Traffic Laws From Diff States

[S Pack]

If you have say a QLD reg car and drive in say NSW and there are differences in laws e.g. window tint/exhaust dB/legal car requirements which other states do or dont enforce can you be fined.

[premmy186]

no, they can't enforce it becoz your car meets the queensland criteria, there all ruffly the same tho.

[Just_Ice]

Yes they can.....

[mouce]

Yes, they can ### you up. Simple as that. It's like going from South Australia into Victoria, over here you get done for 3kph over the limit, in South Australia it's a slightly different system.

The law is the law doesn't matter where you come from, it's all about where you ARE.

Premmy has a point though, all the states are fairly close in what is considered 'legal'. Unless you're on P-Plates, then there are BIG differences.

[premmy186]

sorry my bad, yeh traffic rules they can, you have to abide by them, i thought you meant defects, like the lowering of your car etc etc, road rules you have to abide by the different states, my bad, i misread or just completely missed the point.

[Boonz]

Yes, they can ### you up. Simple as that. It's like going from South Australia into Victoria, over here you get done for 3kph over the limit, in South Australia it's a slightly different system.

The law is the law doesn't matter where you come from, it's all about where you ARE.

Premmy has a point though, all the states are fairly close in what is considered 'legal'. Unless you're on P-Plates, then there are BIG differences.

yeh i agree with the speed differences... cops here use the 7 percent leeway stuff here.... kinda good but it encourages speeding a bit.
in victoria you can have your car legally 15 mm lower than in SA
P platers get more points to start with in victoria..

[Shounak]

Wait a sec.. I did a lot of driving in NSW and ACT whilst on my L's..

Over there, Learners are speed restricted to 80km/h or something.. I used to drive around at 110km/h.. Once I even got followed for ages by a cop..

I always assumed they saw the Vic license plate and didn't do anything..

[S Pack]

i was talking about defect type offences but yeah it gets a bit annoying when your on a one lane road with someone doing 80 due to licence type from other states....i dont know if a P plater can do 100kph in QLD if they hold NSW license or where they have that restriction

i was going to go on a trip the see relatives (even though i would prob save $400 by flying) and i was worried about things like ride height and exhaust

[S Pack]

I had already been busted for my kit being attached to the body.I filled the gap and got it sprayed over so it looked like no joins were in it.

[Boonz]

i rekon if u got pulled over by a copper who was from QLD and your from NSW they would cut u a bit of slack cos like u said every state has different laws and regulations and its not like you can easily find this stuff out

[Boonz]

I had already been busted for my kit being attached to the body.I filled the gap and got it sprayed over so it looked like no joins were in it.

is that illegal??? and more to the point why is it illegal??

[TheForgotten]

is that illegal??? and more to the point why is it illegal??

modifying a vehicle outside the manufaturers specifications. technically, all mos are illegal... but they do allow them for some reason... just be nice to cops and don't be a smartass etc and you'll be alright.
My theory on driving in different states is the vehicle must comply with home state laws, but the driver but abide by the visiting state laws.... but that's probly just me

[burnz]

too many mexican's get knocked off for a uturn at lights up here
ps. if your car aint ADR it get the nod in all state's

[samuels]

If you have say a QLD reg car and drive in say NSW and there are differences in laws e.g. window tint/exhaust dB/legal car requirements which other states do or dont enforce can you be fined.

not really.....but if they want to they can,they will find something to lay on you,but highly unlikely because you are a tourist,unless your rego check says differently
you will find that exhaust Db are roughly the same accross the board,but if say our tint laws(people with windows that you can't even see into are ignored by the police here..tassie,so i don't know what law/standard is for that one) are different they can't do anything.but here in tassie if your hooning you get one warning,caught for 2nd time car confiscated for 7 days from memory..3rd time car confiscated for a month(once again from memory) 4th time say good bye to your car..and that law is for everyone,no matter what state your from.

[mouce]

Most of them won't do much about it because to do an interstate 'canary' takes a bit more paperwork on the part of the police officer. That's like a know someone who came over here from the UK and was caught doing 150 on the Eastern. The copper let him go with a warning because he had an international drivers licence and apparently there is about a 10 page form to fill out with one of those things.

And going back to my earlier post, I was only using the speeding as an example. The same applies to defects. You must abide by the law of the place you are in, not the place you are from.

[samuels]

Most of them won't do much about it because to do an interstate 'canary' takes a bit more paperwork on the part of the police officer. That's like a know someone who came over here from the UK and was caught doing 150 on the Eastern. The copper let him go with a warning because he had an international drivers licence and apparently there is about a 10 page form to fill out with one of those things.

And going back to my earlier post, I was only using the speeding as an example. The same applies to defects. You must abide by the law of the place you are in, not the place you are from.

i dunno about that....over here the police are always booking people from the USA for driving on the wrong side of the road,they are doing it to make them aware of the seriousness it can cause....theres an accident here nearly everyday due to someone driving on the wrong side of the road.also i have friends from the UK and they have been booked for defects...speeding etc,etc

[STEALTHY™]

As burnz said, your car should be ADR, which is Australia wide. the db reading is the same everywhere, and i'm pretty sure the tint is too(obviously just answering your examples, theres some differences in other things)


And just the clarify, the hooning law is slightly different, 3 strikes thing. First time is confiscated for 24 or 48 hours, 2nd time a month, and 3rd time sold. You also have to pay for towing and storgae fee's whilst its impounded. In SA, there were a few hundred impounded, and only 3 repeat offenders.

[mouce]

The noise levels aren't actually anything to do with the Australian Road Laws most of the time, they are actually EPA regulations that the police enforce. Noise polution. Same as having punched out catalytic converters, the law that the police enforce is not an Australian Road Law it's an EPA regulation.

So that's a whole other set of things that you need to think about, as far as I know they are the same the country over though.

[DF_Media]

Your car has to comply with the laws governing your state - as your car is registered in another state I doubt they would bother issuing you a canary as the RTA or whatever is in your state would be the overriding authority of the car.

For example if you have a QLD registered car and yours meets the laws in QLD and you drive to VIC and they try to defect you do they expect you to go to VICROADS to get it signed off when your car is not under their authority ? I dont think so.

In relation to other items those are TRAFFIC INFRINGEMENTS not CAR ISSUES - totally different.

[Pretender]

Car "IS" required to be legal in any state in which it is driven, does not matter where the car is registered. No canary will be applied though, just an order to not drive it on the road. In most cases they will allow you to drive it on the trip out of the state only with a permit.