Just in case you didn't think you were a second class citizen...

[Big Dave]

This. Is. Caaaaarrrrrtaaaa.

[Pixie]

I know how you fee as another motorcyclist who maintains his own vehicles. But most kiwis can't be trusted in this way or can't be bothered so the WOF system covers most of us this way.

However, you can't licence a vehicle without a current WOF. So you're illegally riding on the road that I helped to pay for.

Fair suck of the sav mate - people bitch about having to pay a raised ACC levy due to people that crash. I could say the same thing about having to pay a Roading Tax which could be lessened if people like yourself didn't shirk their responsibilities.

Or would having to pay the tax LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IS EXPECTED TO be an onerous infringement of your "right" to avoid your responsibility as a NZ citizen and road user.

Answer this question:"why do other countries not see the need for vehicle inspections?"

are their populations all diligent home mechanics and NZers aren't.

It's all bullshit and you've fallen for it.The old It's the way NZ does it so it must be the best in the world,crap.

[Pixie]

The WOF is a 50-50 thing..it lasts 50 seconds or 50 metres, whichever comes first.

Idiots have been known to swap suspension struts to get a WOF - then put the dangerously modified ones back onto their p.o.s. car once they have got the WOF. - or even take out the coils all together

The same with wheels/tyres etc. - put good ones on for WOF then put the fat-but-smooth ones back on afterwards.

And a stack of washers to space out the wheels that were never designed for that particular car

Or fit a standard steering wheel for the WOF but then fit the small sports wheel afterwards - using pop-rivets jambed down between the splines on the wheel-boss and the steering column because the boss is too big for the column.

And so it goes on....they're out there, sharing a road somewhere with you....

Thank you Scummy.Thank you for confirming the WOF is a load of shit and why it is a load of shit.

[Scuba_Steve]

The WOF is a 50-50 thing..it lasts 50 seconds or 50 metres, whichever comes first.

Idiots have been known to swap suspension struts to get a WOF - then put the dangerously modified ones back onto their p.o.s. car once they have got the WOF. - or even take out the coils all together

The same with wheels/tyres etc. - put good ones on for WOF then put the fat-but-smooth ones back on afterwards.

And a stack of washers to space out the wheels that were never designed for that particular car

Or fit a standard steering wheel for the WOF but then fit the small sports wheel afterwards - using pop-rivets jambed down between the splines on the wheel-boss and the steering column because the boss is too big for the column.

And so it goes on....they're out there, sharing a road somewhere with you....

This is where following Victoria WOULD be of benefit to the general public as they can swap as much as they like but every time a cop see them its off to the shop for another check, they would soon learn.

[Swoop]

Answer this question:"why do other countries not see the need for vehicle inspections?"

are their populations all diligent home mechanics and NZers aren't.

Is there a link between the standard of driver's licence education/testing and their responsibilities on the roads?
As a competent road user who values their "difficult to obtain" licence in another country, when they look at kiwi drivers they must piss themselves with laughter.

[Scuba_Steve]

As has been said, until New Zealanders can be trusted to fully maintain the vehicles that they put on our roads amongst the rest of us, compulsory safety checks will always be necessary.

The attempts at convincing an inspector that something "shouldn't matter" could make a book.

There's people out there that don't give a fuck about the safety of their vehicle - only that they get a warrent.

but while theirs WOF they will never learn its a catch 22. WOF's there to tell them its "safe" so why bother themselves, its like drivers are getting worse as nowadays they have pretty little lights to tell them what to do & as long as we have these pretty little lights they'll never learn to drive, they don't see a need to.

And there are ALOT of stuff in WOF's that shouldn't matter, Like my LandRover is NOT allowed the seatbelts in to pass WOF, Optional lights on my van must be working OR removed. Some rust points in the van too 1stly I have a chassis (none of this monocoque shit). 2ndly ITS A VAN I'm fucked either way!!!

[scumdog]

Thank you Scummy.Thank you for confirming the WOF is a load of shit and why it is a load of shit.

Welll....it gives me a reason to write out tickets....


But seriously, with or without WOFs the idiots would drive cars knowing they were in a dangerous state and always will, regardless of what sort of regulations were in place.

But a lot of Joe (or Josephine) Public have NO idea on how a car works or how to tell if any part is/about to be in a dangerous state - and without the WOF checks would blithely drive forever until somehting fell off the car or they crashed.

[Max Preload]

But a lot of Joe (or Josephine) Public have NO idea on how a car works or how to tell if any part is/about to be in a dangerous state - and without the WOF checks would blithely drive forever until somehting fell off the car or they crashed.

It's sad how far NZ has fallen.

[puddytat]

It's sad how far NZ has fallen.

I put it down to the inbreeding.

[Pixie]

Just waiting to see some verification on this one........hmmmm...still waiting......nope.....still waiting.
Well is it for real, or just some hearsay again.

Yep just hearsay idiot

[HenryDorsetCase]

But a lot of Joe (or Josephine) Public have NO idea on how a car works or how to tell if any part is/about to be in a dangerous state - and without the WOF checks would blithely drive forever until somehting fell off the car or they crashed.

sad, but true.

[HenryDorsetCase]

It's sad how far NZ has fallen.

that. or cars have got so complex that people go "Eeeek, no way am I touching that". Why on my Aston Martin V12, there are all sorts of computers, sensors, and whatnot. computers for this and that, ABC, XYT traction control etc. Luckily Jeeves, my butler, in addition to being a Ninja assassin, Michelin star cook, crack shot, and procurer, is a factory certified A grade mechanic.

Here's Jeeves now: rides a Ducati, too