Thread: How to lose your DRIVERS licence for a fine you've never been issued. - In WA

about 10 years ago, i moved house 3 times in 12 months. i got a parking fine but never got the fine at the time and never got the reminder notices in the mail. about 12 months later I bought a car and tried to register it in my name. was told there is a block on my name due to an unpaid fine and it had gone to the courts. went down the court payments unit. it was a $20 fine. told the person i never got the notice. no problems, just fill in this form. bla bla bla. as I'm filling in the form, the person asks me: "did you know you have a bench warrant out in your name?"

what a great system we have.

Originally Posted by Gordie

Compulsory to be on the electoral role in NZ, but not compulsory to vote.

Im sure it is the other way around here

Originally Posted by rangieman

Im sure it is the other way around here

here its compulsory to get your name ticked off on election day, not to actually vote.

Originally Posted by Eevo

here its compulsory to get your name ticked off on election day, not to actually vote.

It is not compulsory to be on the electoral role , If you are on the electoral role it is compulsory to get your name ticked off yes

Originally Posted by Eevo

here its compulsory to get your name ticked off on election day, not to actually vote.

Neat and relatively pain - free way of keeping one's nose clean !


Comment from someone who works for 'them'.

Yes, correct. Present yourself, get marked off for your own electorate, receive appropriate ballot papers and envelope and be instructed to either deposit in ballot box when finished or returned, sealed, to Issuing Officer for 'other electorate' counting.
Officers do NOT record details of 'who' needs to return sealed ballot / vote, cannot and do not enforce compliance so elector is free and able to walk out, with no consequences.
Some do.

But as has been mentioned, this alone is a great little money-earner, and with fines priced well, many more folk will simply pay up ($20, $25?) online, now... and finish the matter rather than sitting down and WRITING out the reason, POSTING it off... and risk being REJECTED - and fined more anyway.

The next step is for gov't to make this.. Debt collection "service" available to commercial use... such as Private Parking Company(s).

Good news to hand, a mate has risen to the need and offered driving services for the next three days, which gets him through this week...

Originally Posted by superquag

Neat and relatively pain - free way of keeping one's nose clean !


Comment from someone who works for 'them'.

Yes, correct. Present yourself, get marked off for your own electorate, receive appropriate ballot papers and envelope and be instructed to either deposit in ballot box when finished or returned, sealed, to Issuing Officer for 'other electorate' counting.
Officers do NOT record details of 'who' needs to return sealed ballot / vote, cannot and do not enforce compliance so elector is free and able to walk out, with no consequences.
Some do.

But as has been mentioned, this alone is a great little money-earner, and with fines priced well, many more folk will simply pay up ($20, $25?) online, now... and finish the matter rather than sitting down and WRITING out the reason, POSTING it off... and risk being REJECTED - and fined more anyway.

The next step is for gov't to make this.. Debt collection "service" available to commercial use... such as Private Parking Company(s).

Good news to hand, a mate has risen to the need and offered driving services for the next three days, which gets him through this week...

Already the case with toll collections in QLD. Unpaid tolls are refereed to SPER ( State Penalties Enforcement Registry )

Originally Posted by pop058

Already the case with toll collections in QLD. Unpaid tolls are refereed to SPER ( State Penalties Enforcement Registry )

And who said that Govt run agencies are financially inefficient ?

Good news this end, Career Criminal managed to find 'someone' on the end of a phone and paid his $153 fine...
told that it takes 48 hours to wend its way through the Machine, so licence would be automatically UN-suspended in 48h + 1second. Friday mid-morning.

Now to find out how and who enrolled him...

His licence should be reinstated as soon as he pays the fine. Pretty unreasonable to take it off him if he did not know he even had a fine. Talk to your local MP.
Having said that if you dont vote dont complain about the government or any of the laws as you dont have the right.