|
Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated. |
|
The Pub For General Automotive Related Talk |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
08-07-2023, 01:45 PM | #1 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 458
|
South Australia introduces a 'Supercar Licence'. All drivers of UHPV (Ultra High Performance Vehicles) in South Australia will need a Class U license from 1/12/2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6i4TZk1jzU
__________________
Never argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat with experience every time. |
||
08-07-2023, 01:57 PM | #2 | ||
Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
Posts: 49,549
|
Its no difference to vehicle restrictions P platers have dealt with over the past 20 or so years,
It just now applies to everyone else, except the target is way higher at 276KW/tonne. Now lets introduce licence categories for large 4x4s and towing huge caravans. |
||
22 users like this post: |
08-07-2023, 02:00 PM | #3 | |||
Cabover nut
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Onsite Eastcoast
Posts: 11,324
|
Quote:
__________________
heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752
|
|||
6 users like this post: |
08-07-2023, 02:16 PM | #4 | ||
Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
Posts: 49,549
|
Makes me laugh though - one incident that becomes high profile and parliament has to make it look like they're doing something, so they introduce new legislation effecting everyone, classic knee-jerk reaction to make it look like you're doing something - even though its likely going to be ineffective.
Thats how you get things done in this country, is media attention and public outrage before action, and the action isn't necessarily going to be effective, this is just a box ticking exercise. They've just introduced legislation for the 1% and ignored the 99% (caravans/4x4s/towing). Thats probably intentional because you can punch down on the 1% without effecting your votes. |
||
5 users like this post: |
08-07-2023, 02:40 PM | #5 | ||
Kicking back
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Western sydney
Posts: 8,697
|
A specific licence, well that may sorta work when it comes to people who rent lambos or whatever and showboat because they wont be able to rent them. That being said, surely it wouldnt be a difficult thing to get. More often then not when the news has a story of a crashed supercar its a rental. Yes some people who own them do crash them, but typically if its theirs they arent as harsh on the gear if that makes sense.
Now, in a perfect world if everybody stuck to the speed limit, a lambo or such is safer then say a toyota corolla. Say your doing 60 in a 60 zone and a child bolts onto the road chasing a ball, which car will stop quicker? Other reason i dont think the extra licence will be effective is ive known a lot of rich guys with fancy cars who give zero ****s if they lose their licence. They can afford the fines and to them 6 months catching ubers is nothing. |
||
08-07-2023, 02:42 PM | #6 | |||
Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
Posts: 49,549
|
Quote:
|
|||
This user likes this post: |
08-07-2023, 04:41 PM | #8 | ||
Cabover nut
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Onsite Eastcoast
Posts: 11,324
|
__________________
heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752
|
||
08-07-2023, 06:52 PM | #9 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,205
|
I feel safer already
__________________
Had EB XR8 AU XR8 220 (awsome car ) AU Fairmont BA MK2 XR6 Turbo Now XDUB |
||
08-07-2023, 07:22 PM | #10 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,597
|
|
||
09-07-2023, 09:36 AM | #11 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Taromeo
Posts: 10,587
|
This reminds me of a government knee jerk reaction in the 70s that wasn't, and still isn't popular at all.
|
||
4 users like this post: |
20-07-2023, 04:59 PM | #12 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NSW
Posts: 4,335
|
I’m sure it will be very very very hard to get and will make a huge difference to the way people drive high performance cars while showing off
|
||
This user likes this post: |
14-07-2024, 09:47 PM | #13 | ||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 7
|
Are we cool with our G6E Turbos? I mean do we need to get this flawed class requirement.
|
||
15-07-2024, 06:22 AM | #14 | ||
The 'Stihl' Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TAS
Posts: 27,586
|
Id apply just for a laugh.
__________________
|
||
15-07-2024, 08:08 AM | #15 | |||
Experienced Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Australasia
Posts: 7,683
|
Quote:
|
|||
This user likes this post: |
15-07-2024, 09:29 AM | #16 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,061
|
|
||
15-07-2024, 11:33 AM | #17 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: WA
Posts: 1,141
|
Yep, and that would make you Richard Cranium
|
||
15-07-2024, 06:57 PM | #18 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 1,615
|
I’m sure the Shahin family will be lining up to take the test to drive their exotic car fleet, they even built their own track to practice on!
But they’ll probably pay their own KC to get this thrown out.
__________________
____________________ 2019 LDV G10 2009 Mitsubishi Express-GONE 2011 Honda Jazz ____________________ |
||
This user likes this post: |
16-07-2024, 08:25 PM | #19 | ||
Donating Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 5,383
|
Given EVs are getting faster times with less Power to Weight ratios, this new licence makes little sense. Power to Weight doesn't work in the EV world.
__________________
My Ford Family... 2014 GT-F, Manual, Kinetic with Black Stripes 2021 Mustang Mach 1, Manual, Velocity Blue |
||