Thread: Legality of removing rear seats - NSW

Originally Posted by Disco-tastic

I dont understand what the problem is removing seats? The issues with adding seats is logical, but what issues are their with removing? How is it more dangerous for anyone?

Cheers

Dan

I understand your point, but I also understand why the regs exist. I am a fire fighter and road crash is one of the things we have to study and a course we must complete. Some cars for example have roll over protection bars/ hoops blasting out of the seats in the event of a rollover to maintain a survival space for the occupants. I agree in most cases a seat removal wont matter, but this sort of thing, needs to be checked as in some cars removing a seat will compromise the cars safety.
Chris

Originally Posted by p38arover

1971 - but it had seat belts so they had to be worn.

My Triumph 2500 failed a roadworthy check in Victoria because the seatbelts were worn. I showed him on the rego papers where it said "Seat belts must be worn". He then passed it.......

It’s a bigger problem if you move interstate and re-register the vehicle. You virtually have to restore the vehicle to its original registered condition for it to be certified. After that, it’s ‘russian roulette’.