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Problem is that the QLD police do not rule by that legistlation, they govern a totally seperate set of laws, of which you can go down to the local cop shop and ask for but you need to know what section and part, they wont supply you with the whole set of legistlation, one part I do know fairly well is ".. any part of a motor vehicle which is not fitted from the factory, or as a factory option is illegal as it might interfer with the engineered design model of the vehicle.."
Which is stupid because QLD transport govern under the ADR's meaning you get a defect by the police under their set of laws, then you go get it cleared by the QLD transport because it does not breach their laws.
Try to contest it in court and suddenly you are put back under the same legistlation in which the police govern under and BAM your stuffed!
Well that was the way it was explained to me after spending 45 mins at my local cop shop asking serious questions in a manner in which I could get straight answrs, and even then it was like I was being stuffed around.
All that said John would probably be more of an expert on this particular subject than me, he knows more mechanically and has had more experiance in this area then anyone I know!
No one cares, the police dont care, QLD transport dont care, the goverment doesnt care, they make huge amounts of money out of handing out bullcrap defect fines and other bs breaches, eg excessive noise, so why would it want to change?
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