GT Wings - why the yellow stickies?

[MLCrisis]

Hi guys. How come GT wings get yellow stickies for supposedly being unsafe to pedestrians in a traffic accident when bullbars abound. There are utes with huge ladder attachments on a bullbar and they don't have a problem. People have roof racks for carrying God knows what that look like antlers and countless other prominent crap fitted to the front and top of cars that would splice and dice a pedestrian long before they rolled over on to the back, but they don't have a problem. But stick an aftermarket wing on a car, especially an import, and you are likely to get a ticket.

I don't understand it. I read the article in the latest Autosalon mag about what's legal and what's not - the NSW cop in that stated that such wings are illegal because they are unsafe to pedestrians in a road traffic accident. Compared to all this other rubbish on 4x4s, utes and everything else, this is a specious argument in the extreme.

Anyone any thoughts? Is this something that could be raised with the legal eagles? Whatever the situation, next time any of you are threatened with a sticky for this, ask the cop why and ask him to compare it to bullbars, ladder holders, etc.

What a load of bollocks.

Sorry - just had to rant.

Cheers.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

I've had one yellow for my GT wing, and have managed to talk my way out of another. It really depends on who pulls you over, as the ruling allows for a fair bit of interpretation, which means what one person thinks is illegal another won't.

Seems like there time could be spent better arresting criminals in my opinion:D

[MrSnrub]

Its for crimes against fashion.....

[skyzerr33]

its cause the

end plates could be sharp, which is dangerous to pedestrians

they can't be pointed.

but as paul said its up to interpretation.

[chrisroi]

optic had a yellow for his and after we had modified it to make it safer, eg thicker end plates the inspector was writing out the permit and one of his colleagues saw the wing and commented [you cant give him a permit with that hanging off the back] anyway he wrote it out and passed the mod, so even the inspectors have different opinions.

[34GTt]

i had a yellow sticker on my previous car for having no exhaust on it ... i took it off ... but when i went to the pits they gave me another yellow for my GT-wing, said it's unsafe because of its "sharp" edges and it moved about 1mm if you pushed it with all your weight =/

btw this was a cusco gt-wing, so it was properly built and put on..