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By AA | Moderator | 844 Posts | 2 February 2011 at 11:36am

Car DVD-CD players are now widely sold. Is the installation of car DVD players prohibited? If they're not prohibited is the installation checked during a warrant of fitness inspection?

Alphonse

From the "Ask Jack" archives - 14 December 2009

jbiddle
By jbiddle | Community Member | 1657 Posts | 2 February 2011 at 11:52am

There was a past Warrant of Fitness rule which prohibited a driver viewing a DVD/ Television screen when the vehicle was in motion.

With the influx of modern navigation and in-dash screen-based entertainment systems however, a recent revision to the rule was made.

Basically, it is no longer a Warrant of Fitness requirement to check to see if the screen can be viewed by the driver.

The responsibility falls on the driver to pay attention to the road at all times.

Many new vehicle manufactures that incorporate DVD/Televisions in their vehicles ensure the screen is blank when the vehicle is in motion or place the units away from the drivers vision (in the rear of the roof or behind the front seats).

We would always suggest an after-market installation follows the same rules.