RHD= NO NO IN CA

[TRAIL TAILOR]

I've been at the DMV and CHP several times over the past few weeks trying to get a couple of vehicles VIN verified, TT&L... Not for a RHD rig.

But the CHP officer tells me that by 2020 no RHD vehicle will be allowed to be titled or registered in California. Not only are they spending too much time on title/import tracking and validations, they are seeing a significant increase in MV incidents involving RHD vehicles.

Has anyone else heard of this down the CA pike? I was looking to acquire a 70 and a Patrol but... I may have to act quicker or look at @SNLC for LHD imports.

I'm repeating exactly what I was told.

J

 

[jblueridge]

Consider moving to a more civilized country, like Wyoming.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Consider moving to a more civilized country, like Wyoming.

Wyoming and Redding are identical, even the politics, probably worse here than in WY. We still own a home and cabin there and can register there. Just wanting to see if anyone else has heard of this.

J

 

[mmcinnis]

Send to me in FL. I'll get them registered for ya J.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Send to me in FL. I'll get them registered for ya J.

I haven't bought yet, just doing my due diligence. I have two Patrols coming in for custom work and I'm looking to buy one of them.

J

 

[SNLC]

I haven't bought yet, just doing my due diligence. I have two Patrols coming in for custom work and I'm looking to buy one of them.

J

More info on the Patrols please!



Cheers

 

[joekatana]

For what it’s worth, a year or 2 ago I imported a hdj81 from Canada and crossed the border on the East coast somewhere and at first they refused to let me enter with the cruiser and the reason they gave me was because it was a rhd and according to them it was no longer legally possible to import these, it took several hours and after that an older higher officer came in, he listened to me and even let me enter it without paying extra taxes on it.

I had brought in trucks from Canada before and never ran in to this before so I figured I must have had some officers with a bad day or so.

Last year I crossed the border again coming from Vancouver with another HDJ81 and it was the same story all over again so either the cbp guys are not informed at all or something is about to change with the rhd imports ?

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

More info on the Patrols please!



Cheers

I'll have a 91 and 92 Y60 Sahari with TD42 diesels coming in back to back.

This is the first one coming.

 

[TonyP]

One of the many reasons I only want a LHD Troopy.
That Y60 is very cool though. I thought the 60 series high-roof models had a tall roof, that thing is enormous.

 

[SteveJackson]

USPS is gonna be pissed lol

 

[FJ73Texas]

Aside from the actual USPS mail carrier vehicles, the ones I see out in rural areas are LHD converted to RHD in an weird way. Like a belt to another steering wheel.

If any state is going to be first to ban RHD, it will definitely be California. lol

 

[LINUS]

Blame the R32 & R33 Skyline crowd. And the Prelude SiR S spec. And that stupid fast Mitsubishi 4 door.
Those are the 3 main JDM cars I see anyhow, and I’m hardly literate in JDM cars.
(I’ve only seen the Fast & Furious movies, and see the JDM stuff when I go to import / BMW E30M3 events)

I live smack between Seattle & the CA border, and I see so many RHD zip-zip cars just on I-5 it’s surprising to me. The only guys who bother with LHD are the Subaru guys.

Those Skylines are real popular esp since most are insured as some wrecked VIN tag a guy keeps from an old 240/whatever those USDM cars are. So I hear.

My nephew keeps a wadded up old 240 sitting, he’s got a chub for a “Paul Walker deathcab” himself. He’s 18, so par for the course.

 

[hj 60]

I hope they use proper scientific (kendall) math to calculate the increase of accidents to the rest of the car population.
Because it seems the increase of rhd cars is (naturally) leading to more accidents with those.

If it are fast/furious type drivers there is no point at all to ban rhd, just plain good old left wing stupidity and maybe some market protection.

Kendall rank correlation coefficient - Wikipedia

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Blame the R32 & R33 Skyline crowd. And the Prelude SiR S spec. And that stupid fast Mitsubishi 4 door.
Those are the 3 main JDM cars I see anyhow, and I’m hardly literate in JDM cars.
(I’ve only seen the Fast & Furious movies, and see the JDM stuff when I go to import / BMW E30M3 events)

I live smack between Seattle & the CA border, and I see so many RHD zip-zip cars just on I-5 it’s surprising to me. The only guys who bother with LHD are the Subaru guys.

Those Skylines are real popular esp since most are insured as some wrecked VIN tag a guy keeps from an old 240/whatever those USDM cars are. So I hear.

My nephew keeps a wadded up old 240 sitting, he’s got a chub for a “Paul Walker deathcab” himself. He’s 18, so par for the course.

That was one thing the officer said is he sees mainly rice rockets that are RHD, not offroad vehicles.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

I hope they use proper scientific (kendall) math to calculate the increase of accidents to the rest of the car population.
Because it seems the increase of rhd cars is (naturally) leading to more accidents with those.

If it are fast/furious type drivers there is no point at all to ban rhd, just plain good old left wing stupidity and maybe some market protection.

Kendall rank correlation coefficient - Wikipedia

I guarantee there is a LARGE group of bean counters that are wasting taxpayers money to figure this out...

 

[FJ73Texas]

It could be that CA will require any vehicle registered to have the FMVSS label attached (if not already). Doesn’t that pretty much eliminate any RHD vehicle aside from the mail carriers?

 

[roscoFJ73]

One of the many reasons I only want a LHD Troopy.
That Y60 is very cool though. I thought the 60 series high-roof models had a tall roof, that thing is enormous.

Because Nissan never made a troopy, this was their next best thing. The UN bought them in large numbers. In some ways it better because you have the rear doors. The very first models didnt have the extra width fenders or f/g arches and with the high roof they looked just like troopys from a distance.

 

[roscoFJ73]

Western Australia is the only state in Australia where LHD imports are legal(unless its changed). We have big stocks of LHD US muscle cars and pick ups. No one is reporting an increase in accidents, not even the loony right wingers.

 

[ca18sean]

I think if a California RHD ban was coming I think it would be all over the JDM car message forums, but I haven't seen any talk of it. Doesn't mean it's not true, it just isn't being discussed. But like others have said, I've heard all sorts of "facts" from Florida DOT officers that aren't factually true. I work on a fleet of heavy vehicles and if you ask 10 different FDOT officers for clarification on a rule you'll get 10 different answers. And all 10 of them will swear that they're 100% correct.

 

[Jim from Idaho]

No concerns about RHD in Idaho. Most mail routes are rural, and require the carrier to provide his own vehicle. When Subaru quit importing RHD wagons just for that purpose, it was a big blow to rural carriers. Now for newer vehicles all that is out there for purchase are Jeeps. Every carrier I know (I used to do that) hates them. Nothing but problems. Rural routes here are brutal on vehicles. New troopies would be much appreciated. My LJ78 worked fine, but any 25 year old rig will be a problem to keep going with a 90 mile stop and go route every day, many days in 4WD.