Thread: Police are doing their job!!

Originally Posted by garrycol

So I take it that you cannot sell a vehicle at all unless it roadworthy

In Queensland, you can't offer a registered vehicle for sale without a safety certificate.

The eBay items will most likely state something like registration will be canceled or canceled unless buyer arranges safety cert.

Originally Posted by garrycol

So I take it that you cannot sell a vehicle at all unless it roadworthy - what then about project vehicles? So I could not sell my old series 1 in Qld unless I restore it first and then get a safety cert.

Seems odd - why do I constantly see vehicles for sale on ebay in the wrecks section - from Qld that do not have safety certificates.

Sorry does not make sense.

Garry

In Qld you can not offer to sell a registered vehicle as a registered vehicle without a Safety Certificate. A Safety Certificate is necessary to transfer registration or to register an unregistered vehicle. It is an offence to offer a registered vehicle for sale registered without a copy of the Safety Certificate being attached. You may offer a vehicle for sale unregistered without a Safety Certificate. In Brisbane, on Brisbane City Council controlled roads, you may not park an unregistered vehicle, or offer a vehicle for sale. A complaint to Council will likely result in a fine for parking unregistered vehicle, and/or offering a vehicle for sale on a road. If the vehicle offered for sale is registered and without Safety Certificate, then Council inspectors WILL notify Qld. Transport and maybe get you the double whammy of also offering vehicle for sale without Safety Certificate. Brisbane City Council will tow away unregistered vehicles parked on a road when a compalint is made. These vehicles are then advertised and unless claimed and fees/fines paid are sold at public auction.

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

The Boddington(50 or so ks away) Police were doing their job thursday nite only to end up with 2 20odd year olds dead.They detected an oncoming vehicle doing 83ks in a 60 zone,put the flashing lights on.By time they stopped and did a u turn they found the car wrapped around a tree just up the road.Both were dead.
Not a nice way to finish your shift.
Andrew

Apparently they tried to avoid the speed check and evade police, before the police even started pursuit.
Not nice for anyone.

The sister of a good friend of mine brought a car from a dealer back in NZ. A few weeks later she had some major mechanical problems with the car, (no, not a LR!!), and went back to the dealer to have it fixed/money refunded. However the dealer said no chance, it was sold on the grass verge out on the front of the lot, not on the lot itself so she isn't covered by the LMVD, (Licensed Motor Vehicle Dealer), laws.
My friend and a few of his larger mates went to see the dealer and asked him politely to "respect his sister and refund the money", which he did so promptly.

Tim

Originally Posted by TimNZ

My friend and a few of his larger mates went to see the dealer and asked him politely to "respect his sister and refund the money", which he did so promptly.

Tim

That’s what I call the real law in action, good result

Originally Posted by TimNZ

. However the dealer said no chance, it was sold on the grass verge out on the front of the lot, not on the lot itself so she isn't covered by the LMVD, (Licensed Motor Vehicle Dealer), laws.

In the NT (and possibly the rest of Australia) the vehicle would still be covered by the statuatory warranty.

Originally Posted by garrycol

If the vacant block is private land the cops have no authority but if it is not then all bets are off -
Garry

Unless the Cops are acting on a complaint of Trespass from the property owner.
There is a large commercial block in town here that was always being used as free parking and for parking your car with a For Sale sign (despite clear large signs to the contrary) and the owners always made complaints to the police. If you were a regular, the owners then began the practice of having the vehicle towed to the Tip and reporting the car to the Police as "abandoned" and disposed of. Gates to the Tip were locked at 4.45pm.
Ha-ha. Got a good write-up in the local paper. That soon put a stop to it.

The vacant strip of land that runs along the army base is a popular spot to sell vehicles.You can tell when the cops have been checking this spot, no vehicles for about 2 weeks then business as usual, sometimes up to a dozen.