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| Thread ID: 90917 | 2008-06-20 03:20:00 | high stop brake light | lance4k (4644) | PC World Chat |
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| 680495 | 2008-06-20 09:32:00 | If that's the case then whats the point in having a warrant ? I was actually speaking to one of the local garages last time I got my warrant - we were talking about the cars - and as he pointed out - LOTS of them are not legal, and he would fail them if they ever came into his garage. The instructor was just power crazy, desk jockey wannabe, - simple as that. I know lots of people that have warrants,with older cars and they are not required to have a high mounted light, my brother - has a car that he done up over time, its from the 60's and I can tell you now - no high mounted lights. A warrant just shows that on the day it was tested the car passed. As a local ex-mechanic says many of the cars he saw had different exhausts and wheels on them when they came in for a warrant. I agree on the instructor's attitude but the Starlet looked at least 1989. As for your older cars, as stated before it was only cars 1st reg after 1990 that had to have a high stop light although if one was added to an older car it has to work. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 680496 | 2008-06-20 09:35:00 | I had the impression that the car had one fitted but it was not working. It's the old story if anything is fitted to vehicle that is part of the warrent system (in this case a light) it must be in working condition. I had a ute with one that did not work, easy fixed ripped it out then & there and got the warrant.:horrified | Arnie (6624) | ||
| 680497 | 2008-06-21 06:31:00 | The instructor was just power crazy, desk jockey wannabe, - simple as that. Things are never that simple. Do you know all the facts? If he was being overhanded, then they should complain about him. Having said that high stops are a good safety feature... and both our cars have them. |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 680498 | 2008-06-21 07:03:00 | From memory Paul D is right- cars registered after a certain time must have some form of high/third stop light, and a lot of the newer models have this prefitted- mine is in my boot spoiler . Older ones registered in NZ before this date don't have to have one, the kicker being the date registered in NZ- a friend's old 1986 Corolla had once retrofitted as it was imported after the date the stop light rules came into force . If you was to import an american 60's car now, it would require a high/ third stop light be fitted . . . |
Sick Puppy (6959) | ||
| 680499 | 2008-06-21 07:13:00 | There are plenty of power tripping little hitlers in every menial bureaucratic job just waiting to vent their spleen and impotent fury at their supposed failure in life by giving users of the services they control a hard time, happened to me the other day whilst trying to make an appointment. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 680500 | 2008-06-21 07:26:00 | When I took my test in England nobody ever used there own car for a test as it had to be fully warranted on that day it was and is easier to use a driving school car then the examiners don't even have to look it over, but then we never had the restricted licence scheme we just had to wait until 17 to get a learners | gary67 (56) | ||
| 680501 | 2008-06-21 07:30:00 | Unfortunatly here in NZ from what I have seen many driving testers have their own ideas what is rght and what is wrong. One will fail you for one thing and the next guy says it's fine. Joe. Regarding rear tail lites in the US. Do you alllow those idiots in Europeans cars to drive around in clear air at nite with their brighter than a stop lite rear fog lites turned on. It's not legal here but I've never seen a cop pull one up .. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 680502 | 2008-06-21 09:08:00 | Things are never that simple. Do you know all the facts? If he was being overhanded, then they should complain about him. Having said that high stops are a good safety feature... and both our cars have them. I cant remember the whole story on Fairgo, But I do remember them asking the licencing people concerned, the car was legal and they got a Political style answer- Paulw's comment can compare as being right Unfortunately here in NZ from what I have seen many driving testers have their own ideas what is right and what is wrong. One will fail you for one thing and the next guy says it's fine. Esp in the end after Fairgo got involved then they said the lady they had failed could then take the test - same car. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 680503 | 2008-06-21 12:04:00 | Esp in the end after Fairgo got involved then they said the lady they had failed could then take the test - same car. Unless the online version of that segment has been edited the only comment was that the woman would get the retest fee refunded and Kevin Milne's closing remark was something like "and make sure your car is up to scratch". There was nothing other than the fact that a warrant had been issued and pictures of a Toyota Starlet that looked very late 80s to early 90s. |
PaulD (232) | ||
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