{"id":1990,"date":"2012-07-18T13:14:36","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T03:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/?p=1990"},"modified":"2020-06-20T01:44:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:44:32","slug":"rego-revolt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/home\/rego-revolt\/","title":{"rendered":"Rego Revolt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month we revealed plans from the NSW State Government to follow the lead set by the WA and SA governments by ceasing to send out the annual windscreen rego sticker, as it was no longer necessary. Other states are expected to join them. We looked at the pros and cons and called for your reaction.<\/a><\/p>\n

The initiative has been billed by the respective premiers as an efficiency measure that will save money and please the public. They expected the motorist to agree, and warmly welcome the move.<\/p>\n

But, gauging the reaction from our readers, that may not be the case! We\u2019d heard of rumblings from the West with some motorists lobbying to \u2018restore the sticker\u2019, and it is apparent now to us that they are not alone in arguing for its retention.<\/p>\n

Gay <\/strong>lives in WA, where the sticker was withdrawn a couple of years ago. But she has left her old sticker on the windscreen \u201cso I still get the reminder of the month it is due every time I drive\u201d.<\/p>\n

More disturbing was Russell\u2019s <\/strong>tale of woe. He relates that his daughter was fined $600 by the Victorian police for not displaying a rego sticker- but she, and her car were from South Australia, so didn\u2019t have one. Obviously an error was made but it still takes time and effort to correct it.<\/p>\n

Chris <\/strong>worries about the poor guy who services the unregistered car, takes it for a test drive, has an accident (that may not be his fault), but he still cops the liability as he is (unknowingly) driving an unregistered car.<\/p>\n

The Police Force<\/strong> seems to have problems with the doing away with the rego sticker. David<\/strong> is a serving Highway Policeman in NSW. He thinks it\u2019s a BAD idea. It makes it harder to detect unregistered vehicles. He sympathises with drivers who have to drive vehicles that are not their own, as they now have no real proof-or even indication, of liability, and feels the label itself is a final reminder for ANYONE.<\/p>\n

David also tells us that the vast majority of police vehicles is not, and will not be equipped with number plate recognition equipment (ANPR). So he believes the unlawful use of unregistered cars will increase wherever the sticker is withdrawn. That, of course could wipe out any potential savings to the state. It seems that police in NSW have been against this ever since it was proposed by the RTA.<\/p>\n

David is strongly supported by other serving and ex police officers on our blog.<\/p>\n

On the other hand there are <\/em>some votes in favour.<\/p>\n

Daniel<\/strong> lives in WA and he thinks the arrangement works well, that it saves money, and he wants to say goodbye to the wretched sticker for ever.<\/p>\n

He is supported by Brian<\/strong>H<\/strong> who would love NOT to replace that \u2018infernal\u2019 and \u2018ugly\u2019 sticker every year. He thinks there will be enough reminders put in place to ensure the \u2018forget factor\u2019 is overcome.<\/p>\n

ShaunH <\/strong>is from SA, has not had to take off\/put on a sticker for a couple of years and sees no problems with this.<\/p>\n

But perhaps the last word rests with David<\/strong> the Policeman who relates this very sobering tale.<\/p>\n

“I attended an accident about 10 years ago involving a mature woman who ran up the back of a tradies’ ute. Not a particularly serious accident, but unfortunately this woman had moved 2 years before and not let the RTA know. The rego renewal, along with a 1 month later \u201cIf you’re not going to register it where\u2019s our plates\u201d letter went to the old address and her rego label from when it was last renewed (when her BMW X5 was new!) was still firmly attached to her rego papers out of sight in the glovebox. Now initially the two tradie types in the ute seemed fine and both said they were uninjured. But somewhere after I had told the woman that as her car was unregistered, she had no greenslip insurance, and her comprehensive insurance, although current, wouldn’t be honoured by her insurer as her car was unregistered, and they, seeing that she garaged her BMW in a nice north shore address, these two tradies came down with a bad case of ‘Mediterranean Neck’. This was apparent, as I recieved a summons to give evidence at a civil claims court hearing about 5 years later, and it seemed that they could no longer work due to some pain in both their necks and backs. The amount offered by the Motor Accidents Autority\u2019s fund was insufficient for them, and each now sought some astronomical sum to compensate them for not ever working again. I asked the woman’s solicitor to keep me posted on the outcome of the court case and I understand this poor woman lost her house.
\nThis is one reason why registration and taking care of your personal business is important.”<\/p>\n

Nuff said.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n

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