G'day Chris,



16 Feb 97 10:30, Chris Burgess wrote to Rod Gasson:



 CB> Hello Rod,



 CB>>> The usual way a car has to "go to Regency" (named
after the

 CB>>> suburb where lives Adelaide's only car inspection facility) is

 CB>>> after getting pulled over by the coppers for an unrelated

 CB>>> offence like speeding etc - if the copper notices a gross

 CB>>> defect he can slap on a sticker and the car can then legally

 CB>>> only be driven home,



 RG>> Err, not always..  In a case like Pauls (faulty brakes), or

 RG>> any other defect that is obviously dangerous, then you're not

 RG>> even allowed to drive the car home..  It must be towed.



 CB> I would have thought that to be the case.. but having never

 CB> been defected for such a severe fault (or driven such a car)

 CB> I couldn't be sure - hence the reason I left that out of my

 CB> reply to Bill.



Tis often at the coppers discretion too...  a real pig could force you

to have the car towed (or at least prevent you from driving it) with

nothing more than a broken tail/brake light. They generally are more

lenient though.



Cheers,

Rod



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