Reply With QuoteThat reminds me I have to change the sticker on the Disco, Thanks!
Jeez, that's a worry being fined for both parties. and as you say an oversight which is easy to do.
Xav
Master
SubscriberI had the embarrassing experience of receiving a phone call today from the boys in blue. (Actually it also put me in a tail spin as I had only just seen my kids off and hearing that the voice at the end of the end of the phone was a policeman caused a sudden empty feeling in my stomach.. I was expecting the worst) . My car which was being driven by my daughter had been pulled over - I had failed to pay my rego last week.. purely an oversight. The nice policeman said that the car was not to be driven any further and that I had to go and pick up my kids and arrange for a tow for my car ..... but he also said that he would let me off $$ and wouldn't fine my daughter either.... phew.. that would have been $1200 for her and $1200 for me.... $77 for a trailer hire was being let off lightly.
Lesson: always check that you've paid your reg and if your driving make sure your driving a registered car (as my daughter was also going to be fined).
2010 110 Crew Cab Deefa
Mittagong NSW 2575
Wizard
That reminds me I have to change the sticker on the Disco, Thanks!
Jeez, that's a worry being fined for both parties. and as you say an oversight which is easy to do.
Xav
Wizard
Very lucky indeed.
In Victoria you could have paid registration over the internet, get your Reference Number as proof of payment and go and put the new sticker on the car.
Would have saved you $77 for the trailer hire.
Master
Sounds like the copper was being a decent person so a big thumbs up for him!
Yes I have done it in the UK, minor oversight, not been pulled by the police but it is a worry.
In UK we have DVLA (Drivers & Vehicle Licencing) which has 4 roof top mounted cameras which check for road fund tax (your rego??) MOT and insurance and they can check dozens of vehicles per minute.
If illegal vehicle is stationary, vehicle is clamped. I presumed if vmoving illegal vehicle is detected then registered keeper gets nasty letter/visit from boys in blue.
If it helps keep uninsured vehicles/unroadworthy vehicles off the road I am all for it.
As long as authoroties dont use a sledge hammer on the 'normal law abiding' driver who have a minor oversight and go a few days over in applying for tax disc
Regards
Brendan
OldBushie
Yeah my rangie rego was due, so i just cancelled it instead
Master
Originally Posted by Feral
Very lucky indeed.
In Victoria you could have paid registration over the internet, get your Reference Number as proof of payment and go and put the new sticker on the car.
Would have saved you $77 for the trailer hire.
The silly bugger could have done it in NSW as well.I payed mine over the net last week.
Master
SubscriberThe silly bugger could have done it in NSW as well.
That's not quite right.... older vehicles need an inspection in NSW and you then need to wander off to registry with papers in hand.
2010 110 Crew Cab Deefa
Mittagong NSW 2575
Wizard
The system logs the payment time...so it's cross checked with the time of offence and when it goes to Court the Magistrate see's you're a BS artist and goes to town on you.The silly bugger could have done it in NSW as well.
The biggest thing for everyone is that your insurance company may not cover any claim once the rego has expired. The Act says there's a two week period of coverage, but if it's a big claim - particularly when there's significant personal injury - they may withhold.
The reg's for the rego act provide that you don't have to be sent any reminder or even new papers - it all falls back on you - your car, your responsibility.
It's great that bloke did offer you his discretion and it all ended well. Rego's such a b*stard in NSW and with everything else going on it's not hard to overlook. Even displaying an expired label can cost you $79! You should see the penalties for class B and C vehicles (heavies) with expired rego.
Lastly, you can drive an unregistered vehicle to a place of inspection or repair or for the purpose of being registered, but it's a bit hard to get away with that one on an easter weekend.....
Wizard
Sorry...yes, of course.The silly bugger could have done it in NSW as well.
I had people rock up to Court with paid rego in hand saying a mistake has been made. Hence the payment time comment - sorry for being a cynic.
I'm going back to bed
Master
Let me tell you a story...
about 16 years ago, easter sunday as it happens, some mates and I had ridden our motorbikes from melb to a mates farm near bendigo for the weekend.
That Sunday afternoon, one of the mates girlfriend and a friend called for help. They had gone touring in a little car and had broken down in Conargo. So we fitted a new uni joint to my mates panel van (that had sat on the farm for the last 6 months waiting for some TLC) and headed off to the rescue. 2am, just over the border 5 km out of Moama and the local boys in blue pull us up.
"Notice that your registration has expired" 7 days overdue...
"I see you have a tool box there, grab yourself a screw driver and take off the plates, you won't be going anywhere tonight. Heres a ticket for the driver $XXX.XX and two demerit points" (which meant he'd run out and would be walking for 6 months) "You can come pick up the plates when you have your new rego sticker" 300km form home..... BASTARDS!
No mobile phones in those days. Luckily we had an AM CB and it was pretty late. Hooked up with some one in tassie who kindly rang another mate at 4am and filled him in on our troubles.
He came and rescued us, we rescued the girls ( decomposing fuel line blocked the fuel filter) and snuck the unregisterded panel van between the two other cars back over the border where they had at the time a "28 days grace" policy on expired rego...
Make sure your rego is sorted, when you borrow a car too...
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