hey all
check out this story about anyone lending a car for use in a wedding can be fined 15k or 4 yrs in the big house
currently this is in SA but may have implications oz wide
big brother lookin out on everyone
what a load of cobblers.. yep our country is going mad

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/17/3068895.htm 

This is disgusting

Ridiculous

I see it from both sides.

I operate a Restricted Hire Vehicle (RHV) Licensed by the Victorian Taxi Directorate. I pay for the vehicle hire accreditation and my drivers certificate. This allows me to offer the vehicle for hire within the guidelines set by the VTD.

Offering a vehicle for hire or reward outside these guidelines is illegal. Doing weddings for family friends is not illegal, and never should be. It is your car, and if it is registered, and you are licenced, then drive legally wherever you want. It is doing it for hire that is illegal.

[size=6]JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT EVERY THING YOU COULD THINK OF WAS BEING OUTLAWED OR COSTING YOU MONEY....

THIS COMES ALONG....

OK... WHO IS GETTING PAID TO LOOK AT WEDDING CARS...??

AND WHO THOUGHT OF SUCH A LAW..????

LEE

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PS: AND I THOUGHT SOUTH AUSTRALIA WAS A NICE PLACE TO LIVE....

YIKES.!!!

Have you read one of the warning letters? It does not say that lending a car to friends for a wedding is illegal. Let's stick to the facts.

I know letting the truth get in the way of a good yarn can be counter-productive to story telling, but I think we are talking about real situations here.

The sa government is a fn joke!! Mike Rann must be broke again..

Everything has to do with revenue over here,they defected my beetle as it was too low then gave my 72 hours to drive it the inspection station had a backlog of 4 months so i was still able to register and drive my car until there was an opening it`s a joke over here somethings gotta be done about it!

What evidence did the government has to believe that the car was used for hire ?
from what i gather it was just the photograph of the car being used for weddings

It's against the law to park your car on the side of the road, or on your own front yard with a 'for sale' sign on it too! Council bylaw...
$100 fine.

Apparently, they have changed the laws to import custom cars. Kinda sucks for those who wanted to take advantage of the strong dollar and wanted to import a few VW's. Basically the cars need to be 95% original and rims on a car is considered %10 modified. I have heard storys from a few hot rod friends that have heard of a few cars being sent back! Is Australia loosing its marbles?

Next u will have to sign a waiver to sit as a passenger in someone else's car!!!

SA is a GREAT place to live,but after the Day of in Victoria I was at,man you guys got it going on over there with VW's. Awsome stuff.
Our faggot politicians however are dodgy backdooring cockheads. Rann needs a smack in the gob and I'd be happy to oblige.

Like Helbus said there's 2 sides to this story.

Its not really fair on all the people that have paid good $$ setting up a buisness, getting all the licensing, insurance etc setup only to have Joe blows uncles mothers brother take the work from them just cos he has a classic or exotic car in the garage when he didn't have to go through any of the same bullshit.

Then there's the other side, a freind or family member gets married and you just do the nice thing for them.

I've done a few weddings and year 12 formals in my bug over the last 10 years for freinds just as a favour, yes I got paid but just a small amount to cover my time and fuel, not the $150+ an hour these other guys probably charge.

I'd be pretty pissed if i got slogged with a fine just for helping freinds out. meh, waddya do