No rego labels in NSW

[Innuendo]

Yeah I have 8 things with rego, work full time in a mine, run my farm on my days off, my wife works full time and I have three kids to look after. Oh and I live away from home 6 days out of 12. So as far as keeping on top of it all I am afraid the rego slipped through the cracks. No label does not help. Can't see why we accept having to do the rta book work as well.

You know the month rego is due, all you have to do is pay for it. Your even allowed to pay for it 30 days early.

[wbute]

Back on topic, I received no reminder texts from the RTA unlike I have for other vehicles. So be warned, don't rely on that working.
Trucks also still use labels.
As for dirt bikes, it's a great idea. Just need them to bring in number plates that are stickers.

[Big Rob]

I hate rego labels, but I do see the point some of you make.

I liked the comment about the farmers with the plates on the front fence..... If the cops ever pull into my driveway their system will suffer overload with all the old plates I've got hanging up!

[jennie285]

I've actually left the old label on the cars to remind me as it is no longer an offence to leave them on after expiry.

It is an offence to leave the expired label on, as we found out when pulled over at a random breath station in Louth recently we were politely told to remove the label or face a fine

[XX7SANDMN]

we dont have yearly inspections in wa so alot of cars that run out of rego often end up at the scrapers due to unroadworthness

[Taily]

It is an offence to leave the expired label on, as we found out when pulled over at a random breath station in Louth recently we were politely told to remove the label or face a fine

Interesting. I was told differently during an RBT recently when I apologised for leaving it on about a couple of weeks after I'd paid it. I guess (as usual) the state's front line staff would be the last to find out what the real score is...

[SLR_dave]

I think its a bit silly from a law enforcement point of view. It might cut down administration and postage of stickers and motorists queing at rego, but it will encourage number plate theft. This often causes heaps of extra admin from both the public and the RTA when it goes wrong. If somebody steals a plate from a car of the same model and colour (and thats what a potential licence plate thief is looking for) a police scan from a mobile unit won't see the mismatch untill the stolen plate is reported. So, an unwitting motorist can get the bill from a licence plate thiefs actions, and an admin headache to boot.
Rego stickers are supposed to be hard to remove without tearing,... although having said that , the ACT ones fall off by themselves these days actually so what am I talking about. Maybe part of the excercise will be to cause motorists to realise they are ultimately responsible for their plates, problem is, the sticker is locked inside the car, safe from daily concern to the motorist, the plates are far easier to get to. Hmn, just bloggin atm.
How long till number plate alarms become standard I wonder, perhaps someone can come up with a number plate that will self report to the RTA/Cops if removed from the vehicle. Yes.

[wbute]

So basically it has just created another problem. Number plate theft. It saves no admin cost because they still send out rego papers. Just another way to raise revenue by giving police more power. Gee booking unregistered cars is so much more easy than tackling a real problem like drugs.

[jennie285]

So basically it has just created another problem. Number plate theft. It saves no admin cost because they still send out rego papers. Just another way to raise revenue by giving police more power. Gee booking unregistered cars is so much more easy than tackling a real problem like drugs.

Or thieves

[Stecklair]

Missing your rego can have massively serious consequences...

Check out this story from http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/home/rego-revolt/ (a policeman)

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 “If you’re not going to register it where’s our plates” 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’s 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.