The police are not qualified vehicle inspectors therefore they cannot be expected to enforce vehicle safety.
sandypheet,
Nov 19, 1:13am
Are you sure how many vehicles you have. You started with 3 now you have five.
franc123,
Nov 19, 2:15am
Nobody is expecting a police officer to conduct a comprehensive roadside inspection of a vehicle and assess its fitness to be driven further, it's about apprehending those that are clearly operating defective vehicles with obvious faults that any rudimentally trained person can see and directing them through the appropriate channels, be that a testing station or a roadside "booze bus" operation that has got appropriate skilled staff on hand. THEN whatever else is non compliant can be detected. The MoT guys knew this stuff, some of them were even former mechanics even, the scope of what's being suggested here is easily teachable.
sadmuddle,
Nov 19, 2:38am
Two utes two cars and my brothers car.all got stuffed seat belts.
sandypheet,
Nov 19, 2:44am
Gee thats such bad luck.
socram,
Nov 19, 5:53am
Fit a fixed harness belt (no inertia reel) ie. one where the shoulder strap and lap strap are joined on each side = just one clip into the buckle.
Not to be confused with a race harness with four or five strap attachments, which aren't road legal without an authority card.
strobo,
Nov 19, 6:25am
Some are qualified vehicle inspectors . I know in here in chch who are fully qualified automotive and qualified inspectors for cof and wof vehicle inspection.One I personally know which I did my apprenticeship along side many years ago,he is now with CVIU or what ever their new name is and is also a patched up police officer.He did some time at Trentham Police college to fit in.
sadmuddle,
Nov 19, 6:45am
One hard lesson came along. Our big dog chewed the end of the first new drivers seat belt so real annoyed second belt could be faulty. I had the belt shortened by about 140 mm by a upholsterer who sowed the end back on.What I did not appreciate as the belt is anchored to the floor by the seat then up to a roller then back down the reel then have pull the belt across myself it ran out of belt by about 140 mm.
intrade,
Nov 19, 6:51am
This would be a reason why that person who tempered with seatbelt will go for manslaughter if the belt fails in a accident. currently only 1 outfit who can reweb a belt to new zealand compliante law or what ever you call it and they are in south island . https://seatbeltsales.co.nz/ some company in auckland was in process to also get certed its about 220$ for me to get a non airbag one redone takes 2 days they do it same day if you tell em its urgant like drivers one. about 350 for airbag ones with pyro. like any car with airbag has probably got a piro belt like the year 2000 corolla i had done.
strobo,
Nov 19, 6:52am
I wouldn't like to see that !
strobo,
Nov 19, 6:55am
There is two out fits certified down here fiddymont is one of them and another mobile guy.
intrade,
Nov 19, 6:58am
yes but are they certed i got a certificate that i filed with the job should the guy die in a crash i can produce the cert that i did all i could by law.
strobo,
Nov 19, 7:07am
Interesting ?The new tags are on the belts with a number so someone,some entity is standing by them! You just wrote out a general liability letter by the sounds of it not necessarily backed up by the law . Not quite the same thing there intrade.
smallwoods,
Nov 19, 7:13am
Don't encourage him. A family just did this up the coast. Hit the same tree as her partner/father did a month before.
hkjoe,
Nov 19, 7:23am
None of this would have happened if we all drove Camrys. But then, I guess, death by boredom would be a lot more common.
socram,
Nov 19, 7:33am
LOL. I still have the original build inertia belts from my 1970 GT. The reel still locks OK.
Ironically, the thicker, wider, stronger race harnesses, are deemed scrap 5 years after manufacture, even if still boxed and not fitted to a vehicle!
martin11,
Nov 19, 7:45am
Wrong there are 2 places in Chch that can do it .
intrade,
Nov 19, 7:59am
no one said anything about can do. i said at the time there was only 1 in the country who was government certified to re-web secondhand belts with 1 in auckland in process to gain certification . potentially more have the cert now i dont know . but its not about who can do it what i said is about the certification document.
martin11,
Nov 19, 6:20pm
The Chch ones can do the cert doc if its required .
dlin9,
Nov 21, 9:40pm
Having worked as a mechanic in Western Australia where there are no regular safety checks, and here with WOF checks I would strongly suggest most people don't know how good we have it here. It used to frustrate the hell out of me seeing dangerous faults on cars that the customer refuses to fix, knowing that they are sharing the road with others
trade4us2,
Nov 21, 10:54pm
Do you think that is just a coincidence?
sadmuddle,
Nov 22, 12:09am
When they changed to longer WOF periods there was stink but Road safety people felt scrapping WOF for light vehicles would make little difference to the accident rates .I have taken my bought new ute in for 10 years and found nothing to fix. So why bother?
sandypheet,
Nov 22, 12:52am
Seat belts all good in that one then?
sadmuddle,
Nov 22, 1:42am
I think so but maybe should do monthly WOF for Dog owners who patch up seat belts .Also Polaris Ranger belt chewed so could be thrown out on the road when rear ended by townie.
dlin9,
Nov 22, 4:00am
Doesn't sound like you're one of them, but sadly there are a lot of people out there that will drive until their vehicle literally falls apart. It's a prompt to make them bring it in at least once a year for someone else to check it for them. As an easy example, next time you're over there in a state without safety inspections, take a look at how many cars have lights that aren't working & you'll see what I mean
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