Starlink stupidity

They don't bother booking the thousand of people driving with fog lights on at night which is illegal so why would they bother.

A dish in an accident will be a flying lethal weapon

Fog lights are not

How is that any different to every other loose object in the cabin?
What about all these 2 litre plus metal Yeti style water bottles every has on their front seat ?

The majority weren't sitting on the dash, they were stuck to the windscreen. This blocks probably a third of the drivers forward vision.

to say it blocks a third of the windscreen is a bit far fetched. I ran my mini inside the window for a long time and it never impacted my FOV . there is plenty of other shit in a car that can be a missile so not sure why you are getting hella worked up over it

I have just driven to Darwin from Vic. From my observations there are indeed a lot of vehicles with Starlinks on the screen or dash. I suspect a judicious Police officer might determine FOV issues with some although most seemed to be mounted well over to the side. One third would be a stretch. Not sure they present much of a missile in an accident with minimal weight and generally secured by suction cups.
I mount mine on magnets on the roof but have to consider security each time we leave the car. I know some mount them in the sunroof.
Life's all about compromise eh ?

Kenell

Dusta It is illegal to have anything wider than 40mm in your vision

Ivan,

The definition of “in your vision” is very subjective and often misunderstood. Something on the extreme left hand side of the windscreen could be argued as being not in the direct “vision” of the driver. Rear view camera monitors, navigation screens as in HEMA etc. mounted on top of the dash, can be classed as in the vision of the driver, even in the centre of the dash, and they are certainly wider than 40 mm.

Macca.

As is your rear view mirror, and if you want to be pedantic how about the 'A' pillar?

I am not a fan of the internal mounting but I do understand the reasons for it. I haven't been able to find anything definitive that suggests it is illegal. Aust Road Rule 297 is subjective at best in relation to windscreen vision and I can't find any reference to the 40mm limit.
Laws often take time to be rewritten as technology develops and perhaps this is such an example but happy to be directed to the law by someone who is up to date with it.

Kenell

If you think that's as bad as drivers at highway speeds with a third of their vision blocked, then you go for it.

Hi Warren,

Wouldn’t putting a cloth over it reduce its ability to see the satellites, particularly if you are using it for navigation.

Macca.

Not unless there is metal threads within the cloth. A sheet of cotton or synthetic material is just like the white covers you see over the microwave dishes.

Hi Lyndon,

Northern Territory law.

Macca.