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The compulsory aspect of the first aid kit is one for domestic registration purposes, meaning it's not mandatory for visiting international traffic to have one. One of the reasons is some medicines are legal in say Germany or France, but not in say Greece. Panadol or it is Asprin is one example. Fire extinguishers operate under the same scenario, domestic registration requirement only in certain countries. The vest, triangle - are an EU transport directive for EU country governments to mandatorily adopt. The vests, triangle, first aid kit (to national domestic standard), and fire extinguishers are recent amendments made to The United Nations Convention on Road Traffic; for 'the rest of the world team' to adopt with time. A respondent mentioned the requirement to register your AUS car IF you expect stay in 'a country' longer than three months. This derives from that UN Convention. Australia, of course, expects the same, ditto with licences. Am using an IPad, so somehow stuffed up and ended up with a double post. Sorry.

NT Country Liberal Policy as at September 2011 is that certain signposted 130km/h zones will revert to (//) once again, obviously if they win the next election. I have raised the possibility of making this a daytime allowance only. NT will likely retain it's 'rural default' 110km/h, and this could in time reduce to the range 80-90km/h. Anyhow, OP can take his Australian currently registered car anywhere OS he or she desires, legally. For this example; might like to consider taking it by ship to say Tilbury London UK. Contact NRMA (in your area) who can direct you to the specialized transport companies that do this. Done it before - decade or two ago, Euro Iran, India etc. The Aussie registered car MUST display the (AUS) nationality plate- tells cops OS WHERE the car is registered, not the drivers nationality. AUS photo license accepted in EU without IDP. (International Driver Permit). IDP suggested for lesser countries. The (AUS) plate and IDP are issued by NRMA as they are in your state or territory. See their OS motoring website too. AAA have an international traffic signs sheet for you too. EQUIPMENT: Car MUST have a single hazard-warning triangle to UNECE 27R Spec. Car MUST carry TWO high-visibility safety vests and these two items must be kept inside the cabin. Mandatory to wear BEFORE exiting the vehicle in zones 90km/h and above in Germany and now most EU states when the car has broken-down or if attending a crash scene. BIG FINES APPLY. REAR FOG LAMP install recommended, fit on driver side. Isle Of Mann remains speed derestricted (//), the Islanders voted NO to the mainlands push for a speed limit, idiots are not accepted. Hungary has some freeway stretches posted 150km/h, Italy 160km/h on certain intercity three-laned runs, 130km/h elsewhere. Some Indian States still run (//), 160km/h applies on some UAE roads too. ENSURE YOU TAKE OUT CAR ACCIDENT INSURANCE OS and that it applies wherever you will drive. Think medical too.

NT Country Liberal Policy as at September 2011, is that certain signposted 130km/h highway zones will revert to (//) once again, obviously if they win the next election. I have raised the possibility of making this a daytime allowance only. NT will likely retain it's 'rural default' 110km/h, and this could in time reduce to the range 80-90km/h, - along with the rest of the country. Anyhow, OP can take his Australian currently registered car anywhere OS he or she desires, legally. For this example; might like to consider taking it by ship to say Tilbury London UK. Contact NRMA (in your area) who can direct you to the specialized transport companies that do this. Done it before - decade or two ago, Euro Iran, India etc. The Aussie registered car MUST display the (AUS) nationality plate- tells cops OS WHERE the car is registered, not the drivers nationality. AUS photo license accepted in EU without IDP. (International Driver Permit). IDP suggested for lesser countries. The (AUS) and IDP are issued by NRMA as they are in your state or territory. EQUIPMENT: Car MUST have a single hazard-warning triangle to UNECE 27R Spec. Car MUST carry TWO high-visibility safety vests and these two items must be kept inside the cabin. Mandatory to wear BEFORE exiting the vehicle in zones 90km/h and above in Germany and now most EU states when the car has broken-down or if attending a crash scene. BIG FINES APPLY. REAR FOG LAMP install recommended, fit on driver side. Isle Of Mann remains speed derestricted (//), the Islanders voted NO to the mainlands push for a speed limit, idiots are not accepted. Hungary has some freeway stretches posted 150km/h, Italy 160km/h on certain intercity three-laned runs, 130km/h elsewhere. Some Indian States still run (//), 160km/h applies on some UAE roads too. ENSURE YOU TAKE OUT CAR ACCIDENT INSURANCE OS and that it applies wherever you will drive. Think medical too.

Legality, JVP was pretty much spot on the money. ADR's apply to 'new market' vehicles before first being sold. What applies after this is the NVS - "National Vehicle Standards". In relation to lighting, pretty much an ADR duplicate. Defect action would be on the basis of causing the compliant lamps to no longer be compliant. Automotiove lamps must reach certain photometric performance criteria as outlined in ADR and World Standards, once a lamp has been 'tested' by an authorised testing agent, the lamp is given world compliance approval - the 'markings' you see on the lens of all automotive lamps. Compliance ceases once you bugger around with the lamp photometric performance, basically speaking 'brightness'. Now at law, IF a crash happens on say a freeway under heavy fog (or in clear) and you have your taillights 'smoked' etc - and a person is seriously injured or killed by running into you, whilst generally speaking, the rear car is typically considered 'at fault', your 'contributory' actions can result in increased proportional blame, or blame directly being apportioned to you. You could face even more severe consequence, or goal. Whatever you do, just use a bit of commonsense, leave the rear red reflex reflectors alone, the rear fog that sort of thing. personally though, I'd not mess about with rear lighting, EXCEPT to buy compliant 'different' aftermarket taillights, see those markings again; "E marks" for a hint as to a lamps legality.

Nice pics! As secure as possible is all I'll add, I'd be bolting rather than relying on tappers et al. German cars tend to have the extinguisher under a drivers legs, do what best suits you. CAMS requires a warning triangle, I suggest the Euro or UN variety, accepted under AUS Standard, AND is the better performing product in night reflector and daytime inner triangle fluroescence. See Sig example. OT a bit: High visibility safety vest used by roadside at crash scenes and breakdowns to EN471 (EU and world standard) or AS cost as little as $6-00, further cheap insurance.

On the highways A LOT of people are dead set on doing the speed limit as posted, thats for sure, even in rain, fog. Must do those numerals, come what may. Now what happens if I (//) the length of road, what speed shall you drive then?

This topic perodically raises its head literally hundreds of times over many forums. "DRIVING LAMPS" and "FRONT FOG LAMPS" are NOT the same thing. A driving lamp is used to aid a vehicles existing high-beam performance when its high-beam headlight switch is turned ON. Front fog lamps appear in both SELECTIVE YELLOW or WHITE-OPTIC. DRIVING LAMPS are WHITE-OPTIC, despite 'blue' bulb availability. For law enforcement purposes (as to 'use'), police need only look at a lamps COMPLIANCE MARKINGS on its lens to determine the lamps COMPLIANCED FUNCTION, this is VERY SIMPLE to do. A complianced front fog lamp will show an E mark, eg; (E13). This means the lamp is world complianced (the letter 'E') and was tested by an authority in Luxembourg, the number '13'. NEAR this E mark will be the designation: "02B", here - the letter B represents "FRONT FOG LAMP". For a world complianced DRIVING LAMP will be the designation "HR" representing "HALOGEN DRIVING LAMP", or HR-P representing "HALOGEN DRIVING LAMP PLASTIC LENS". SOME LAMP LENS will bear BOTH markings, BUT will typically be "SET" for one function, either driving or fog, ref to switch! ANOTHER ULTRA SIMPLE WAY to tell if the suspects car has front fog or driving lamps is the ACTIVATING SWITCH'S "SYMBOL". A front fog lamp has a unique ISO switch symbol,- as has in turn a driving lamp switch. A front fog lamp 'factory' install will typically also show a GREEN LED on the switch or dash - to advise the driver the lamps are on, this pilot light is optional, but widely used. ADDITIONAL: FRONT FOG LAMPS are NOT DRL's "DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS" no matter how much alcohol or pub-talk influences opinion. A complianced DRL runs on a 12 volt system at P21watts. Front fogs are complianced at 12v/55w, (ditto inboard driving lamps, below). A vehicles STANDARD (halogen system) LOW-BEAM is set at 12volts/60watts and HIGH-BEAM at 12volts/55watts. Yes, that is accurate! Front fog lamps are designed for the specific purpose, to aid a drivers forward vision under conditions of hazardous weather conditions causing reduced visibility. THE LAW as at 21 July 2007: Currently only NSW and WA have SEPERATE 'STATE REGULATIONS' that directly prohibit the use of front fog lamps in clear weather and each state will fine you for having them on IF you can see a cop to enforce it. THE FUTURE: Existing AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULE 217 (rear fog light use prohibition) will be modified to make the existing WA and NSW prohibition of same NATIONAL. This change is required for many reasons, but also to bring Australia in line with the "UN Convention on Road Traffic, Road Signs & Signals" where the front fog lamps are restricted to 'hazardous weather conditions' - BUT USE MAY be allowed at night in clear conditions on TWISTY MOUNTAINOUS ROADS. A complianced front fog lamp bears typically a wide, flat, fan-shaped beam pattern, with a 'direct forward' beam reaching 10 - 35 metres out, to a maximum 50 metres. "GLARE", caused by standard and untouched front fogs is generally achieved when an approaching vehicle is within 100 metres and closing as that driver nears you, remember - the 'wide factor' of the beam. Many variables here. IF you have front fogs DON'T EVER increase the bulbs wattage;- in lousy conditions you need to reduce glare, not increase it. You can use E Marked complianced bulbs, including "PLUS" or BLUE variety, BUT I suggest "ALL WEATHER" variety. These give a softer yellow tinge - to reduce glare. ONE REASON why folk complain of front fog light glare has to do with the HOLDEN COMMODORE SS of the VX-VY Series. These lamps DO NOT bear world harmonisation markings, but 'evidence', as usual, was supplied to DOTARS suggesting the lamps were ADR compliant. These disasters were made in South Korea and supplied to GM/H. This 'evidence' is very rarely tested and they slipped through. Thankfully, the subject lamps have been discontinued and the SS use compliant front fogs once again. HSV fogs have always been compliant. IN SEVERE CONDITIONS; it is best to have speed much reduced, naturally, and to then run with JUST the front park lights (sidelights/position) and your front fogs on, (if bad, rear fog too if you have one). This reduces eye-fatiguing reflected glare caused even by low-beam headlights, - BUT ALSO allows your 12v/21w FRONT INDICATORS to stand out more cleary to approaching traffic and traffic ahead of you.

NT's speed derestriction is no more. NT's NEW maximum rural default speed limit is 110km/h. Some key NT highways are to have signposted 130km/h speed limits. Other changes are a demerit points system based on the national model, and increased fine levels for speed and other offences. http://www.saferoaduse.nt.gov.au/changesataglance.html

NT's speed derestriction is no more. NT's NEW maximum rural default speed limit is 110km/h. Some key NT highways are to have signposted 130km/h speed limits. Other changes are a demerit points system based on the national model, and increased fine levels for speed and other offences. http://www.saferoaduse.nt.gov.au/changesataglance.html

Unless you make the effort to say NO, then you could lose the allowance, don't let it happen. http://www.no-speedlimit.com/No-SpeedLimits/HaveYourSay.php

Issue continues, link for your perusal: http://www.no-speedlimit.com/No-SpeedLimits/HaveYourSay.php

See NT thread on the proposed speed restriction. Additional national uniformity measures are also to be adopted.

NT members of parliament vote on a 110km/h maximum speed limit this week. If you don't wish this to happen, you *must* now ring and make contact with your local MP and tell them how *you* want them to vote at the time.

You unique allowance is under serious threat, and the MP's need to hear from you on the matter. More in the NT forum on this.

I'm inserting this post around motoring forums to alert interested road users, particularly those in the NT. Whilst I personally support the introduction of a rural default speed restriction for NT, it must be made 'quite clear' to MP's, that the adopted rural default NOT be applied on roads to which a speed derestriction sign is posted. This means NT can then have BOTH a 'rural default speed restriction' AND 'speed derestriction allowance' as it applies right now, but only to a specific length of road, that is, where it is posted. The speed derestriction sign (//) is an international road traffic sign, it's meaning in the UN Convention on Road Traffic, Road Signs and Signals "END OF ALL LOCAL PROHIBITIONS IMPOSED ON MOVING VEHICLES", hardly 'default speed limit', or 'speed limit 90, 100, 110km/h'. SHOULD NT residents wish to retain the speed derestriction allowance, I SERIOUSLY advise you to CONTACT your local MP, see links below: Let them know if you support a rural default or not, BUT ALSO - let them know to KEEP the speed derestriction sign, should a rural default arrive, so it can then be used on NT''s safest lengths of road. MAKE THE EFFORT, or lose forever your right to drive 'safely' - unhindered, at speeds above 100km/h. THE THREAT: http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/nt/content/2006/s1736723.htm NT COUNTRY LIBERAL PARTY: http://notes.nt.gov.au/lant/members/Member...&Expand=1#1 NT TERRITORY LABOUR http://notes.nt.gov.au/lant/members/Member...&Expand=3#3 NT INDEPENDENT: http://notes.nt.gov.au/lant/members/Member...&Expand=2#2