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RSA trying to curb car modifications

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  • #62
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    dgt wrote: »
    Wern't rear belts not compulsary up till about 1991 ish?
    "I'm sorry Garda, but due to the new RSA law, I cannot have seatbelts in the rear seats..." :pac:


  • #63
    quietsailor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭quietsailor


    upgrading the brakes on a 1960's high horsepower car to a modern standard would be an even better example.

    I'm following a thread over on retro rides (UK site) about a lad renovating a Green Goddess 50's fire engine (big 4X4 truck) with drum brakes all round. Imagine having a crash with that and the judge asking why you had such bad brakes - "well your honour, the law prevents me from upgrading them"

    I'd have no problem with a law specifiying the modification has to meet the manufacturers original vehicle spec or upgrades it, but not a blanket banning of all modifications.

    There needs to be a system like the UK's SVA (Single Vehicle Approval) - a points system where they rate each mod and if you are too far away from original spec you can't use the car - simple and fair


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