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03-02-2016, 05:15 PM | #1 | ||
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My wife was driving our Ford Territory when she was pulled over by the Highway Patrol in Melb.on 1st Feb.
One of the 3 rear stop lights was not working. Short story - no please fix it - just a Yellow unroadworty sticker and notice to fix it within 7 days or else . Did the job in about 45sec.(Territories and Falcon wagons seem to blow bulbs on a regular basis). (Are any bulbs made to last these days???) But now you have to take the car to Vic Roads to have it inspected and the 'unroadworthy' taken off. Went there today waited 45mins to be served -then they tell me its $45.10 for them to tell whether or not the brake lights are working. This new charge just happened to start from the (you guessed it) 1st Feb. To say I was unhappy and it was a complete waste of everyones time plus the added expenses of travel and loss of income is an understatment. Heaven forbid if they start to make you have a roadworthy as well- another $200 minimum. So suggest you check your lights regularly and change those Festoon bulbs on your trailer/caravan for something more robust.
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03-02-2016, 05:23 PM | #2 | ||
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Put LED bulbs in.
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03-02-2016, 05:26 PM | #3 | ||
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I have said for ages that there should be a list of 'offences' that should be a warning first.
And that is one of them. It's an honest mistake and can happen at any time. How proud this copper must be, going home saying 'I made a difference today'.... Sorry to hear, that would have ruined my day for such a petty thing. Yep, ready to be flamed about driver safety being the priority and how people should maintain their car correctly... take your best shots... Those that have never sinned be first in the line.
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03-02-2016, 05:28 PM | #4 | |||
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I was behind an idiot last night who has one tail light working, but the red lens was broken, so that was next to useless - the intact red lenses did not work at all. To top it off, said moron didn't use indicators on any of the 3 corners I was behind him for. |
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03-02-2016, 05:30 PM | #5 | |||
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03-02-2016, 05:31 PM | #6 | ||
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Thanks JC,
I was going to ask if the terri warns of a blown globe. One tail-light in my Berlina wagon always plays up. Give it a thump and it comes on again. But the indicators go at double time if a bulb is out!
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03-02-2016, 05:31 PM | #7 | ||
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Wow, I got a trailer blue slip for $44.10 in nsw. About 12 years ago I copped a defect for " shiny front tyres" whatever that means and my mechanic cleared it for $17 as the tyres were new.. totally irrelevant now but what's the world coming to... $45 to make you spend pocket change on bulbs, thats rediculous. I'm sure a warning would have made you change the bulb
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03-02-2016, 05:34 PM | #8 | ||
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Shiny front tyres??? You are kidding, right????
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03-02-2016, 06:08 PM | #9 | |||
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After that 5 year run in the WB, Holden released it again in 1993 - this time in the VR Calais, Statesman & Caprice - all tail lights & brake lights are covered by the blown bulb light on the dash. |
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03-02-2016, 06:11 PM | #10 | ||
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My daughters 93 Merc has that system, very handy, as she wouldn't check anything that isn't displayed on the dash, oil, water etc... Same with my wife' newer Merc, scroll through the dash and it tells you everything that's needed or faulty.
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03-02-2016, 06:19 PM | #11 | ||
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You would think that it should be a mandatory safety item for all new cars much like warning chimes for belts and ice on the road....
What are we talking, some extra wires and a control module?? A few extra dollars on the production line, if that.
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03-02-2016, 06:27 PM | #12 | ||
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I believe most cars have a feature for letting you know about blown bulbs. When indicating the lights flash double time and the dash lights/tick is also double time. Not sure about Falcons, never had a blown bulb.
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03-02-2016, 06:28 PM | #13 | ||
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I always let other drivers know if their rear lights are out.
I've often thought that checking of lights could be done with mirrors at drive-throughs.
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03-02-2016, 06:29 PM | #14 | |||
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But here is to complaining about police actually doing their job, next time make sure your car is in a roadworthy condition, including all lights functioning |
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03-02-2016, 06:33 PM | #15 | ||
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I always check when I'm reverse parking, theres usually a shop window that I can see the reflection if one is out as I park. Although not a lot of places reverse in now as I understand from another thread a few months back.
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03-02-2016, 06:36 PM | #16 | ||
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Common sense needs to used, the car has 3 stop lights, surley safety is not compremised as 2 are srill working. The HP must be hard up for numbers to ping you on that, they do have discresion but this cop dosn't see the mum and dad paying a mortgage and putting food in the table for the kids. What a grub, the cops have changed so much since I was in, (NSW). They are not taught to be a buman these days.
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03-02-2016, 06:39 PM | #17 | |||
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I look at the red glow to see if it is even left and right when I reverse against a wall. How many people make a point of doing that? Not sure. If you drive alone and park on the street and mostly drive in the day time you may not know for ages that you have a light out. Especially now that new cars don't get inspected for 5 years now.
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03-02-2016, 06:47 PM | #19 | ||
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It was just after they banned high performance cars for p platers...I got my p's before the ban so I was exempt. I guess the cop needed a reason to pull over a wb ute with an engineering plate for the 96 clubsport efi 5l with p plates on it... he went for me over the car that was doing 80 to overtake me... who knows...
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03-02-2016, 06:51 PM | #20 | ||
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Sounds like the copper would make a good Nazi, fancy a canary for a stop light.
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03-02-2016, 06:53 PM | #21 | ||
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I believe that's due to the bi metal strip in the flasher relay reacting to lower load. Electronic units that you need for low energy globes like leds won't do it, which is why if you throw in led indicators with a resistor they flash the same. You see countless motorbikes with led indicators that flash in double time but thats because the bi metal strip is running a lower load, therefore not creating enough heat to bend up and break contact for long enough
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03-02-2016, 06:55 PM | #22 | |||
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While I'm all for cops bringing stuff like this to the drivers attention I really don't think it's worth a defect. Unless of course the driver is a complete teabag and deserves it.... |
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03-02-2016, 06:57 PM | #23 | ||
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Well my take on it is that it does not take a great deal to check your lights - and if that removes an excuse to have me pulled over then I will keep checking - usually in my garage with the door down - you can see them reflect off it.
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03-02-2016, 07:02 PM | #24 | ||
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That's just the way it is now, ambush motorists for the prettiest of things and seek to apply the maximum penalty with no discretion or even a sympathetic hearing.
Welcome to the new normal.
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03-02-2016, 07:05 PM | #25 | |||
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03-02-2016, 07:09 PM | #26 | ||
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That is poor policing. I had a blown stop lamp on my car over Christmas. The copper told me it was blown. I said thanks. He said have a nice day. It was like I was living in the 60s.
I would write a letter to your local MP and perhaps do the social media thing and post it on your state's Police FB page.
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03-02-2016, 07:12 PM | #27 | ||
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Yep, good advice.
Once upon a time, ages gone by, you sometimes checked air pressure in your tyres, engine oil level, coolant level, power steering fluid level, brake fluid level, all lights worked and were in good order, windscreen was clean and not cracked, especially in CVA, windscreen washer bottle was full....................oh who am I kidding, let's just misplace blame for the neglect of our own vehicles. The policeman that defected the vehicle for said tail light has discretion to issue a warning instead and most would if it was a pleasant encounter, let's face it a bulb can go any time, but obviously for unknown mitigating circumstances he/she has defected the vehicle. |
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03-02-2016, 07:16 PM | #28 | |||
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I would defect a car that had no brake lights working however, the same to cars with brake lights stuck on. |
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03-02-2016, 07:22 PM | #29 | |||
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I have seen several weird electrical and running issues from the use of LED's
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