Wombat 280 wrote:

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What's the rules in other states require.

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Interesting question.
My bus requires a MR licence to drive it, all because its GVM is over the limit of a car licence, yet if I tore say the notsowellworking fridge and the stove out and lost a few kilos it would be back to car licence. Still the same vehicle you're driving though, its kinda rediculous sometimes.

Hi.Funny thing road rules.At a gathering of mates recently someone brought up the question of drink driving,well we all know it is illegal to drive whilst over the limit,but one of the guys is a serving traffic policeman and he informed us that if the law was followed to the letter you could be booked for drinking from a bottle or can etc. whilst in charge of a motor vehicle and driving on a public road.No more shaving,reading road maps,looking at a GPS,no more putting on make up,reading newspapers.I guess that it is ok to have the odd glance at the dashboard instuments.As I mentioned earlier this conversation took place at a B.B.Q and is not meant to be taken in anything but a little jibe at some of the things we could be pinged for.Cheers Ibbo.

       G,DAY
   Niece and new hubby honnymooning in surfers, had 2 small wedding dolls hanging off rear view mirror got booked for that but said nothing about nab man stuck to windscreen  love the work coppers do  but  really

well there are a lot of very old road rules that in theory still apply, for instance if one wishes to stick to the letter of the law when traveling at night there should be a person walking in front of the carriage carrying a lantern so as to not startle any oncoming vehicles 

also all public houses (pubs) should have no less than two post and rail configurations at the front of the building so as to tie ones horse to 

a lot of people have been booked recently driving the Mazda t4600 as well as other truck based motorhomes, the trouble is the carrying capacity of the vehicle as well as the weight, there are two types of tyres that can be fitted standard on these motorhomes, one set will only allow the vehicle to carry up to the combined weight of 5 ton (car license) and the other set allows the vehicle to exceed the 5 ton weight (light rigid license required) caution must be noted when replacing these tyres

another lifetime ago I was driving in to adealide at the signed speed limit  of 80 kph, I was being passed left right and centre, to my surprise I was pulled over by a poncy little motorbike cop and booked for "causing a mobile traffic obstruction" when I told him I was only obeying the traffic rules he stated that one must keep up with the traffic, I appealed and it was chucked out but how ridiculous is that!!

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yep got a bil in stockport down the other side of clare, a railway runs through the town complete with stop signs

even though there has not been a train for some 20 years, the local copper sits in the middle of the town (about 30 houses) where he can see both stop signs on the entrance and exit of the town and the mongrel books anyone who does not stop,

they all must pay because it is still signed as such

sgntbilko wrote:

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Being a retired one of those myself, I guess it would be one of those many traffic regulations that they have which do not make any sense.  To me it sounds as tho it would be for heavy vehicles only.  I do know that farm machinery exceeding a certain length require a permit and signage, however it is one of those things in which common sense SHOULD prevail.  However there are a lot of young (Gun Ho) HWP Police out there that do not have such a thing as common sense.  Trust me I know

Come to think of it, I have never seen a Caravan with such signage attached, ummm I think I may have seen one or two in my travels, which is not many considering the number of units on the road. 

It is a good point tho Wombat and no doubt your mate is correct, however I am going to check it out.  Maybe it is one of the traffic regs with an exemption.    It is also an Offence to Ride a Horse whilst intoxicated

Take care and stay well

Peter

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Sense is so uncommon I wonder why they use the term common  and associate it with sense.

Cop this light set up for a rule breaker that carries an Australian Design  Rule  claim 

 

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Basil Faulty wrote:

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travelling without a permit on the highway at a speed that is less than 20 km/h below the speed limit ie, driving at 79km/h in a 100km/h zone is an offence unless you have a permit.

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I don't know about 20k's below the posted limit, sounds a  bit pathetic to me, that would mean I'd be fined everytime I hit an open road! The beast only cruises at bloody 80 :))

Although I do recall my grandmother been fined for travelling to slow in a 100K limit, she was doing 20 K's hehe.

 

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G'day,
Over here in the West we only have 2 Freeways, the Kwinana and the Mitchell Freeways and it is illegal to travel at more than 20 kilometers under the signed speed limit which for most of the Freeway is 100 kilometers.

John

 

Having just returned from a trip, I have a gripe about NSW rules, but it applies all over - tail gaters

I found in NSW, these buggers do it ALL the time. 100kph and you cannot see the front of their car in th rear view, they are that close. No chance to overtake, no one else about, they must love me and want to be as close as possible, thats all I could put it down too

Had to resist hitting the brakes and throttle at the same time, so many times. I was on holiday, so did not do it, but if I lived there....

sgntbilko wrote:

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Twobob,

Welcome to NSW.  The dearest State in Australia to live in with some of the worst drivers in Australia (apart from the ACT).

Nothing else I can add.  You have said it all.

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As a Canberran of long standing I agree about ACT drivers, especially our eldrly drivers. There is no age or medical tests in the ACT apart from eye tests. So we have a fair proportion of drivers who should not be on the road for many reasons but all ACT drivers can see, it's just that remebering where you are or what side of the road your sposed to be on does not enter into it when you are 93 and in an Aged Care facility....