Thread: Car Trailer legalities ?

Originally Posted by roverrescue

Understood your self declaring a 3000kg ATM and by the sounds of it would likely meet VSB1 (apart from Bunnings safety chain !!!! )
But what does your rego say?
Is ATM declared on rego and compliance plate on trailer or is that a Qld thing.

Trailer Rego certificate has no detail just the chassis number & "1980 H Made Trailer" , interestingly the rego certificate for my Caravan shows "GVM 1790kg" ( i'm sure its way over that) , they are both $59.00

no compliance plate as it was built before those were necessary

Reckon your probably in the clear
I just checked on VicRoads
They have no distinction on trailer size just a simple flat rate for all trailers irrespective of GTM
Fee is only $60.50

Qld is ridiculous up to 750kg is about $300,000, 750 to 2000kg is donation of a kidney. Over 2000kg is kidney and your left nut!

Yep, no issues for a Vic registered trailer and that meets all the requirements it needs to then some.

This might be of interest.
It is from the NSW Police News website and lists the offences a driver has been charged with following a single vehicle accident earlier this year.

About 1.30pm on Thursday 3 January 2019, a Toyota Prado towing a caravan was travelling on the Oxley Highway about 45km east of Walcha, when it struck an Armco railing and a tree.
The front seat passenger, a 72-year-old woman, and rear seat passenger, a 38-year-old man, sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene.
The driver, a 58-year-old man, and a 38-year-old female backseat passenger, were taken to Tamworth Base Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Following investigations by police from Northern Tableland Crash Investigation Unit, the driver was charged with eight offences being:

• Do Act etc Intending to Pervert the Course of Justice,
• Dangerous Driving Occasioning Death (x2),
• Negligent Driving Occasioning Death,
• Dangerous Driving Occasioning GBH,
• Negligent Driving Occasioning GBH,
• Towed vehicle weight exceeds capacity of towing attachment,
• Towed vehicle weight exceeds maximum laden weight.

His licence was suspended, and he was granted conditional bail to appear at Tamworth Local Court on Monday 29 July 2019


Cheers, Mick.

I've learned a lot reading this thread. Thanks all.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I've learned a lot reading this thread. Thanks all.

I think it sums up how people can interpret rules differently, that includes the policeman who pulls you up for not having a 'yellow' shackle.

I did an online rego check of one of my trailers and it doesn't throw up the ATM or any real information apart from the chassis number and compliance plate date but the police may be able to get much more info. Plus they will be looking for the compliance plate.

My box trailer comes up as manufactured in 1931 ?! I've never been game to take it up with VicRoads because it will cause a whole heap of pain......probably only a typo but it shouldn't have to comply with any ADR's !


Colin

My Van was registered as 'Year - 1900'. They used to do all sorts of strange stuff. Easy fixed when I bought it and re registered it. New VIN, they accepted my day so on year and ATM as there was no compliance plate, which wasn't needed until the mid 80's or thereabouts.

Like all bureaucracies, it depends who you talk to.

Rang the TMR a while back, when a Range Rover was listed on the rego renewal form as a Discovery. Bloke on the phone was insisting that it needed to be de-registered, inspected for any evidence of re-birthing, then a whole new rego entry created, which meant RWC inspection, etc.

Down at the local TMR office, I mentioned it to the lass behind the counter. She asked for the rego number, a few clicks later, she says "Oh, I see what's happened." Apparently in their drop-down boxes, directly above "Land Rover Range Rover", is "Land Rover Discovery", two minutes later, she said, "All fixed, the new rego papers will arrive within a week or two." Amazing!!