I was driving down the highway (coffs harbour) in my qld registered car when one of our friendly highway patrol officers issued me with a defect notice and a $200 fine for having an aftermarket exhaust with no engineers certificate.
What's that all about? i explained to him that it's not the law to have an engineers certificate in qld.... his response, 'you're driving on nsw roads so you have to abide by our rules.' if that's the case, the cops could have a field day up at the nsw qld border.
they didn't even test the exhaust for noise...
anyone out there have a similar experience? i would have thought that i could get off the hook considering the car is registered in qld....??? also, is there a time limit between modifications done to the car and the engineers certificate to approve the modification? i had the exhaust on for less than 24 hours!
to the guys in coffs.....hope you're on standby cause next time i come through i'll be mashing it in 5th at 300+.