Reply With QuoteHow interesting. I used to get an UVP but haven’t of late with the last two I’ve registered.
YarnMaster
SubscriberHi All,
I thought that I would share something that happened to me recently.
SUMMARY - RACV Total care doesn’t cover un-registered vehicles unless you have a UV Permit.
Makes sense but read on...
I had a car booked in at VicRoads to be registered. Vicroads informed me that I don’t need a UVP if driving the car from home to VicRoads for my registration appointment. In this instance my appointment was at 1pm... I would be driving to work at 9am, past a police station. Parking. And then going down to VicRoads at 1pm. A part of me thought “geez I would be really unlucky for a copper to pull me over and gave me a ticket”... For a few days I thought “bugger it, I will save myself $40 and not get a UVP”... But being conservative - I ended up getting one....
Lucky I did... On the way to work (and in reality it could have been on the way to VicRoads) - the car went kaboom... Rang the RACV and they wouldn’t tow it (even though I have the top level of care) - UNLESS I had an UVP. Which I did...
It would be easy to get caught out... [emoji15]
I realise that it’s an unusual set of circumstances - but I thought that I would share the story. My advice - get an UVP even if you don’t technically need one (if you have total care that is).
Oh - the car was my Freelander 1, and the kaboom was a runaway turbo... Let’s just say the trip didn’t end well. [emoji26]
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Master
SubscriberHow interesting. I used to get an UVP but haven’t of late with the last two I’ve registered.
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1979 Series III GS FFR
1980 Series III GS FFR with a Perentie RFSV tub
1991 Discovery 1 3.5 V8 3 door
1993 Discovery 1 200Tdi 3 door
1993 Defender 110 200Tdi ute
Fossicker
Do Vicroads say you don't need a uvp when you are driving to an appointment? Did you get that in writing?
I was with a friend from over the border on his way to Hamilton for a registration appointment. We were stopped in Casterton. "Do you have an excuse for driving an unregistered vehicle?" "Yes" we said. "We're on our way to a registration appointment." We were told that is no excuse and we needed a uvp. Luckily, you can get one over the phone. Luckily the police didn't fine my mate. When we got to Vicroads, we asked about needing the uvp for the appointment. The police were right. Even if you have a appointment, you still need a uvp to drive on the road.
Super Moderator & CA manager
Looks like the rules have changed - it used to be written on the VicRoads website that a UVP was not required when travelling to the registration appointment, but that’s not what it says now -
“My vehicle is unregistered
You’ll need to get an unregistered vehicle permit (UVP) and follow the rules to legally drive when preparing for registration.
An unregistered vehicle permit (UVP) means you’ll have full TAC compulsory insurance cover for the trip. Learn more about the TAC charge(External link).
You’ll need a UVP when taking your vehicle to VicRoads for registration.”
Register a vehicle : VicRoads
If you need to contact me please email [email protected] - thanks - Gav.
YarnMaster
SubscriberIndeed it looks like the rules have changed. AND the person that I spoke to at VicRoads was WRONG. Fancy that. [emoji6]
54 Series 1 86
61 Series 2 109 - Club Rego
76 2 Door Range Rover
78 101 Forward Control - Club Rego
88 Perentie FFR - Club Rego
90 4 Door Range Rover - Club Rego
93 Discovery 1 200 Tdi - Club Rego
98 Freelander 1 - Full Rego
22 Defedner 90 - Full rego
Fossicker
If it changed, it changed years ago.
Super Moderator & CA manager
2 years ago tops I think as I had a print out of it saying I didn’t need one when travelling to a booked appointment only about that long ago.Originally Posted by Kaps
If you need to contact me please email [email protected] - thanks - Gav.
Super Moderator
In Queensland, you don't need a permit to drive to Transport, to register a vehicle, but the CTP has to have been paid.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
Fossicker
That is what a uvp in sth aus and victoria are for. It's the compulsory third party insurance.
Master
SupporterI always get one. Got pulled over with an unregistered trailer on the way to a VicRoads appointment, copper was surprised I had a permit for the trailer and even thanked me for doing the right thing.
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