Current licence label not affixed in prescribed manner

[FishieKateikyo]

Hello,

After work, I walked toward my bike and found that I have received a parking fine. Strangely enough I assume it was a parking fine was parking over my time limit as I have previously gotten a fine for that. But for some odd reason it says that I receive a big $200 fine for reason: Current licence label not affixed in prescribed manner. So I decided to call AT and ask them why did I receive this fine?. As the fine was issued on that day, it hasn't shown up on the system. but he explained the reason why I got the fine was most likely due to not have a current Registration. But that is a bit odd as I have a current Rego and WOF bolted on the back on my bike. I have read through this forum and most of the user didn't have their current Rego displayed. However I do have my current WOF and Rego and I am loss for word on why did I have a $200 fine for not having a current rego?

And the annoying bit is that when I search for the information online, e.g. giving my number plate and notice #, it doesn't show any information about the fine.....

How would I proceed with getting off this silly fine or maybe someone could explain how would my rego be displayed?

I park on victoria street west auckland on a legal parking spot.

Disclaimer: I am still a new rider so knowing the reason why I got the fine to avoid it the next time would be helpful.

Thanks

[Swoop]

The parking nazi is too fat to bend over and actually look at the displayed label.

a: Take a photo of it and send into cuntbrains at Auckland Council.
Attach an invoice for your time and costs associated with said fuckwit cuntbrains fatcunt parkingnazi's incompetence.


b: Stab parking cunts.
c: pour bleach on the bastards afterwards.

[ellipsis]

d. We have tyres for the wankers necklalace

[ellipsis]

...I display mine at the bottom forward section of my frame...I make them get down and look, and when they tell me it should be displayed more prominently I tell them to grow up or stop being fuckwits...works every time...shove the ticket up their arse...

[FishieKateikyo]

How would I need to display the Rego on my bike though? Maybe it's displayed wrongly however I can't find any information on how it is meant to be displayed. Yeah, I am planning to go with the notice to dispute it. I just don't want to keep getting the fines as I ride to work in town for 8 hours 5 times a week and I am working tomorrow :(

[The End]

How would I need to display the Rego on my bike though? Maybe it's displayed wrongly however I can't find any information on how it is meant to be displayed. Yeah, I am planning to go with the notice to dispute it. I just don't want to keep getting the fines as I ride to work in town for 8 hours 5 times a week and I am working tomorrow :(

Take a photo of how it is displayed so we can see.

[Moi]

What style of number plate do you have? A square one or an oblong one?

IIRC - the label should be displayed as near to the number plate as is possible...

If square then put the licence label on it - NZTA will supply double sided tape for it next time you relicence the bike.
If an oblong one - is the label in one of those plastic holders? Is it [like mine] partial hidden behind the number plate? If that, them swing it out so it can be more easily seen. If that doesn't suit, can you put the plastic holder on the rear swing arm or somewhere similar.

Hope that helps.

[FishieKateikyo]

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I have a swing arm that was on my bike that came with it. So it can be swing out and in....

[FLUB]

I'm pretty sure that they're not allowed to touch your bike so wouldn't be able to swing them out. Also the rego looks like it's been folded to fit into a WOF holder, so it's not clearly displayed. Go into a VTNZ testing station and ask for a government metal rego holder. These are free and have a T shaped bracket that easily fixes to your number plate.

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[FishieKateikyo]

So I can't dispute the claim because the rego is hidden away under the plate? :( i didnt know this... I bought the bike and I saw that the rego was like the way that is folded in the photo so I assumed it was the right way. I did ask a vendor if ithe was fine and they said yeah.. well a lesson learned

[Berries]

I just don't want to keep getting the fines as I ride to work in town for 8 hours 5 times a week and I am working tomorrow :(
That is the longest commute I have ever heard of.


I have a swing arm that was on my bike that came with it. So it can be swing out and in....
Couple of issues with your pictures. A warden is not going to spend any time whatsoever searching for them and they are certainly not going to swing things in and out. Looks like they aren't visible to me. And as above, it is also folded so you cannot see what year it ends or the bar code which might matter for Big Brother.
Go to a motorbike shop and see how they display them.

It is a bullshit charge because the warden could just check your plate and see if you were legal or not if the council wasn't trying to rob people of their $200.

[AllanB]

Interesting. The swing out things no good. It appears accepted they will look behind a plate but not a lot more. And fair enough as it is meant to be clearly displayed.

Easy fix for you is get the rego and the double sided tape they provide and stick it to the guard just below the number plate. No one will bitch about that. :yes:

As far as the fine goes - first bike? write a most sucky up letter stating it is as purchased and as it was WOFed you believed it was totally legal. Really sucky. You may find a nice person who will let you off.

[BMWGSER]

I'm pretty sure that they're not allowed to touch your bike so wouldn't be able to swing them out. Also the rego looks like it's been folded to fit into a WOF holder, so it's not clearly displayed. Go into a VTNZ testing station and ask for a government metal rego holder. These are free and have a T shaped bracket that easily fixes to your number plate.

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When You have displayed it correctly so it can be seen , on the bottom of the infringement notice their is a online email address , write a nice note quoting the rego no , infringement no and expiry date on the label. Tell them You are now displaying it correctly . Don't forget Your contact email address. You should get a positive reply.

[FJRider]

So I can't dispute the claim because the rego is hidden away under the plate? :( i didnt know this... I bought the bike and I saw that the rego was like the way that is folded in the photo so I assumed it was the right way. I did ask a vendor if ithe was fine and they said yeah.. well a lesson learned

The charge is not affixed in the prescribed manner ... not the bike is unregistered. As I understand ... parking wardens have no ability (or inclination even if they had) to check if vehicles have current registration.

[mossy1200]

Write letter saying your new to motorcycles and it was how the bike was purchased so assumed it was acceptable and let them know you have sorted the location of both registration and wof now.

[FLUB]

When I bought my Goldwing the WOF was stuck to the windscreen like on a car. This is not near to the number plate as per the law. I had a brand new Spyder where the WOF and rego were stuck to the frame under the seat, so even dealers get it wrong. Pretty sure they wouldn't pay a fine if I received one.

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[pete376403]

Mine is affixed with the double sided tape to the swingarm. Not had any problems with that, but I'm not in Auckland. And how come cars can have the rego mounted metres away from the plate and thats ok, but bikes are expected to have it alongside the plate?

[Virago]

Mine is affixed with the double sided tape to the swingarm. Not had any problems with that, but I'm not in Auckland. And how come cars can have the rego mounted metres away from the plate and thats ok, but bikes are expected to have it alongside the plate?

The rule for cars is more prescriptive - bottom left corner of windscreen. Which is not a practical rule for motorcycles, hence the difference.

[WristTwister]

Having the dog-tags behind your plate is still sufficient, however the expiry date of registration should be visible from behind the plate ie: facing outward. The last two digits don't appear on your tag, this may be a problem.

One could argue that the L plate is a legal requirement and without it, there would be nothing obstructing the visibility of the rego. If the last two digits on your rego weren't missing, your photo showing the dog-tags plus your L plate would show compliance.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxcWtCopXpI

[eldog]

Parking wardens are not the type to go out of their way to check.
having spent time watching them, you will see they give everything a 3 sec check, mark tyre, carry on.

write your letter, they generally are reasonable.

i don't know what Flub is talking about re metal holder but might be worth while.

thats a big case you have there, keep an eye on the mounting when you check the bike over.

Enjoy your steed:niceone:

[Maha]

i don't know what Flub is talking about re metal holder but might be worth while.



I had one on most of my bikes, the one on my Honda was attached to the chain guard, a metal holder with a clear perspex slide, my current bike has one.

It's comical how some people get weird about displaying these things because it detracts from the look of the bike.

[Voltaire]

Interesting. The swing out things no good. It appears accepted they will look behind a plate but not a lot more. And fair enough as it is meant to be clearly displayed.

Easy fix for you is get the rego and the double sided tape they provide and stick it to the guard just below the number plate. No one will bitch about that. :yes:

As far as the fine goes - first bike? write a most sucky up letter stating it is as purchased and as it was WOFed you believed it was totally legal. Really sucky. You may find a nice person who will let you off.

+ 1 on grovelly letter, its all part of the game.

The Metal rego holders are better than the plastic ones, they tend to snap off.

I wonder do Traffic Wardens have a " Rocky " moment when they find an easy 2 hundy :rolleyes:

[AllanB]

It's comical how some people get weird about displaying these things because it detracts from the look of the bike.

Bastard - stop laughing at me! Bloody ugly rego mounts. Spend a fortune on a good looking ride and tack on a piece of alloy :bleh:


I've seen those round tube like ones - popular in England - I'm unsure how a parking warden would react to them in NZ. Look OK on the FastBikeGear website - image below stolen from there. Shows the data required.

Why do rego stickers each have a barcode?

[Night Falcon]

I'm pretty sure that they're not allowed to touch your bike............



the exception being when they slap the ticket on it :corn:

[Maha]

Bastard - stop laughing at me! Bloody ugly rego mounts. Spend a fortune on a good looking ride and tack on a piece of alloy :bleh:


I've seen those round tube like ones - popular in England - I'm unsure how a parking warden would react to them in NZ. Look OK on the FastBikeGear website - image below stolen from there. Shows the data required.

Why do rego stickers each have a barcode?

Now that's nice and tidy innit? I should ask Liam to give me one to trial...:shifty:

[caseye]

Now that's nice and tidy innit? I should ask Liam to give me one to trial...:shifty:

At Eighty Buck or 40 bags O Chip, fuck that. Write that letter young fella and sort out your shit,so this doens't happen again, parking warden is really just being a prick, but they get paid to be!

[Berries]

As said elsewhere, new bike, new rider, how were you to know? You should get off with a letter.



As I understand ... parking wardens have no ability (or inclination even if they had) to check if vehicles have current registration.
They do in Dunedin. If the displayed rego is out of date they can check to see whether it is actually expired before giving a ticket. I checked once when my online renewal hadn't arrived before the expiry date.



Why do rego stickers each have a barcode?
It is so they can track you via the monitors they have been installing over the last 18 months.

[PrincessBandit]

the exception being when they slap the ticket on it :corn:

So you can't get away with "oh, it must have blown away..."?

My wof and rego are fitted back to back on each other, sticking up from the bolt behind my plate. Never had any problems except for the one time the whole thing vibrated off going through the forgotten world highway and I hadn't noticed they'd parted company from my bike until some time later...

[eldog]

Bastard - stop laughing at me! Bloody ugly rego mounts. Spend a fortune on a good looking ride and tack on a piece of alloy :bleh:


I've seen those round tube like ones - popular in England - I'm unsure how a parking warden would react to them in NZ. Look OK on the FastBikeGear website - image below stolen from there. Shows the data required.

Why do rego stickers each have a barcode?

needs to use a nylock nut to fasten - I have seen what happens when you don't. :brick: for that bike rider...

thanks Maha for explaining the metal license holder type, I didn't know where to get them.

[bmwilly]

Bastard - stop laughing at me! Bloody ugly rego mounts. Spend a fortune on a good looking ride and tack on a piece of alloy :bleh:


I've seen those round tube like ones - popular in England - I'm unsure how a parking warden would react to them in NZ. Look OK on the FastBikeGear website - image below stolen from there. Shows the data required.

Why do rego stickers each have a barcode?

No license label required to be displayed in UK anymore , coppers , or whoever just check on line . We will catch up one day .:sleep::zzzz::bye:

[Gremlin]

As said, wardens won't touch your bike to confirm it's current or not etc.

Law says, as close as practicable to the plate, a lot mount on the back of the plate (as do I). It looks like you have two Wof label holders (rego cut down) and I would suggest you get a rego holder for the rego label, then it will hang down beyond the plate and perhaps give them a clue. I would place the wof or rego in the holder so that the details are visible without moving the holder (ie, you have the details facing the plate so unless you rotate them you can't see them).

That said, I've had everything all nice and legal and still ticketed. They don't look properly. Last time I rang them up and gave them a bollocking as it was a company bike, fully legal, and they were wasting an hour plus of my time for 5min of their incompetence. They wanted me to write in, which I refused but agreed to send them an email with a picture attached. Boss also jumped on the phone and gave them an earful about wasting staff time. They replied, never apologising but said in that situation they'd cancelled the ticket.

Anyhoo, contact them, supply photo, mention law and tell them to cancel the ticket.

[WristTwister]

Why do rego stickers each have a barcode?

So you can scan your flybuys rewards points.

I have the said ugly metal plate with plastic slide face-plate, they're ugly looking for sure. The tubes look slick tho.

[YellowDog]

These guys are generally quite reasonable. You have a current wof and rego. Should be enough.

Not displaying it correctly is an issue. I bleeding obvious one at that. However with their centralised system, your plate number should be enough for confirmation you were fully road legal :yes:

$200 is a bit steep for such a minor issue :mad:

[avimistry]

No info in their system, then just chuck the fine away. You could always claim you never got it. But seriously, these AT "officers" really have no better things to do. If it was wof/rego related then they should at least look up your rego to make sure everything is in order, and issue you with a warning for not displaying correctly. This would give you the opportunity to fix the issue. Anyway, I suggest you take a picture of your rego/wof located on your bike and keep it for the records.

[AllanB]

However with their centralised system, your plate number should be enough for confirmation you were fully road legal :yes:

$200 is a bit steep for such a minor issue :mad:


I'm thinking they do run the plate - otherwise the buggers would write two tickets - not displaying and not being currently registered. $400 thanks.

[WristTwister]

Hello,

After work, I walked toward my bike and found that I have received a parking fine. Strangely enough I assume it was a parking fine was parking over my time limit as I have previously gotten a fine for that. But for some odd reason it says that I receive a big $200 fine for reason: Current licence label not affixed in prescribed manner.

Thanks

TYPES OF INFRINGEMENTS
Current Licence Label not affixed in prescribed manner.



Person operated a motor vehicle on a road when the current licence issued to the vehicle and appropriate for its use was not affixed to it in the manner prescribed.
Land Transport (Motor Vehicle Registration & Licensing) Regulations 2011: Regulation 77(2)(b)(ii).
$200 - Schedule 6 Land Transport (Motor Vehicle Registration & Licensing) Regulations 2011

Looking at Reg 77(2)(b)(ii) -

77. Operation of unregistered or unlicensed motor vehicle

(2) A person commits a stationary vehicle offence if the person operates a motor vehicle in contravention of section 242(1) (http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2011/0079/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM3701427#DLM3701427) of the Act by causing or permitting it to be on a road or driven on a road if the motor vehicle—
(b)does not have affixed to it and displayed in the manner prescribed by these regulations—(ii)



a current licence issued for it and appropriate for its use.



And the prescribed manner by these regulations is -

16. Display of licences

(1)The licence for a motor vehicle must be displayed as set out in this regulation.

(2)In the case of a motorcycle, moped, or trailer, the licence must be affixed to the motorcycle, moped, or trailer immediately below or as close as practicable to the registration plate.

(3)In the case of a motor vehicle that is not a motorcycle, moped, or trailer,—
(a) if the motor vehicle is fitted with a windscreen, the licence must be displayed on the inside of the windscreen, as close as practicable to the bottom right-hand corner of the windscreen (when viewed from the outside and front of the motor vehicle):

(b)if the motor vehicle is not fitted with a windscreen, the licence must be affixed to the back of the motor vehicle, as close as practicable to the registration plate.



(4) In every case, the licence must be displayed in an upright, easily visible position.

(5)The licence for a motor vehicle may be displayed, in the manner described in this regulation, at any time within the month before the date on which the licence comes into force.

(6) If a licence is displayed in accordance with subclause (5), and a current licence is in force for the motor vehicle, the display of the new licence is sufficient evidence that the motor vehicle is licensed.

So there you go.

[Akzle]

No license label required to be displayed in UK anymore , coppers , or whoever just check on line . We will catch up one day .:sleep::zzzz::bye:

well actually.

the anpr system proccesses your plate for license, insurance, reported stolen, undesirable owner etc. if it's urgent the bob will pull you over and effect the transaction. if not, it's in the post.

[MrMarko]

well actually.

the anpr system proccesses your plate for license, insurance, reported stolen, undesirable owner etc. if it's urgent the bob will pull you over and effect the transaction. if not, it's in the post.

How to i get on the undesirable owner list to be left alone you have to clock a warden or something?

[Akzle]

How to i get on the undesirable owner list to be left alone you have to clock a warden or something?

no. undesirables are pulled over more.

to get on the "nah fuck that" List you have to make their (attempted) enforcement unprofitable. the whole system is for the profit of teh jews. no profit= no interest.

[Gremlin]

no. undesirables are pulled over more.
But if they're pulled over more, doesn't that make them desirable, as in, they want them? ;)

[BMWST?]

when i had my big ugly bike i had the wof and rego hanging below(Bolted to) the number plate .Thes wof in its little plastic holder and the rego in its metal plastic slidy thing.The big ugly mudgaurd protected them from the wind and flying debris

[Swoop]

well actually.

the anpr system proccesses your ... insurance ...
Do they phone 0800 youi or something?

[Tazz]

Ask for a picture showing it not being displayed (they should have taken one) and then take it from there.

[Banditbandit]

As said, wardens won't touch your bike to confirm it's current or not etc.

Law says, as close as practicable to the plate, a lot mount on the back of the plate (as do I). It looks like you have two Wof label holders (rego cut down) and I would suggest you get a rego holder for the rego label, then it will hang down beyond the plate and perhaps give them a clue. I would place the wof or rego in the holder so that the details are visible without moving the holder (ie, you have the details facing the plate so unless you rotate them you can't see them).

That said, I've had everything all nice and legal and still ticketed. They don't look properly. Last time I rang them up and gave them a bollocking as it was a company bike, fully legal, and they were wasting an hour plus of my time for 5min of their incompetence. They wanted me to write in, which I refused but agreed to send them an email with a picture attached. Boss also jumped on the phone and gave them an earful about wasting staff time. They replied, never apologising but said in that situation they'd cancelled the ticket.

Anyhoo, contact them, supply photo, mention law and tell them to cancel the ticket.

I lost a rego sticker in a plastic frame (only $5 to replace - no biggie.)

'twas bolted onto the number plate - facing forwards. Came out to the bike to find a small broken bit of plastic hung off the plate and no sticker - looks like it got hit with a stone.

Now I use double-sided tape to hold it directly on the number plate ... it's further inside, but it's still there ..

[pritch]

My rego is in a plastic/metal holder which is bolted to the engine, about the middle of the bike. Never had a problem with that, but again I don't live in Auckland.

Grovelling letters don't work here, even going in and talking to the Council drones is generally frustrating. Customer service? Never heard of it.

Several people I worked with were ticketed for expired WoF or rego and wrote to the council saying that they were legally parked and as such the Council employees were breaching the Prvacy Act by conducting any further examination of the vehicle. They all got off. I'm told that doesn't work in Auckland, but it did work here. Dunno why, it's the same bloody act. Maybe the Auckland Council is more desperate for cash?

[Big Dog]

Most VTNZ have the alloy plate with plasticity slide free for the asking. Some very their free quota but charge for them.
I need to get another one as the plastic fell out somewhere in the last 200km. It has had a crack in the plastic for a while so not a surpise.


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[yevjenko]

The charge is not affixed in the prescribed manner ... not the bike is unregistered. As I understand ... parking wardens have no ability (or inclination even if they had) to check if vehicles have current registration.
They certainly do have the ability Rio check Rego and warrant. Four hundy fine then... Even at 8 a.m.on a Sunday in a semi residential area... fuckers.

If they do a rocky moment for two hundy, what do they do for a four?

[roogazza]

They certainly do have the ability Rio check Rego and warrant. Four hundy fine then... Even at 8 a.m.on a Sunday in a semi residential area... fuckers.

If they do a rocky moment for two hundy, what do they do for a four?

haha, I don't leave my wheels anywhere,that way the ''fuckers'' can't spoil my day.;)

[yevjenko]

haha, I don't leave my wheels anywhere,that way the ''fuckers'' can't spoil my day.;)
this was the old classic motor which had cold start issues. Left it out overnight to see if I had fixed it. Feckers cane round at 8a.m. on a Sunday. Why do traffic wardens come round on a Sunday at 8? Ridiculous

[Big Dog]

this was the old classic motor which had cold start issues. Left it out overnight to see if I had fixed it. Feckers cane round at 8a.m. on a Sunday. Why do traffic wardens come round on a Sunday at 8? Ridiculous
That early a neighbour will have complained. Or initiated proceedings to claim your abandoned bike.

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[yevjenko]

That early a neighbour will have complained. Or initiated proceedings to claim your abandoned bike.

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I could understand that if it was always there, or was a rundown shit bag... But It was a classic car that was practically mint, and that was the only time it was left out.
Maybe my old neighbours were just arseholes

[roogazza]

this was the old classic motor which had cold start issues. Left it out overnight to see if I had fixed it. Feckers cane round at 8a.m. on a Sunday. Why do traffic wardens come round on a Sunday at 8? Ridiculous

I asked one this morning,(an old meter maid) , and she confirmed they check wof and reg.
I said away ya go then,pointing to my car. It's new,so probably won't get picked on.
(won't be leaving the bike in the street tho !:innocent:;)

[FishieKateikyo]

Yet again, I have received another $200 fine for again not affixed in prescribed manner... And I just realize when I was looking (LIKE ACTUALLY FOCUSING) on the rego. I saw the reason why I got the fine was because my rego was 23/07/2016. Now that is very weird as I paid $380 on the 15/06/2016 for 12 months. Unless it cost that much to have the bike rego for a month.... So now I am sitting on a $400 rego fine when the post office stuffed up. I still got the original receipt when I did my reo (Thank god I saved it) and pretty much had a look at it and it shows that I paid $380.70 for just a month of rego with a nzta stamp on it. Just to show how unlucky I am... I don't know how to dispute this anymore since it was an error from the post office.

[BMWGSER]

Yet again, I have received another $200 fine for again not affixed in prescribed manner... And I just realize when I was looking (LIKE ACTUALLY FOCUSING) on the rego. I saw the reason why I got the fine was because my rego was 23/07/2016. Now that is very weird as I paid $380 on the 15/06/2016 for 12 months. Unless it cost that much to have the bike rego for a month.... So now I am sitting on a $400 rego fine when the post office stuffed up. I still got the original receipt when I did my reo (Thank god I saved it) and pretty much had a look at it and it shows that I paid $380.70 for just a month of rego with a nzta stamp on it. Just to show how unlucky I am... I don't know how to dispute this anymore since it was an error from the post office.

Write in with the whole story , did You put the old label on by mistake? Check with the post shop/VTNZ for correct exp date and get a reprint. On the label it will give You a date and time the label was printed. Keep all the labels and receipts and pass this info on to the infringement review team from AT. Did You have to pay any back rego to bring it up to date? Quote both infringement numbers. Errors are made all the time so just write in with what happened.

[FishieKateikyo]

Write in with the whole story , did You put the old label on by mistake? Check with the post shop/VTNZ for correct exp date and get a reprint. On the label it will give You a date and time the label was printed. Keep all the labels and receipts and pass this info on to the infringement review team from AT. Did You have to pay any back rego to bring it up to date? Quote both infringement numbers. Errors are made all the time so just write in with what happened.

Nope, I have looked on the receipt and it show the wrong date. I assumed that when I register the bike, it gets registered for the day I payed for the rego and it starts on that day. Unless I am wrong as I do not know :(

[jasonu]

I don't know how to dispute this anymore since it was an error from the post office.

You really are helpless...

[Night Falcon]

Nope, I have looked on the receipt and it show the wrong date. I assumed that when I register the bike, it gets registered for the day I payed for the rego and it starts on that day. Unless I am wrong as I do not know :(

Rego is calculated from the expiry date of the previous period. So if you have let it lapse for a month and buy 1 months you still wont have any registration. The only way you can avoid this is by putting your rego on hold, but you cant do that retrospectively and you wont be able to use your bike on public roads while its on hold.

Doubt the PO will have made a mistake if the receipt shows the correct amount you paid as its a computerized system.... you tell them how much rego you want, the computer works out the cost and prints the rego. If the rego had expired and you assumed you were paying from the day you renewed it onward, then you will be up for more rego (including the new elapsed period) plus the 2hundy for the fine you got for not having any registration.

Ya best bet is to write a sob story and hope they see the funny side of it.

[Big Dog]

Continuous licensing means you could be 23 months in arrears before they drop the plate at the end of the 24th.
So yes, worst case you're put 12 months on and still 11 months in arrears. Past experience tells me you can't pay some of your arrears. You must end up with as least 28 days at the end of the transaction.

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[Old Steve]

Had something happen with my car which left me dumbfounded. Drove to a half day AT commuter course run by Pro-Ride, took my wife along and dropped her off to do some shopping. Came out and the car was ticketed as "Current licence label not displayed in proscribed manner". Took me about 15 minutes of looking at my car, the position of the labels on other cars, and much swearing to realise what had happened. It was out of date by several months so read 2016 instead of 2017. But, I'd renewed it only a few months ago hadn't I?

Checked the RTA receipt and yes, I had renewed it. What I'd done was take the old licence label out of the window envelope, put it down on the seat beside the new label, pick it up again and insert it back into the window envelope and must've thrown away the new label.

Wrote to AT explaining what I'd done, included copies of the original receipt, the receipt ($4) for a replacement label and the actual replacement label. They cancelled the ticket.

Now, I can imaging doing that on the bike where I'd sit on the garage floor changing the label. But on the bloody car! Gotta be an old age thing!

[Virago]

An older article, but I'm sure still valid:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/9039641/How-to-get-out-of-a-parking-ticket

[husaberg]

An older article, but I'm sure still valid:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/9039641/How-to-get-out-of-a-parking-ticket
reading that article it looks like doing something like this, should result in the fine being waived.

. Incorrect number plate

If you get pinged because your number plate is obscured or attached in the wrong place, don't lose any sleep over the $200 fine.

All you have to do is provide proof that it's been reattached correctly within 10 days of the notice and you'll get off.

[Swoop]

You can only be 3 months in arrears. This is why you always put your rego on hold for 12 months, as anything LESS than 3 months means that you will automatically back-pay for that time.



Feckers cane round at 8a.m. on a Sunday. Why do traffic wardens come round on a Sunday at 8?
They have no friends...

[Jeff Sichoe]

here in welly I just get warning tickets

warning for expired rego - sweet pay the rego and fine automatically drops
warning for parking on street - well jeez ya got me fair and square there but i was in a hurry and needed a park! a first offence warning seems fair to me...

[yevjenko]

here in welly I just get warning tickets

warning for expired rego - sweet pay the rego and fine automatically drops
warning for parking on street - well jeez ya got me fair and square there but i was in a hurry and needed a park! a first offence warning seems fair to me...
You got lucky. $40 fine fit parking on the pavement in Clifton terrace... Grrr