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I have just read and signed the petition: Car Enthusiasts Against lowering and raising vehicle laws !

If your so inclined, copy and paste this into emails and send to your friends

You can view this petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/tell-a-friend/4956833



From the above petition site :

"With Strict new laws being implemented by the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority affecting the raising and lowering of suspension on any light motor vehicle, we the Enthusiasts are majorly affected with seemingly nothing that we can do to stop our passion and livelihood in some cases to be destroyed by misinformed state government figures.  

We have a passion, a passion for cars and trucks. The Majority of  Vehicle enthusiasts are not young P plater "hoons" as the media portray, but in fact people of all ages and backgrounds who share something in common which is the modification of their  most prized possetion, their cars.

These new laws that Mr Michael Daley (NSW roads minister) has introduced, affect all aspects of vehicle modifiers state wide.

No statistics have been shown to the public of raised or lowered motor vehicles being the cause of accidents or even increasing the liklihood of an accident !

These laws have been brought in to which seems to be a scare tactic to the rest of the nation who use their cars and the road just for getting from A to B , the government  are trying to make your average joe think that our modified vehicles  put his life and his families lives at risk, not to mention the media showing cars doing burnouts and street racing , all of a sudden the nation thinks because our vehicle is modified that we are out street racing and doing illegal activity on our roads. Now the fact is some people choose to engage ina cts of stupidity and that is their choice, but enough is enough because we wish to have a modified vehicle we should not be portrayed under the same stereotype as law breaking citizens.

We need to band together, we need to show the public, the government and any governing body that our vehicles' can be modified and can be safe !
one major spanner in the works  is the wording in "VSI 50" found at "http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/downloads/vsi/vsi_50_raising-and-lowering-vehicles_17-july-2009.pdf"  "Chassis rails must not be notched or cut to lower a vehicles ride height." now it has been a law for a long time for  regular cars that are a monocoque body can not be tubbed or notched because it potentially can weaken that car and in an accident it could be for the worse. Now with full chassis vehicles such as minitrucks (utes) and hot rods / customs  notches have been allowed if done correctly and certified by an RTA approved automotive mechanical engineer.
Now the RTA are telling us they will be banned across the board which is going to affect many many businesses and individuals alike !

another thing written in "VSI 50" is "Drop axles/spindles must not be used to lower a vehicles ride height." Now there isno reason for these to be made illegal they are infact a great way to lower your vehicle, they maintain factory suspension geometry and in most cases  lower the vehicle by 2 inches which is now the  limit under the new legislation.

obviously the lowering of vehicles is more so affecting us but also rasing too, there are many thousands of 4x4 enthusists in this country. They go off the road they need to raise their suspension , and have  larger than factory tyres. These new laws are now going to stop this from being possible if they wish to drive on the road and lets face it if done correctly and in some cases  engineered then they are very safe for our roads and it is not likely that all 4 wheel drive owners that modify their off road designed vehicles are going to have another large vehicle that  can tow their vehicle to where they wish to go offroad.

now these new laws as a whole have been released on the  17th of july 2009 and have been proposed to  take affect on july 31st 2009. that is 2 weeks from release date. Now 2 weeks is not satisfactoy, i myself know of at least 50-100 vehicles being built within workshops and inhome garages, a lot are under instruction of engineers before they are finished and inspected. Now these vehciles apparently unless they are completed , engineered and  registered by the 31st of july 2009  will no longer be able to be registered in NSW, this means  potentially millions of dollars of motor vehicles that  will never see our roads because of laws that are not fair nor needed.

Now the RTA have told me on the phone that they do not know  anything more than what they read on VSI 50, so if they dont know , we don't know then who knows ?

please sign this petition if you wish to see a review on these new laws that affect  a large part of the automotive industry and community."

65pony

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« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2009, 09:16:53 AM »
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The Majority of  Vehicle enthusiasts are not young P plater "hoons" as the media portray
 


hey speak for yourself!! ;x

Hopefully we can stop this bullsh#t law before it goes any further!

65pony

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« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2009, 09:52:18 AM »
not sure if this club has anything going on on August 1st but it could be an idea to get the word out and get alot of clubs in Sydney, all types of cars to join in a protest drive?? maybe a drive slow??

would anyone be interested in this??

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« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2009, 12:25:25 PM »
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Originally posted by 65pony
not sure if this club has anything going on on August 1st but it could be an idea to get the word out and get alot of clubs in Sydney, all types of cars to join in a protest drive?? maybe a drive slow??

would anyone be interested in this??



JOEL...........
Have you ever been on a cruise with this lot?
Well driving SLOW is not an option!;x
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65pony

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« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2009, 01:17:40 PM »
haha that's very true!

most of you bast*rds don't even slow down for the little old P plater on the cruises along the hwy

Just because i'm speed limited :mad:

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« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2009, 01:31:50 PM »
Not long to go Joel, it'll be worth the wait!!! Maybe a cruise thru the city or some beach side suburb with lotsa al-fresco dining areas. The fumes & exhaust rumble would make people notice.

cpu

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« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2009, 02:54:35 PM »
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........Just because i'm speed limited :mad:  



Yeah, you own a Ford.  ;17 ;17

Sorry, couldn't resist.  hehehehe!


Seriously though, I like ya idea of a protest cruise.  I'll put the feelers out to see if one is being organised and report back.



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« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2009, 07:20:20 PM »
I have just read and signed the petition: Car Enthusiasts Against lowering and raising vehicle laws !

Come on everyone who feels we are being ripped off, sign your name.
Have noticed some people from the club have already signed, good on you :)

Cheers Maureen

heven67

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« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2009, 07:31:39 PM »
Get your car engineered and you have no problems.
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« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2009, 07:56:11 PM »
From what I heard on the teev your can lower 50mm so whats the problem
Its the 4 inches 100mm these young hoons do that restricts the steering and all the mods and stolen bits their cousins are wacking on the cars, turbo everything and these cars get pink slipped by their cousins as well.
so untill they kill themselves this problem doesnt surface.

Its amazing how some put huge donks in little cars and beef up the brakes for a reason.Buy the beast in the first place factory then the gov or rta cant fiddle with more laws and rules.THey changed the fuel to unleaded so how are u going to stop this petition yeh pigs.Some of us have rhd mods done but we are I guess a bit more sensible on the road and 40yrs older he he!

 

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