Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Hey,

Just writing here to ask for advice on filling out an exemption form for driving a prohibited vehicle. Before i call the RTA and get put on hold for 30 mins i wanted to see what people who may have had experience filling out and having either success or failure and what your grounds of exemption were.

1)Did you get the exemption. Why or why not

2)What do i need to do with the Justice of Peace or the Solicitor there is no section for them to fill out

3)In section H i am applying for exceptional circumstances but there is no box for that option

4)How long does the process take till i find out the result. How do they contact me over the phone or mail?

Here is a link if you want to see the form - http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/publicationsstat...ds/45071143.pdf

I hear there's an exemption that takes about 3 years to get, you also have to do a few tests too

^ Lol

with the RTA, I believe that you have to show a 'just cause' for the prohibited vehicle before they will give you an exemption, that is, unless your vehicle is on the mild performance list (I think they call it) like the Audi A4 or Merc C200 kompressor.

But I'd imagine with a skyline, unless it was necessary for your work or you'd owned it from before July 1st, 2005 and could prove it. You might have a hard time?

Having said that, my friend applied for a exemption to drive his parents Kompressor, as far as I can remember, it took about 2 weeks before he heard back from them.

possible acceptances for exemption for what i have heard are:

if you parents bought the car pre date of law coming in and you would have to sell to buy another car

if it is the family car and there is no other car for you to drive

if you are a mechanic and work in a high performance workshop and need to drive customer cars that are turbo

all exeptions have there own personal rules, mate of mine is only allowed to drive them in business hours and too and from work (see above italics)

as always though it depends on the individual and there needs, i wouldnt advise on just bluffing an exemption form because not only would it be a waste of your time but other peoples time as well.

fine for driving a high peformance car on your ps and getting caught is 7 points (automatic loss of licence for a p plater) and a $400 odd dollare fine - not worth it

be smart drive a run around until you can legally drive one and it will save you hassles in the long run, plus be cheaper on fuel too :geek:

you get an automatic exemption if you own ur own business.. say you need to drive ur car for 'image reasons' and say go register a free ABN online. tell them you advertise imports etc etc..

Are those Victorian rules or NSW ones?

you get an automatic exemption if you own ur own business.. say you need to drive ur car for 'image reasons' and say go register a free ABN online. tell them you advertise imports etc etc..

I think they'd look into how long the ABN has been operating. If you've got an established business and it's to do with imports you might get away with it; if you've had an ABN for 2 weeks, they'll probably go "yeah, ok, no".

Basically the only way you'll get an exemption is if you TRULY need it. If you don't, just drive an N/A, wait your time, save your cash, and the day you get your full licence, go looking for a nice turbo.

Will be posting my letter with my exemption here just after i get a Justice of Peace to verify everything. Ill post the letter online after the results and what i wrote to get the exemption. Its over 1000 words so hopefully i have enough legit reasons to get the exemption.

1. Automatic Exemption

The Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2009, automatically exempt a probationary driver, from the probationary prohibited vehicle restrictions, who is driving the vehicle in the course of his or her employment and at his or her employer’s request or is self employed and an Australian Business Number (ABN) is in force in relation to the person's business. No exemption document is required from VicRoads in these circumstances. However, the onus is on the driver to provide evidence to the police if requested.

A person is not permitted to drive the vehicle at any time for social reasons or reasons unrelated to work. In these cases the onus is upon the driver to provide evidence to the police that his or her driving is work connected.

A member of the police force who is the holder of a probationary car licence and the holder of an approved Driver Certificate Endorsement for a vehicle of that class is authorised to drive a probationary prohibited vehicle in the course of duty. No exemption document is required from VicRoads.

from the RTA:

An exemption may be granted to a:

-person who can demonstrate that an exemption is required for employment purposes,

-country driver who requires the use of eight or more cylinder Four Wheel Drive (4WD V8) vehicles if there is no practical alternatives

-person who can prove they owned the prohibited vehicle prior to 11 July 2005 or before an interstate/overseas licence transfer (attach proof of acquisition). Note, only a provisional who has never held a NSW licence before his/her licence transfer can apply for this exemption

-person who can demonstrate any other exceptional circumstance, (attach any information necessary to support your exemption request).

Note: NSW provisional licences issued prior to 11 July 2005 were not conditioned. However, the condition will be applied if the provisional driver is disqualified for an offence committed on or after 11 July 2005. In these instances, the provisional holder may be granted an exemption if they can prove direct ownership of their current vehicle at the time of the offence that led to the disqualification (attach proof of acquisition).

An exemption from the prohibited vehicle condition will not be granted simply on the basis that the only vehicle available in a household is a prohibited vehicle.

If your application is for employment purposes, you must attach a statement on a business letterhead signed by your employer supporting your application.

The statutory declaration must be completed by the registered operator(s) of the nominated vehicle(s).

so basically: if it's for work, work has to sign it

if your parent's don't have a car that's not a restricted one, stiff shit (didn't know that, the moar you know by reading guise)

if you live in the country and you only have a turbodiesel 4by, then it's ok

hmmmm, tbh i can't really think of "exceptional circumstance", because i doubt the rta would be cool enough to go along with "i'm a sex addict and the skyline gets all the wimmin moist"

hmmmm, tbh i can't really think of "exceptional circumstance", because i doubt the rta would be cool enough to go along with "i'm a sex addict and the skyline gets all the wimmin moist"

Lol :D Seriously - I dont think anyone here is going to say its a great idea to get exemption to drive a turbo mate. Buy a non turbo and dont kill yourself or one of us on the road :whistling:

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • You're not wrong, but more than a few times I've heard of people running into issues where their injector characterization isn't quite right and that approach works for that specific configuration but once they switch over to a new set they discover a whole bunch of stuff wasn't set up correctly. It's slightly more annoying to reverse engineer the OEM MAF transfer function but you already have the sensor wired up to the factory harness so keeping it around for a few weeks more while you figure out the tune is easy enough. I've seen GM also use a combination of both MAF + MAP in their ECUs before, MAF is for steady state and a calculation of the cylinder VE to correct the base VE table, then in transients it uses that calculated VE + raw MAP to determine cylinder filling somehow.
    • I know this one’s the BB one. My tuner did make mention about the actuator. I am curious about the VCT as well
    • Might also needs a stronger actuator with the right preloading. With older 2019 built bush G3 units, BB upgrade or 21U housing down size makes a pretty decent gain in response as well. 
    • Hey lads  so im finally putting together my rb30 forged bottom end and ran into an issue. I measured my main bearing clearance with arp main studs torqued to 60 ft-lbs using ACL H series STD size bearings and standard, un-ground crank shaft journals and got an oil clearance reading of about 1.3 thou measuring straight up and down and about 2.8 thou measuring at a 45 degree angle (just above and below the parting line). My machine shop said they measured the main tunnel and it was all within spec (they didnt say the actual measurement) and to go with a standard size bearing, which i have done and the clearance is too tight, I'm guessing because of the extra clamping force from the arp studs distorting the main tunnel. I was wanting to run about 2.5 thou main bearing clearance.  My questions are: 1. could i just use the HX extra 1 thou clearance ACL bearings? that would fix my straight up and down clearance making it about 2.3 thou, but then would the side to side clearance be too big at around 3.8 thou? 2. what actually is the recommended main bearing clearance for measuring near the parting line / side to side. i know its supposed to be bigger as the bearing has some eccentricity built into it but how much more clearance should there be compared to the straight up and down measurement? at the moment there is about 1.5thou difference, is that acceptable or should it be less? 3. If i took the engine block + girdle back to the machine shop and got them to line bore the main tunnel (like i told them to do the first time, but they said it didnt need it) what bearing size would i buy? the STD size bearing shells already slide in fairly easily with no real resistance, some even falling out if i tip the girdle up-side-down. If im taking material out of the main tunnel would i need a bearing with extra material on the back side to make up for it? this is probably confusing af to read so if something doesn't make sense let me know and ill try explaining in a different way. My machine shop doesn't come back from christmas break until mid January, hence why i'm asking these questions here. TIA for any help or info 
    • I bought the model back in Japan in Feb. I realised I could never build it, looked around for people who could build it, turns out there's some very skilled people out there that will make copies of 1:1 cars or near enough. I'm not really a photo guy... but people were dragging me in a group chat for the choice of bumper as someone else saw the car before it was finished as they are also a customer of that shop. I took the photo in the above post because I was pretty confident that the lip would work wonders for it. Here's some more in-progress and almost-done pics. It gives a good enough idea as to what the rear looks like!   I have also booked in a track day at the end of January. Lets all hope that is nothing but pure fun and games. If it's not pure fun and games, well, I've already got half an engine spare in the cupboard 
×
×
  • Create New...