Thread: My troubles with the law continues

I was driving the Telstra vehicle one evening in Morrabbin about 20 years ago, got pulled up in combined Vicroads / Police / Sherrifs Office road block, got the obligatory breath test then licence check , got told to wait , then some Asshole Sherrifs Officer issued me a warrant for about $1500 worth of unpaid parking and speeding fines on a car registered LR-090 that I had sold about 5 years prior. (the one in my avatar)

Apparantly that car was still in my name but the guy that bought it simply changed the 'garaged address' so that he could keep paying rego, but not any fines - as they were in my name !!

Well It pays to have family in the Justice Dept, first up I got a stat dec and vehicle transferred fully at Vic Roads, The warrants withdrawn then re issued in the new Owners name, he was then obliged to provide RWC within 28 days. He would not pay fines Then the vehicle was Seized and bought to the Sherrifs Auction compound.

I thought what a stroke of luck & Karma, I could buy my old V8 twin Maxi Drive Hybrid Ninety back, I realised this ***** never transfered the car because no-one would RWC or engineer it , I hoped to get it back at auction at bargain basement price

but alas the morning of the auction he paid the fines & costs, and I was ****ed about that for years.


So if you ever sell a car it really does pay to check with VicRoads that it is in the new owners name. Same thing happened a few years ago with a BJ40 I sold, not the fines, but I checked with vicroads a few weeks later and it was still in my name. Moral is , eventho its the purchasers responsibility take a duplicate of notice of disposal and send it to vicroads yourself.

Originally Posted by garrycol

Once it is issued it cannot be re-issued with correct information.

Ahh, yes it can. The original PIN is withdrawn, then an explanation letter and a new correct ticket is sent out in the mail.