Go easy boys - firstly, I'm not dumb. Secondly, he gave me a 72 hour rectification defect with no penalty/fine so long as it was done in that timeframe as the mud flaps were in the back of the car (which i showed him) after some work I had done on the @rse end over the weekend - finished on it late Sunday night, got picked up by pure unadulterated poor fortune on Monday morning dropping the kids to school, and the flaps were back on by midday Monday ...

But yes ... mud flaps are important.

That all said, not sure of other states but no mud flaps required on the front of the vehicle (even though I have them) ... apparently flicking rocks up on your own car and passing vehicles is not as important as hitting the cars behind ... yet another example of the mis-guided and flaky laws that apply.