Is it illegal?

[250learna]

surely one of these would be legal if not on drivers side
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-26944487.htm

[Motu]

So what does this mean? That it is now 100% ok to have TV sets in the front of a vehicle?

It means it's a matter between you and the Police and not between you and a WoF inspector....

[Wolf]

wThis rule is due for an overhaul soon as GPS with maps becomes commonplace,some of these Jap Imports have Japanese street maps on the monitor.

So instead of being run off the road by some fuckhead yakking on a cellphone or texting his mates, we'll be nailed by fuckheads trying to work out where "Victoria Street" is on the map.

"Sorry, Officer, but my GPS didn't show me there was someone stopped on the road in front..."

[Marmoot]

So instead of being run off the road by some fuckhead yakking on a cellphone or texting his mates, we'll be nailed by fuckheads trying to work out where "Victoria Street" is on the map.

"Sorry, Officer, but my GPS didn't show me there was someone stopped on the road in front..."

That'd be "Careless driving" (used to be "driving without due care and attention"?). Same offense as driving while concentrating on opening a Coke bottle, or driving while putting on makeups.

I think the law is already in place for such things. It is only a matter of whether people are mature enough to act responsibly or not.
No matter what the government set on the WoF regulations, there would always be an idiot driving badly.
People should be responsible for their own action, not simply relying on the government to make 100 volumes of Law guidebooks.

B'sides, GPS system should be better than map that requires you to flip through manually (which some people do while driving)?

[Wolf]

That'd be "Careless driving" (used to be "driving without due care and attention"?). Same offense as driving while concentrating on opening a Coke bottle, or driving while putting on makeups.

Hmmm, that'd be a great comfort to my widow and two sons...

Unfortunately, most drivers seem incapable of behaving responsibly - there are those who can't even adjust a modern car radio without taking their eyes from the road long enough to cross the centreline and wipe out a bike.

What part of which driving test determines that a driver is capable of consulting GPS or reading the latest text from JokeLine without causing an accident? There are a lot of people out there for whom a quich glance in the mirrors and a speed check is a serious test of their driving "abilities", and they want to pass a law allowing them to consult a map?

[Posh Tourer :P]

so the current do-dads that are out from the likes of NAVMAN etc that ya bung on your dash and give you an animated fly by map of where you are and where you going along with voice commands are illegal at the moment??

BMW 7 series has that in-built, but the TV goes off at over 5mph, except for the rear screen.....


Guess what I've just been working on the launch of......

......along with the promotional girls - I'll try and get a piccie....

[sAsLEX]

BMW 7 series has that in-built, but the TV goes off at over 5mph, except for the rear screen.....


Guess what I've just been working on the launch of......

......along with the promotional girls - I'll try and get a piccie....

focussing on the "cars" of course!

thought the screen also was used for adjustng the air and radio and everything?

[Brian d marge]

This rule is due for an overhaul soon as GPS with maps becomes commonplace,some of these Jap Imports have Japanese street maps on the monitor.[/QUOTE]

Our car does ...its an Elysion ..and the console next to the driver has the built in navi unit just type in the phone number of where u want ...and a voice will direct you and a 3d map you can watch ..though I use the 2 d ,,one down to 5 meters
It also has tv and DVD functions , but only when the park brake is applied ( though other cars can be viewed when driving dont lnow why ,,,,

Also it can take a pc cars that holds memory sticks and I can put a lot of music on those as well as movies

Finally they installed a decent set of speakers ..no distortion an mind melting levels ....

I wondered about nz laws when I first saw this thing

Stephen

[Hitcher]

If it's not illegal, it should be. Children who require this level of in-car entertainment should be dragged astern. Behind their overindulgent parents.

[Marmoot]

What part of which driving test determines that a driver is capable of consulting GPS or reading the latest text from JokeLine without causing an accident? There are a lot of people out there for whom a quich glance in the mirrors and a speed check is a serious test of their driving "abilities", and they want to pass a law allowing them to consult a map?

None.

I am tempted to talk a long writeup about lack of common sense in a lot of people, but I decided against it as my fingers are aching from this winter cold (is it winter yet?).

Besides, it wouldn't change the situation much just by ranting in here. The only thing we can do is be more vigilant. Riding would become more interesting anyway, and I would enjoy the feeling of being alive everytime I get to park my bike at home without incident.

The more mature you are, the less you let things upset you...I am just trying to get to that level.

Cheerio

[Biff]

If it's not illegal, it should be. Children who require this level of in-car entertainment should be dragged astern. Behind their overindulgent parents....

.....and fed on bread and water and sent to work down the coal mines, only be allowed to play with sticks and thrashed within an inch of their lives should they fail to learn the lord prayer, backwards, in Latin. You cantankerous sod.

I'd rather concentrate on driving on the long trips, as oppossed to have bored kids, screaming, squabbling, and repeating every 10K's, "Are we there yet?".

[Ixion]

.. thrashed within an inch of their lives should they fail to learn the lord prayer, backwards, in Latin. ...

I can recite the Lord's Prayer backwards , in Latin.

It is an accomplishment , acquired at a younger and more gullible age, for which I have found little practical application.

And, unfortunately, no, it does not summon up a demon obliged to grant your wishes. More false advertising dammit.