Changes to WoF system announced

[Katman]

I would think anyone concerned with road safety would care about how many times dodgy road users have kludged dodgy vehicles to get a wof. But if you're more concerned with telling us all how good a wof tester you are, by all means go on, I'll just be off looking for some silly hats

I've got plenty on my plate already without going on a crusade to expose those WOF inspectors who don't know what they're doing.

[_Shrek_]

So are these changes going to apply to motorcycles as well?

mrs S hobbit bike is now 6yo so has to have a 6 monthly WOF

[huff3r]

Who fucking cares?

The fault was picked up by the WOF process.

And perhaps with a little training, could've been picked up MUCH sooner by a roadside check of the vehicle... as other countries do. FFS people aren't saying get rid of any checks of vehicles, the cops are still gonna be out there to pink or green sticker the cars with bald tyres!

And as for little old ladies who can't afford servicing... can't afford to own a car, then you shouldn't bloody own one!

Oh and for the quick look-a-round or even a safety check during a service, the labour cost shouldn't be much as most mechanics leave the car on the hoist dribbling oil for at least 20mins while they go out back and have a fag, and still charge you the labour anyway!

[Katman]

Oh and for the quick look-a-round or even a safety check during a service, the labour cost shouldn't be much as most mechanics leave the car on the hoist dribbling oil for at least 20mins while they go out back and have a fag, and still charge you the labour anyway!

Then you're using the wrong workshop.

[bogan]

I've got plenty on my plate already without going on a crusade to expose those WOF inspectors who don't know what they're doing.

Always the other wof inspectors eh. It's all fine to catch out a dodgy fucker every now and then, but how do you know how many dodgy fuckers you've missed?

[huff3r]

Then you're using the wrong workshop.

But the receptionist has big knockers, and likes short skirts... how could I possibly go wrong?!

[Ocean1]

Who fucking cares?

The fault was picked up by the WOF process.

Tell you what else was once picked up by the WoF process. A complete Monaro front end, the arseholes swapped it for an HQ one.

[awa355]

If I knock up a home made car trailer, will it require a wof once a year? or none for the first 3 years?

[Zedder]

But the receptionist has big knockers, and likes short skirts... how could I possibly go wrong?!

Just because the receptionist likes you wearing short skirts doesn't mean it's going to help the situation...

Anyway, I see the former head of the Waitemata Serious Crash Unit is against the WoF changes: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10862004

[Banditbandit]

I also think that there should be compulsory third-party insurance. A related other story.

Insurance is an interesting one .. currently insurance companies largely rely on warrant of fitnesses in case of an accident .. when determining whether to paty out or not ... (When I made a claim last year the company wanted a photograph of the warrant .. they did not want a vehicle inspection .. so they relied on the warrant).

With the changes will Insurance companies NOT rely on the warrant - and do their own post-accident checks to make sure the vehicle was in a safe condition?

Given the pain-in-the-arse that insurance companies can be - do you want these companies to have their own inspectors not-pick over vehicles and refuse to pay out? They have the perfect excuse now to bring n their own post-accident inspections

How many here think all their vehicles will pass an insurance company post-accident inspection right now? ('sorry, there's a bald spot on your tyre' .. 'sorry, your brake master cylinder was low on fluid - contributing to poor brake performance' .. 'sorry - there was too much play in your steering wheel' ... sorry, but your tail light was out ... " 'sorry, your windscreen wipers were inadequate' ... )

In practical terms it will change the current situation very little, the number of crappy cars or poorly maintained cars will stay about the same...just the boy racers won't have to take their car to WOF passable condition twice a year now?

That's a naive attitude .. there are lots of people who only maintain their vehicle because they are forced, every six months, to get it done .. they wil be doing less safety maintenance now ... do you want them coming the other way on a wet road at speed with balding tyres?

Little old ladies should be servicing their vehicles regularly, not hard for a garage to have a quick looksie while they are changing the oil is it? If people can't check their cars, then it's not hard for them to get someone else to! Why rely on a legal requirement to get your vehicle checked, it should be checked regularly regardless.

Because that's the way the world is ... and wishing it otherwise or suggesting it should be otherwise will NOT make it otherwise ... teenage pregancy proves that .. "Teenage girls chould not get pregnant" .. I agree .. reality is different!!!

Bollox. Show me where WoF checks reduce accidents.

Unfortunately, the proof will come now ... when they are more accidents ..

[Banditbandit]

Well, when you put it like that, we better make sure there is a lot of random checks if the wof system is ever abandoned

YES!!! So why not just keep the WOF system ??? If it's not broke - why fix it?

[bogan]

YES!!! So why not just keep the WOF system ??? If it's not broke - why fix it?

You think its not broken?

[Banditbandit]

I could give you circumstantial evidence, in the form of disc rotors with pads eating into the disc rotor internal vents, replaced not until the car towing its caravan to the Picton ferry from lower Canterbury smoked enough to look like the wheel was on fire Tell me, how does one not hear what must have been quite a few thousand kilometres of violent griding noises? Of course, they will have heard it... and maybe the only slightly crazy would take a car in that state to the dairy... but what sort of fuckwit tries tow a caravan six hundred kms with it? These are the people a no WOF reality will leave to their own devices. Fun times

Yes - I agree .. stupid and unacceptable behaviour .. UNFORTUNATELY ... this major fault did not cause an accident .. supporting the other side's POV !!!

[Banditbandit]

You think its not broken?

So tell me .. what is wrong with the current system .. and how wil the change make it better ??? (I've heard John Key say it will save people money .. that's all ... a bullshit neo-liberal excuse ... )

[bogan]

So tell me .. what is wrong with the current system .. and how wil the change make it better ??? (I've heard John Key say it will save people money .. that's all ... a bullshit neo-liberal excuse ... )

Current system wastes time and money, the change will waste less.

Now cue all the anecdotal and hypotheticals about little johny getting run down by some muppet with dodgy shocks and brakes which happens so often in every other country they are flocking to emulate this very effective world leading but on just frequent enough wof system NZ has bravely pioneered