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pooch

11-20-2017 03:49 PM

Victoria Australia rumble seat rules

Oz calls a rumble seat a dicky seat but nonetheless...

Was at our biggest swap meet Bendigo on the weekend and there was a very nice 1935 English ford coupe there for sale.

It had a rumble seat (fited with seat belts) and he said that Victoria has banned anyone riding in any rumble seat .

I know Victria has come draconian dumb laws regarding old cars.

Has anyone else heard of this new law or is it a furphy?

todd3131

11-20-2017 04:46 PM

Re: Victoria Australia rumble seat rules

What is a furphy? That is a new one to me

30Ford

11-20-2017 04:48 PM

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New Brunswick Canada ...all cars now have to have day time running lights

todd3131

11-20-2017 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 30Ford (Post 1554857)

New Brunswick Canada ...all cars now have to have day time running lights

Do they have to be automatic?

Synchro909

11-20-2017 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by pooch (Post 1554828)

I haven't heard that one but that doesn't mean it isn't true. Maybe try checking with Vicroads. That is, if you can find anybody who knows what a dicky seat is!!
This neatly explains the Australian use of "Furphy"
http://www.furphys.com.au/who-we-are/furphy-water-cart

PS Cast into the end of each of these carts was the St Jerome verse:
Good Better Best
Never let it rest
Till your good is better and your better is best

BILL WILLIAMSON

11-20-2017 05:35 PM

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As long as "they" don't Outlaw BUMPER STICKERS----
Bill Stuckwell

ronn	11-20-2017 07:10 PM

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wikipedia-furphy

a little furry creature that only lives Down Under-is cousin to the Tasmanian devil
and is only sited at night, without running lights!

fundytides

11-20-2017 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 30Ford (Post 1554857)

New Brunswick Canada ...all cars now have to have day time running lights

I believe the law says that if the vehicle is not equipped with DRLs the headlights must be on at all times when the car is being driven.

Terry, NJ

11-20-2017 08:33 PM

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What's next? A guy with a red flag walking in front of you?
Terry

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Originally Posted by fundytides (Post 1554967)

I believe the law says that if the vehicle is not equipped with DRLs the headlights must be on at all times when the car is being driven.

updraught

11-21-2017 12:11 AM

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" ... not all their news was reliable and so it was that the word Furphy rapidly became a synonym for suspect information or rumour"

Fake news.

burner31

11-21-2017 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Terry, NJ (Post 1554974)

What's next? A guy with a red flag walking in front of you?
Terry

The most draconic restrictions and speed limits were imposed by the 1865 act (the "Red Flag Act"), which required all road locomotives, which included automobiles, to travel at a maximum of 4 mph (6.4 km/h) in the country and 2 mph (3.2 km/h) in the city, as well as requiring a man carrying a red flag to walk in front

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