Thread: Is this the end of "Real" 4x4's ?

It looks like the end of cars as we know it.

Personally I'd rather see the effort go into safer roads and drivers; preventing a collision in the first place.

I think 4WDs may become a special-license, restricted km vehicle.

And as for "Kangaroos could be unintended beneficiaries of new laws to make car design more pedestrian-friendly" -- you're kidding. A roo is dead if it hits a vehicle, bullbar or not. The bullbar is there is ensure the vehicle can keep moving, not the roo.

Ironic that a Discovery advert was there when I read it.

Expect to see further restrictions on mods. Lifting vehicles will throw out all those "..complex mathematical formulas of bonnet slope and height."

Like someone on another forum said, spend the money educating pedestrians on not walking on the road.

My favorite quote on this topic in that forum was.

"I don't drive on the footpath, so stay off the road"

Once again the bleeding heart do-gooders,who have no idea of reality, strike again!!One of them has obviously lost a relative or similar to a vehicle with a bullbar on it and immediatly blames the bullbar for there loss! When will they get of the grass and wake up and smell the roses? why dont they push for better driver ed. in schools, or better still ,make licence testing more rigourus(?)so that you actually know how to DRIVE b4 you can get a licence! These guys should come out and live in the bush for a while with there beamers and mercs , and try avoiding roos' and black cattle grazing on the side of the road at nite, or better still, I would love to see them push a fallen tree off the road with there soft crumple zone toys (they dont deserve to be called cars!)sure restrict them in the burbs , but leave the bushies alone ! 8O

I personally think there should be another licence class for driving 4WD - just like trucks over a certain weight have.

If we say, anything over 1.5 Tonnes and 4WD then another class of licence is needed - this will reduce the number of North Shore shopping trollies / Toorak Tractors.

Why is that women with a couple of kids automatically think that they have to have a 4WD to drop little Jonny off at school - then drop him off on the incorrect side of the road and he then has to still cross the road!!!

Any other usggestions?

the 4x4 calss of licence for 4wd vehicles over a certain weight (so that silly things like CRV's don't get into the clasification) would be an awsome idea I think. That way you can say that you have erant the qualification to drive a 4x4, and that you are aware of the differences in driving a Land Rover, compared to a Ford Lazer.

:roll: Excelent idea!!!!A seperate class for 4wd vehicles would sort out the real OFF-roaders from the SOFT-roaders, and maybe even sort out some of the showponies as well! 8)

Seperate Licensing - Good Thing™

People in the 'burbs who use a 4x4 as a daily runaround need to be told.

I live in the 'burbs (just) and drive a RR. I also have a Common-dore for my daily grind (I work on site, so do too many km's for it to be viable to drive the rangy everyday anway!). Even if I could drive the rangy everyday, I wouldn't. It's too much of a pain in the ass.

I'm getting a big sticker made up for the rear tailgate of the rangy - "Did you know your 4wd can go offroad?"

People who use a 4wd exclusively on road are one of my pet peeves.

Hope I haven't offended anyone!

-Macca

Originally posted by Macca-


I'm getting a big sticker made up for the rear tailgate of the rangy - "Did you know your 4wd can go offroad?"

-Macca

Where can I get one of these??? Would look great on my beat up RaRo