Wombats

Posted by: Idiotlad

17th Nov 2010 04:44pm

Just when are all states going to bring in compulsory 6 or at the most 12 monthly vehicle inspections.
The large number of rust buckets and cars in poor condition in South Australia alone indicates to me one reason why there are so many crashes,injuries and fatalities on the roads !

amanda6393

17th Jan 2011 02:58pm

Definitely! I'm an ex mechanic and it amazed me how many cars we serviced which were flat out dangerous. Fleet vehicles in particular clock up kilometres very quickly (I've seen 12 month old cars with over 200,000km on the clock), and although they're usually serviced regularly it isn't uncommon for them to present with steel belts hanging out of tyres, no brakes broken suspension components, etc. How is it fair that these people/companies don't have to pay for an annual inspection but I do (and my 7 year old car hasn't yet done 60,000km)?

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