Odd Australian Design Regulations

[Franco Cozzo]

Hey guys, just wondering if you know of any odd ADRs regarding vehicles sold in Australia, as I know there is some stuff in there which is unique to our market and which makes things more expensive compared to other nations when it comes to selling vehicles in our market.

I've seen some over-engineered things at work, for example the light bar mount plates on our Ambulances are out of 10mm thick aluminium flat bar by 150mm long, for something which weighs like 10kg max, if you had an accident that severe there would be more chance of other things on the car part of factory which would fly off first, and the ocupants of the vehicle would most likely be dead for the light bar to even come close to ripping off the roof. The light bar is actually held on with more support than the auxilliary battery in the engine bay. Or on our prison vans the seat belt buckles holder things HAD to be 7/16" UNF bolts, rather than anything else.