entering the no license windscreen sticker/disc erra

Hi Mazcan,

I'm taking off around Oz next month and will now have to rely on memory or people at home checking the mail to make sure I don't slip out of license. It also means I have to carry all my papers around with me, nnot the end of the world but it was much easier just to have a little sticker in the corner.

Like you say you now have to check the papers every time you want to test drive a second hand car.

They Govt will save $2m in printing stickers, think how much more revenue they will get in fines from people accidently diong the wrong thing.

Maybe an option to buy one would be worthwhile for a few extra $$ for people like you & me.

I think your sticker idea is a good one might have to get a post it!.

Cheers
nik

Lets face it, the police seem not to notice cars without number plates very often.

Gidday

Just ask your wife/partner to remember when the licence expires ... they seem to be good at remembering important dates when blokes can't ...

Cheers

Rocco

Might leave the old one on, at least it will remind us the month it is due LOL.
I think they are still going to send out renewal notices, if not another 'fund raiser' for them.
Cheers
D

My mechanic has raised the issue of unliecenced vehicles before 1/1/10 just check the sticker you know the car is licenced straight up now how does he know unless he sights the papers and who is resposible should he get picked up during a road test in an unlicensed car.

Mazcam,

If WA can save $2million on stickers, the ripoff state(nsw) will probably follow suit, but they probably wont send out reminders, then fine the owner hundreds of dollars for failing to re-register...How sad. The first you'll know about it is the computer generated infringement notice in the mail 2 days after the Rego is due.

Cheers...........Jeff

I think it is a brilliant move mazcan. Stickers don't prove licence - they still need to check that. I used to get a bunch of them as i pay on line, and the on line system sends out windscreen stickers for quad bikes and tractors as well.

As for payment, they still send out an expiry notice, and i always pay on that not the sticker.

Last year before we went away, i paid caravan licence in advance in May to get an August sticker. They hadn't printed any, and at the time, said they probably wouldn't as stickers were close to being phased out - so off we went leaving the old one on. When we got back, i tried to remove the well and truly expired old sticker. They don't like coming off plastic windows! After trying all sorts of solvents (cautiously for fear of damaging the caravan window), i had to scrape it off with a sharp knife; not easy as even when the backing film was scraped off, the print remained. It took a long time with cautious scraping. So pleased i won't be doing that again.

Hooray that we no longer have to remove those silly stickers and replace them (usually left sitting on my fridge for months before someone - like me - does the job).

Motherhen

Wotz the problem???

When the renewal notice comes in the post, open it and check which vehicle it is then write on the envelope the date by which payment must be made.
Put said envelope (and renewal notice) into the pile of accounts due for payment before the end of the preceding month and then pay it as you pay the other accounts.

OR

Pay it the day after you get the renewal notice in the mail.

Simple really.

Disco
(who, like so many others, has 2 vehicles, a trailer, a boat and trailer, a caravan and a fishing licence to remember.)

If your email package has a calendar put the licence date in there. You can set it up to remind you well before the event. I set up all my reminders that way especially the dreaded wedding anniversary and the war office's birthday. You can display your calendar by week. month or year so gives you a good basis for planning ahead.
Nev

Hi Maz

I think it it is the best idea yet.
I hope NSW will follow.
You won't get any complaints from Motor cycle riders as the label's are always a nuisance to locate a mounting point.
And no more problems with lost label's from trailers with a $20 replacement fee here. and or fine and lose of points.

Rob.

Yeah, but when we had our stickers, they were meaningless without a rego number, VIN or engine number on them.
How many people know of others that were registering cheapies and putting the cheapy rego sticker on a more expensive vehicle?

Cheers,
Dion.

Why don't you just leave the old sticker/disc on the vehicle and that will remind you, if that is the way you did it before, I personally use a diary to remind me about Insurance, Licence etc.

Don't be silly..........you'll still get a renewal notice.

.

So much talk, so little intelligence !

Unless the Govt. stops sending renewal notices then what's the problem ?

As for unknowingly driving an unregistered vehicle, the onus has ALWAYS been on the driver to ensure that (a) they have the appropriate licence to drive a given class of vehicle (b) the vehicle is currently registered (c) the vehicle is roadworthy.
If the owner of the said vehicle knowingly permits someone to drive it whilst unregistered, unroadworthy etc they too (in many cases) are prosecuted for 'Cause & Permit' (the commission of an offence).

The registration sticker has always been intended/used as a means for others (Police, Parking Inspectors etc) to quickly validate status of registration. It has never been used nor intended that it was the sole means whereby the owner renewed registration prior to expiration date.

I think the subtlety in this is that with the sticker on the screen you are contiuously reminded of when it is due. I presume that when travelling most will pay their bills before they go but this rego thing could be overlooked easy enough in my mind because it comes around yearly and usually a month before hand - you could be on the road when you realise.

Just another one of today's changes that challenges our comfort zone.

Kind regards

I think doing away with rego labels is a great idea.
I assume most have internet banking, so why not set up a scheduled payment?

The main advantage I can see s that if the rego is due and paid while away you don't have to worry about having an out of date or removed label, then having to try and explain it to the police if pulled up.
Chris

I am really not sure why this causes so much drama. I suppose its like anything new - people just hate change (me included)

But when you think about it you dont get a sticker reminding you about all of those other bills you have and yet you still pay them. I never refer to my windscreen to see when its due. Its much easier to grab the rego papers or wait for the bill to arrive in mail. Yes I understand you maybe away somewhere in this large beautiful country when the bill arrives, but what will you do when that electricity bill comes for the quarter and you headed off just before it arrived? Sounds pretty much the same to me. I am sure there are ways around everything so I am sure we could all adapt to this change.

Unfortunately NSW hasnt seen the light as yet. We need to have a few studies done here first at taxpayer expense to see if it will save the Govt here any money and how they can do it. Then it will take at least 3 broken election promises before someone actually does something about it. Pity the NSW govt when it comes time for them to pay "its own" ginormous electricity bill (but thats another whinge for another day)

Plenty of trailer rego labels get stolen so people here can stick them on their own unrego'd cars. Unless you get close and personal with the fake label no one is the wiser as the colour is the same for trailers and cars. The poor bugger who had his trailer rego stolen is left to fork out for another new one.

I can see plenty of benefits in getting rid of it. May mean we get a bit organised in our own lives though. With so many people on here with laptops why not organise your bills on there so you know exactly whats due and when