Comments on: Quarter of cars unsafe: VACC

By: Shak

Shak — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:16:55 +0000

The first pic shows two Audi’s ( A4 i think), i dont know how they are unsafe.

By: DGS

DGS — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:36:38 +0000

Phill,

Glad you have brought that up, I used to own some compleatly buggered early 70′s Volvos before buying a new car. I still use the cars from the 70′s as a bench mark for visability, I have chosen my modern purchaces with visability in mind, yet all the cars I looked at have had poor rear visability. Either high boots or massive “C “pillars. Why???

I long for the good old cars that you could sit in and see all four corners from the drivers seat. Just goes to show how out of touch I am with fashion eh?

Chysler C300 did impress me, but in the cheap end of the market the offerings seem to be designed by people unfamiliar with the concept of children, pets and other unfashionable clutter.

By: Phill

Phill — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:38:09 +0000

What about modern car designs that drivers cant see out of or need a camera to see while reversing aren’t they unsafe.

By: G6ETURBO

G6ETURBO — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:25:03 +0000

Tomorrow we’ll see in the news:
“Victoria police raided the VACC offices for corruption allegations and misleading the victorian Public”
The police commissioner in a brief statement reminds all drivers that you don’t need brakes, lights etc as long as you don’t speed”.

By: Frontman

Frontman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:58:02 +0000

Sadly Daniel there in lies the truth… Not enough dollars and then you get the bleading hearts saying that the less well to do cant afford to maintain the up keep of their cars, what with the price of Cigarettes, beer and two all beef patties etc and if you took their car off them they wouldn’t be able to get to work/dole office or the kids to school.

Also it is very hard for cameras to decide which car is un roadworthy and seeing as all new police recruits are known as Constable Nikon or Fujica……

By: David

David — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:57:59 +0000

Daniel, you could not be more right!!!
Where was the head of Victoria Police when this report was released to the media? I mean the same man who, on Monday, had his face spread across every paper, TV station, and magazine sprouting about speed cameras… The answer is that Vic.Pol. don’t care about unroadworthy death traps.. It’s just easier to install a machine to snap drivers driving 2km/hr over the limit than it is for a copper to spend time and visually check a car.
To do that they would have to get out from behind their desks in Public Relations and Public Policing departments and actually get out onto the streets.. We all know that ain’t gonna happen!!!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:23:02 +0000

As long as owners of unsafe cars, keep under the speed limit, they are very unlikely to get the attention of the Victorian Police – now or ever.

The money just isn’t there to be made in booking unsafe cars.

Dan

By: FrugalOne

FrugalOne — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:20:38 +0000

!*****PRIMO!*****

Time for our GovCo to be like the rest of the world and supply a buyer bonus to trade these clunckers in.

NO to been taken to the wreckers so they can keep another cluncker on the road, they MUST be crushed!

Cheers

F-0