer..sure) or a headlight out, or attitude to plod, then "fine" is fine. |
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What the hell is this country coming to? Words cannot describe the disgust I have for this blatant grab for cash. F in stupid.
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And the difference now is what?
(Apart from a higher fine) Blown bulbs is a defect.... the cost of the fine is however over the top. It also depends on the Cop and your attitude when pulled over. He can still let you go with a warning...
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There has always been a fine for driving an unroadworthy vehicle in Vic, I would have thought the other states would be the same.
In Vic the police do not often apply the fine as far as I know
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It is up to the officer to give you the fine. I copped a $300 fine for driving an unroadworthy car about 2 years ago. I had 2 blue number plate lights and my handbrake was not adjusted correctly. It clicked 9 times instead of 5. ![]() |
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Have to say big deal guys. They have had fines for un roadworthy vehicles everywhere else in the country for years.
Does SA even have rwc yet or is it still like it was 10yrs ago where as long as it had SA plates you could rego without any form of check? |
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blah, blah.....geez maybe people will start checking their lights more often, hope the fine for only one working headlight is double.....but motoring enthusiasts prefer people in cars that are unroadworthy?
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Any globe can blow at anytime. I check mine reguarly (once a week too) and a copper has pulled me over because my brake lights didn't work. Turned out, the brake light switch shat itself, which is typical problem for later Falcons. (Mine's an EF BTW) Now is my car a POS becuase it happened and I did check them a few days prior At the end of the day, be polite and good chance the coppers won't fine you, because of a small issue like a globe being blown. It'd be aimed at blantant ignorance, not petty crap
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If someone checks their lights and they are all working, then 5 mins down the road a brake light blows, then they turn a corner and a cop pulls them over, then how the **** is it their fault?! You cant predict when a bulb will blow. Idiot.
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You check you lights once a week? How irresponsible of you.........you could be driving around for 7 days with defected or non working lights on your car.
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And he(it) arrives right on cue to participate in the thread. I could read the title of each thread and point out which ones scuddy will post in, and which ones he wont. Quote:
If its so dangerous to have a car with 1 head light, why do bikes have 1 head light? If my headlight goes out Ill just whack on my fog lights. Then Ill basically have 3 headlights!!!!!! Now ill wait for scudy to tell me that I should be fined $2000 and be jail for 6 months for using fog lights in clear weather. |
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Fixing Ford's **** ups
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Got a favour to ask of you. Could you run down to your local servo for me and buy a 5 3/4" or even a 7' sealed beam headlight for me. Got one out on my Val and my Centura. Don't want to run the risk of getting hooked $120, for having a dangerous car now and I do need to go out tonight.
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Mmmm, I'm regularly having to change over my Gf's tail/brake light globes in her Charade (am still trying to figure out the problem - bloody Korean cars, I thought at first it wasn't earthed correctly, now I think its a current-surge problem) and she really can't afford to cop a big fine like that just because her car blows globes every now and then.
I always check her lights when I'm over/when shes leaving so its not as if she goes for long with the globe busted, and its only ever the left tail light or brake light that goes. I've been pulled over to look for defects before, the police have always been fairly cool about it all and if you're polite and answer their questions they usually don't give you much trouble... I don't think this increased fine will change things.
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It can be solved by putting the LED 2 way globes in. I put one in my Ducati tail light and it went from blowing the brake element every second day to never blowing it again. I think that cars with two blown brake lights (and only the centre window one in operation) should be canaried. It's reasonable to assume a driver doesn't know about one light being out, but two is just negligence. It's very common to see this scenario on the Nepean Hwy in Melb, where I spend a lot of time.
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