That doesn't seem fair

[the evil twin]

snip... Here in WA fog light are not permitted to be used and my mate pointed this out.

Uuummm... thats a new one to me...since when has it been illegal to use fog lights in WA?

AFAIK they are perfectly OK but must only be used in periods of restricted vis... has that changed?

[4bye4]

Uuummm... thats a new one to me...since when has it been illegal to use fog lights in WA?

AFAIK they are perfectly OK but must only be used in periods of restricted vis... has that changed?

Don't know the law ET, that's what he was told and I think I have seen that somewhere else. Anyway fact remains if they are there the gotta work even if the aren't used.


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[the evil twin]

snip... Anyway fact remains if they are there the gotta work even if the aren't used.

Totally agree with you on that, Cobber

[AB]

My ARB bull bar has holes for the extra indicators and I'm pretty sure by law if there are holes there I must fit working indicators?

[nissannewby]

I don't know how true it is but my mate who does roadworthies in VIC said that if the car has a spare tyre in it, the tyre must be in roadworthy condition. But there is no problem if there is no spare.
So when doing certificates and the car has a bald tyre as a spare he takes it out, passes the car and then puts the tyre back in.

That is the case in most states I believe. If you have a spare it must be legal. I dont carry spares. I have always just bought them....

[NissanGQ4.2]

My ARB bull bar has holes for the extra indicators and I'm pretty sure by law if there are holes there I must fit working indicators?

Yeh I believe that 2 be true in NSW as well

[nissannewby]

I think here it applies to your washer bottle as well. If its there it needs to have water in it.

[04OFF]

In QLD the spare tyre is NOT part of a roadworthy inspection, so it can be bald and still pass, i lost a bet on that one, i didn't believe it till the roadworthy guy printed out the rules.

Of course it does not mean you can use the spare legally on the car.



And yes i know someone that got booked in QLD for washers not working , only because the bottle had no water, but i guess legally washers need to work for a reason, and its not a officers job to "diagnose" why something does not work, and ignorance is not much of a excuse these days.

[Mike02Ti]

Having just put a vehicle over the pits around a month ago, I was surprised to see the list on what they were picking on.
I knew this vehicle wouldnt pass and I wanted to see what they wanted me to do. It was a Delica btw and in WA.

Things on the list were mainly normal like couple of small oil leaks and worn bushes. Thats all fair enough.
Then the stupid things come up like windscreen washer bottle not full. Sorry mate forgot about filling that up... They wanted to charge $20 for filling that up
Headlights out of adjustment..... Yeah I understand they need to be adjusted right and im not complaining about that. How much did they want to charge for that? $30 !!!!
Front headlight washers not working..... Ummm its an import and they had to be disconnected for compliance in Australia!!!
One oil leak they picked up wasnt an oil leak. It was from me filling the damn thing up with oil in the first place after replacing the rocker gaskets, cam seals and crank seal. Something I thought a mechanic could have clearly seen as it wasnt dirty oil at all.
As for the fog lights on it, they picked on them. They said they cant be yellow. Really? Again how the hell did it gain compliance in the first place with them on.
My dad had a similar thing with a trailer not long ago. Put it over pits. They wanted a new trailer plug on it. How much to install? $75!!

I actually think its more work creation for themselves than anything else and also depends on who you get on the day or workshop you take it to.

[GeeYou8]

My ARB bull bar has holes for the extra indicators and I'm pretty sure by law if there are holes there I must fit working indicators?

I think that if the bar was fitted after 1992(?) it must have indicators fitted on the bar. If there are holes I would suspect that the bar was made after this rule was introduced.
Graham