G'day Chris,



11 Feb 97 08:47, Chris Burgess wrote to Bill Grimsley:



 BG>> Do you have random roadworthiness testing down there?  Qld does,

 BG>> and the number of vehicles which are immediately put off the

 BG>> road is amazing.



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

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

 CB> getting pulled over by the coppers for an unrelated offence like

 CB> speeding etc - if the copper notices a gross defect he can slap

 CB> on a sticker and the car can then legally only be driven home,



Err, not always..  In a case like Pauls (faulty brakes), or any other

defect that is obviously dangerous, then you're not even allowed to

drive the car home..  It must be towed.



Cheers,

Rod



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