New tough Victorian roadworthy rules

[Scrivo18]

Hi Mike

As a tester it is now a night mare.. We also have to have all the images stored off site as well.. So I have then on my work computer, which is also backed up to a server, a Memory stick aswell as the camera has a massive memory card so they are on there to..

Trying to photograph the vin numbers on some of the motor cycles is nearly imposible and as for even reading some engine numbers you nearly need to remove the motor to do so...

We added $50.00 to the cost just to cover the extra storage and paperwork involved.

For cars & trucks there have to be photos of the vehicles on hoists with there wheels removed to prove that you have looked at brakes etc..

I am quite happy we only do bikes.

Tim

[Ian Fawbert]

This is going to force many older cars off the road... the process of obtaining a roadworthy for transfer of ownership will be a nightmare . Instead , the cars will be scrapped - I think thats what the RTA wants .

I hope not Mike.

What i find amazing, but am realising as i grow up and remember more and more, stupid decisions are only regretted by government long after they happen and cant be reversed.

I am not sure if your clubs down in Vic participated in some of the recent (past few years) surveys about the value collector car movements bring to the state/country, but it was well into the hundreds of millions and millions when you consider everything- travel (meetings, swaps, events etc), tourism income and all that encompasses, memberships and magazines etc, servicing, parts, fuel etc etc- EVERYTHING we spend money on was asked about. Not to mention the money that is paid out to the various RTA (or RMS- roads and maritime services now in NSW)- my jeep cost $54 on historical rego for 2012/2013. Multiply that by the thousands and thousands of vehicles in the state which can be put off the road and thats a decent chunk out of the state coffers. Someone who makes the decisions doesnt seem to realise all of this... our state and national representatives need to keep pushing it on them i feel.

Again, i hope it doesnt put vehicles off the road as one day, when they eventually figure out what happened, it will be too late and a small note in the paper one day will read that they realised they made a mistake all those years ago.

Cheers,
Ian.