In Australia there is a variety of imported vehicles from overseas, from luxury to cheap daily drivers, that once have reached their warranty period, are designed to go to the scrap heap.
The cars manufactured in Australia, go by the brands of Mistubishi, Toyota, Ford, Holden (General Motors), exist largely from government subsidies, whilst all other cars are imported.
From imported cars the government obtains taxes, which make up a large portion or revenue for the government.
Recent imports into Australia include (financially) cheap cars from Hyundai, Daewoo, Ssangyong and now Great Wall.
In the automotive industry there is 'apparently' a standard called the ADR (Australian Design Rules), which motor vehicle manufacturers must adhere to. For example ADR 27 is with regards to the emissions output by the vehicle, and the vehicle must come equipped with such devices that lower the pollutants from its exhaust.
In Australia, there is no ADR with respect to the structural integrity of the actual vehicle itself.
Information obtained by corpau from automotive engineers, has indicated that the majority of the cheap branded cars on Australian roads are ‘death traps’.
Engineers have indicated that the vehicles have unsafe breaking distances, high susceptibility to rolling, and structurally unsafe in the event of a low speed collision.
In Australia, currently there is NO regulation that states a car must be able to break from a certain speed in a certain distance.
The Australian politicians and law makers are putting the lives of the general populous at risk.
This is done on purpose, as the car industry will pull out of importing cars (denying the government revenue) if the government introduces safety laws put in place that will actually measure the performance of the vehicle's 'crash worthy' state.
Another example of how corporations shape the law to the detriment of the masses.
corpau.
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