VSI50 anti-modification laws are back on the RTA’s agenda

[coxsy]

seems aussies in nsw or all aussie 4wd guys are going to have a fight with RTA over lift laws again,
was in a email from 4wd action mag

http://www.4wdaction.com.au/articles/cu ... once-again

http://enews.emgroup.com.au/4wd/2011/vsi50/VSI-50.pdf

[gimmemud]

Hmmmm.... Sounds familiar

The biggest issue is that of vehicle ride height. Under VSI50, vehicles with a combined ride height more than 75mm above standard will only be eligible for ‘conditional registration’. The document isn’t clear on what this means, but you can be certain conditional registration will force you to justify why you ‘need’ to be driving your 4WD every single time you get behind the wheel. There is a way around this – VSI50 states that if you are a member of an affiliated 4WD club, and have completed a driver training course, then you’ll be allowed full registration.

I thought compulsory unionism was dead in Australia. I thought this was a free country.

What we’re witnessing is un-reasonable and un-Australian.

VSI50 forces you to pay membership fees and join a 4WD club, simply so you can have full registration on your sensibly modified 4WD. What if you don’t want to be a member of a club? What if you can’t find a club to join? What if you’re stretched enough as it is and don’t want to pay anymore bills?

If VSI50 becomes official legislation, 4WD NSW & ACT will have ultimate say over when and where you can drive your 4WD!

Would be great if they brought this into QLD as the current rules are stupidly strict. Hopefully NSW can fight this, and just like NZ would be good to see some proof where substantial accidents are caused by these 'highly' modified 4wds to justify a law change

[Heath]

Ya beet me to it, but I linked it in the nz lifts thread.