Is our FORS (Federal Office of Road Safety) redundant now tat the big 3 Multinational Auto Manufacturers have uped stumps leaving Aus to import vehicles CBU.
All we have to do is to recognise EU, Jap & US vehicle safety and security standards and there you have it.... no need for a costly/drawn out Australian Compliance system with 500 odd highly paid bureaucrats sitting in front of computer screens at the consumers' and taxpayers expense.
By recognising the Big 3 overseas vehicle certifying standards, all we'd need is a few inspectors at ports of entry certifying that all import vehicles have either, Jap, EU or US certification. Not rocket science...eh? The States have their own "one off"certification process for orphans or modified vehicles so there is no need for FORS to duplicate that.
Had FORS discovered the Diesel Cheats or the defective Air Bags etc, then there might be a case for retaining part of its engineering/investigative arm, IMO.
