Snow chain laws?
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Snow chain laws?
Hi Everyone,
Does anyone know the current state of play with regard to snow chains and AWD cars in Victoria?
I'd heard that Victoria - The Nanny State - was toying with classifying AWD cars as 2WD's from a legal perspective. The upshot of which would be that when we pass a sign that says "No entry unless chains fitted - Engaged 4WD excepted", we quattro drivers would have to pull over and fit the buggers where as in the past we'd just cruise on by and wave.
So, has anyone heard anything?
Does anyone know the current state of play with regard to snow chains and AWD cars in Victoria?
I'd heard that Victoria - The Nanny State - was toying with classifying AWD cars as 2WD's from a legal perspective. The upshot of which would be that when we pass a sign that says "No entry unless chains fitted - Engaged 4WD excepted", we quattro drivers would have to pull over and fit the buggers where as in the past we'd just cruise on by and wave.
So, has anyone heard anything?
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Re: Snow chain laws?
Sorry Duck - cant help you. We have little experience of snow here.
As Jimmy Buffet once sang "the weather is here, I wish you were beautiful".
Wayne
Perth - home of the newly announced desalination plant because it doesnt even rain let alone snow.
As Jimmy Buffet once sang "the weather is here, I wish you were beautiful".
Wayne
Perth - home of the newly announced desalination plant because it doesnt even rain let alone snow.
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The first thing I did was check the manual, and here in Aus, it says that they can be fitted >
the bummer is that in a quattro you hardly ever really need them (unless it's icy), but more and more the law requiring us fit them as they're treating 2WD and 4WD cars in the same way.
The irony is that it's probably less safe with chains on than without in the case of the quattro....
The irony is that it's probably less safe with chains on than without in the case of the quattro....
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