Cars registered as ambulances to save cash

[sil3nt]

Motorists are claiming their vehicles are ambulances to save hundreds of dollars in registration fees.

The problem is particularly bad in Otago, where 230 ambulances are registered, nearly as many as in Auckland, where there are 10 times as many people, the Otago Daily Times reported today.

New Zealand Transport Agency media manager Andy Knackstedt said he believed there were only 40 genuine ambulances in Dunedin.

"I guess it comes down to people's willingness to falsely register their vehicles."

It costs nearly $60 to register a non-commercial ambulance for a year, $287 for a petrol-powered private car and $417 for a private non-petrol car.

Transport Registry Centre manager Brett Dooley said offenders could be charged up to $1000 and it would be writing to the owners of the questionable ambulances.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/motoring/5007683/Cars-registered-as-ambulances-to-save-cash

Had to laugh when i read it :lol:

Wonder how much motorcycle cops pay :whistle:

[DEATH_INC.]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/motoring/5007683/Cars-registered-as-ambulances-to-save-cash

Had to laugh when i read it :lol:

Wonder how much motorcycle cops pay :whistle:
They have ambo bikes too....:facepalm:

[sil3nt]

They have ambo bikes too....:facepalm:Haven't seen one!

[Ender EnZed]

Purely hypothetical question: How?

[DEATH_INC.]

here...........

[admenk]

So, would it be cheaper if I just registered my Harley as a tractor? :innocent:

[Mental Trousers]

So, would it be cheaper if I just registered my Harley as a tractor? :innocent:

You'd be surprised how many R1's, CBR's, GSXR's etc are registered as farm vehicles.

[nosebleed]

Haven't seen one!

Be careful what you wish for. The universe provides in mysterious fukkin ways!

[slofox]

Check out the sat nav link on the same page. Hilarious...

[scumdog]

The only area worse for this than Otago is Auckland - and not by much!:shit:

Maybe it's the tight-arsed Scots heritage eh??:blink:

[Ender EnZed]

You'd be surprised how many R1's, CBR's, GSXR's etc are registered as farm vehicles.

Then you're only allowed to go a certain distance from the address it's registered to though right?

[Mental Trousers]

Then you're only allowed to go a certain distance from the address it's registered to though right?

Doesn't seem to stop them.

[Ender EnZed]

Doesn't seem to stop them.

Well, no. But if you're not where you're meant to be how far ahead are you from having of rego on hold?

[Mully]

Seems funny that you can register a "non-commercial" Ambulance if you aren't an approved operator....

[Big Dave]

Seems funny that you can register a "non-commercial" Ambulance if you aren't an approved operator....

You qualify. You're sick. :-P

[Mully]

You qualify. You're sick. :-P

"you must spread", etc

Touche.

[FJRider]

So, would it be cheaper if I just registered my Harley as a tractor? :innocent:

Would be MORE appropiate ... than an Ambulance ...

1. Speed achieveable would be about the same ... (lean angles in the corners the same ... albeit in different directions)
2. Weight would be about the same ...
3. The Tractor will be better streamlined ...
4. The tractor will have more power ...
5. Most tractors dont have a back seat either ...
6. Most tractor drivers will leave the road on one ... too ...
7. Both cost about the same ... (Tractors may be cheaper)
8. They've been building both for over a hundred years ... with a similar number of engineering improvements ...
9. After a day at the controls of either ... you feel the same ...
10. On one ... a dog will regularly piss on it, on the other ... everybody takes the piss ...