i think you need to get him to look at some case studies for europe, japan, and australia, for the whole RHD vs LHD issue. i dont see how that makes such a huge difference, besides do they not realise by changing it from 15 to 25 they will kill a market they could be making huge tax dollars from?
also who ever is supposedly making headlights for skylines better get them DONE soon why give "the man" another valid reason to get rid of cars from the road that are superior to everything else????
if they feel that these rhd cars are dangerous in part due to there 15yr old age then they had better step up there program fro getting rid of unsafe cars that are junk, most of the imports that are coming over are not junk, and are safer and more reliable than what the market has to offer.
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You heard it from the source. GLENN TAYLOR !UPDATE!
This is the email conversation between Myself and Glenn Taylor.
He is the Vehicle Inspector for the Ministry of Transportation: Rocky Mountain District.
Telephone: 250 426-1264
Facsimile: 250 426-1251
Cellular: 250 417-9799
Mailing Address: 129 10th Ave South Cranbrook, BC V1C2N1
Email: Glenn.Taylor@gov.bc.ca
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From: Martin Worobec [mailto:martinworobec@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:04 AM
To: Taylor, Glenn TRAN:EX
Subject: importation
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hi Glen
i am a fellow GTRcanada.com member and if has been brought to my attention( as with most people that read the site)
that their might be a few rules changed regarding the importation of japanese cars. One thing I have heard is the 15 year rule will be pushed back to 25 years.
can you please confirm this or anything new coming in the near future?
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date Jan 3, 2007 9:44 AM
subject RE: importation
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Hi Martin,
There is intent to change the importation rule (for all vehicles not just Japanese) to 25 years, however, there is nothing in writing yet that I am aware of. As far as when that will take place, I don’t know, although rumour has it, that it will be this year.
If and when it happens, the vehicles already here will probably be grandfathered, provided they meet our standards (which many don’t). The other change that may be coming is we may designate which facilities can inspect rhd vehicles as most rhd’s currently on the road were improperly approved.
Hope that helps,
Glenn Taylor
Senior Area Vehicle Inspector
Office: 250-426-1264
Cell: 250-417-9799
Hey Martin, I’ve never visited the site so I went looking. I’d like to clarify a few things I saw.
First off, CVSE enforcement staff are Peace Officers and do have the right to pull anything over that is running around (cars, trucks bikes, motorcycles etc)
Secondly, I see repeated posts where someone is saying that our BC Inspection manual isn’t the law. It most certainly is the law, more specifically it is part of the MVA. The Inspection manual is “The Standards of Safety and Repair” referred to in Section 217(2) of the MVA.
People also do not seem to understand the headlight issue. Cars designed for operation on the right hand side of the road have headlights designed to point slightly right under low beam. When high beam is selected the beam reflects off a different part of the headlight, moving the beam of light to the left, creating better visibility. On a RHD vehicle the light bias is backwards, so under low beam power, the beam of light will be pointing into oncoming traffic and when high beam is selected, the beam of light will move towards the ditch. No amount of aiming will fix this, it is a design characteristic.
Also, any vehicle that gets improperly approved will have the decal scraped off and be sent in for re-inspection. The facility and the technician will also be charged.
If our inspection facilities had done their job in the first place then we wouldn’t have any issues today.
I’d go post directly on the site, but I tried that once before on a different site and people were unable to keep things civil.
If you could pass this on I’d appreciate it.
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