Licensing shambles

[sAsLEX]

I have just got my 6 full. Like two weeks ago. Yet my license expires in 2010, 10 years from when I got my class 1!

Why does getting a new license not reset the ten years that licenses last, if I let my class 1 lapse will I still have the remaining 8 years on my class 6?

Or are LTNZ being greedy fucks?

[marty]

your licence simply expires initially after 10 years, then after the 5 (eg 25th, 35th etc) birthday.

it's not like you have to resit anything.

[pzkpfw]

it's not like you have to resit anything.

...apart from the photo?

[JimO]

yea but i got a lifetime licence back in the 80s what happened to that?? am i dead already

[MVnut]

yea but i got a lifetime licence back in the 80s what happened to that?? am i dead already

Have you checked lately LOL (actually we shouldn't joke about such things)

[sAsLEX]

your licence simply expires initially after 10 years, then after the 5 (eg 25th, 35th etc) birthday.

it's not like you have to resit anything.

but $$$$$ why can they not take this instance.


You have to resit the photo and the eye test do you not?

[nallac]

Yeah its a load of bollocks,
did my learners,restricted and full bike license over the last year,
and got a new license every time and it still expires this year.
so i have to pay for another one in march.......
So that makes 4 i'll have payed for in one year.

Total crap.

It should last for ten years from the time you got ya last new license..

[Firefight]

I have just got my 6 full. Like two weeks ago. Yet my license expires in 2010, 10 years from when I got my class 1!

Why does getting a new license not reset the ten years that licenses last, if I let my class 1 lapse will I still have the remaining 8 years on my class 6?

Or are LTNZ being greedy fucks?




Fucksake Alex, you got a new bike :clap:what more do you want.



your FC brothers are waiting to see it,

when are you going to be free for a ride.



F/F

[Morcs]

damn thats a bugger if you have to resit the eye test.

Ive never had a visibility problem when riding except for reading street signs, and road signs from a long way off.

But when they tell me my eye certificate has expired, I dont even bother attempting the test anymore. Its a load of shit anyway.

People on the road may have better eyesight, but whats the point if you are staring at a mobile phone screen whilst driving?

[sAsLEX]

Fucksake Alex, you got a new bike :clap:what more do you want.




Some more money to ride it a bit more?

real funny Morcs, I get my eyes tested once a year at an Optometrists sp? ...... got to love free health care!

And the test at the AA has been proven to be useless

[ElCoyote]

Listen up folks, You were bestowed with and paid for, "LIFETIME" license". Uncle Helen and the Comrades, could see dollars disappearing, and therefore decreed that the "LIFETIME" license actually had a finite life. Purely driven by greed you understand, and following the "Citizen ID" photo license that was the biggest swindle that has ever been perpetrated against the NZ public ,with the exception of the ("anti-smacking an electoral reform" bills) This is communists at their disruptive best. Commonsense says that none of these "ideals" work, yet the apathetic NZ public allow them to trial their social experiments upon the masses without a discenting word. So you sow, thus you shall reap. Good luck in the next election, I will be offshore permanently, but sadly Helen still a voter. :headbang:

[NighthawkNZ]

Listen up folks, You were bestowed with and paid for, "LIFETIME" license". Uncle Helen and the Comrades, could see dollars disappearing, and therefore decreed that the "LIFETIME" license actually had a finite life.

I have had 2 life time licenses... :doh:

[Cruisin' Craig]

Listen up folks, You were bestowed with and paid for, "LIFETIME" license". Uncle Helen and the Comrades, could see dollars disappearing, and therefore decreed that the "LIFETIME" license actually had a finite life. Purely driven by greed you understand, and following the "Citizen ID" photo license that was the biggest swindle that has ever been perpetrated against the NZ public ,with the exception of the ("anti-smacking an electoral reform" bills) This is communists at their disruptive best. Commonsense says that none of these "ideals" work, yet the apathetic NZ public allow them to trial their social experiments upon the masses without a discenting word. So you sow, thus you shall reap. Good luck in the next election, I will be offshore permanently, but sadly Helen still a voter. :headbang:

Nicely phrased I must say :-)
It seems there is a definite down-side to the all kiwi "she'll be right mate" attitude.
I don't understand how the government can do some of the things they do without even attempting to garner public support. Legalising prostitution for example. For it or against it you've gotta admit it's a major social reform, and yet no-one has asked the public opinion on th matter.

[Virago]

Listen up folks, You were bestowed with and paid for, "LIFETIME" license". Uncle Helen and the Comrades, could see dollars disappearing, and therefore decreed that the "LIFETIME" license actually had a finite life. Purely driven by greed you understand, and following the "Citizen ID" photo license that was the biggest swindle that has ever been perpetrated against the NZ public ,with the exception of the ("anti-smacking an electoral reform" bills) This is communists at their disruptive best. Commonsense says that none of these "ideals" work, yet the apathetic NZ public allow them to trial their social experiments upon the masses without a discenting word. So you sow, thus you shall reap. Good luck in the next election, I will be offshore permanently, but sadly Helen still a voter. :headbang:

Your anti-communist rant would have greater merit if based on fact.

As I recall, the changes to driver licencing were drafted by the last National government, and were introduced under Jenny Shipley's leadership.

I suggest that you pull your head out of your arse before heading overseas.

[Toaster]

Photo licences allow the police to check that it is infact YOU that produced the licence and you are not telling fibs or attempting to use a document i.e. fraudulently misrepresenting yourself and also failing to provide your correct details.

A licence photo therefore needs updating every 10 years to keep up with your sagging features and loss of hair.

You think licences are bad - compare it to your passports - they are required to be renewed every 5 years nowadays.... just in case you are a terrorist or suddenly develop and fetish for C4.

Lets face it - it is a handy form of I.D when you need it.

[kerfufflez]

You think licences are bad - compare it to your passports - they are required to be renewed every 5 years nowadays.... just in case you are a terrorist or suddenly develop and fetish for C4.



When did they change to the 5 year passports? (Mine's valid for ten years). So they've halved the time... but I'm guessing they didn't halve the fee.

[Toaster]

When did they change to the 5 year passports? (Mine's valid for ten years). So they've halved the time... but I'm guessing they didn't halve the fee.

Actually, the fee has doubled. SO that effectively means we now pay 4 times as much for the same length of time.

[sAsLEX]

A licence photo therefore needs updating every 10 years to keep up with your sagging features and loss of hair.


So how much am I going to change in the 18 months until my brand new license expires?

[Firefight]

So how much am I going to change in the 18 months until my brand new license expires?





you got a point Alex,

I don,t think you could grow a moe in that Time:wacko:


F/F

[ElCoyote]

Photo licences allow the police to check that it is infact YOU that produced the licence and you are not telling fibs or attempting to use a document i.e. fraudulently misrepresenting yourself and also failing to provide your correct details.

A licence photo therefore needs updating every 10 years to keep up with your sagging features and loss of hair.

You think licences are bad - compare it to your passports - they are required to be renewed every 5 years nowadays.... just in case you are a terrorist or suddenly develop and fetish for C4.

Lets face it - it is a handy form of I.D when you need it.

I don't have an issue with the licenses per se in fact I support them but I don't like the lies that were told to introduce them

[sAsLEX]

I don,t think you could grow a moe in that Time:wacko:


F/F

Your right there Scott, thats against the regs in the Navy, only the Air and Army boys are allowed slugs.

[marty]

just before xmas 2007 i lost my licence that was issued in 2003. i applied for and got a new one just after xmas. the photo they took in 2003 was used - the lady at the AA said 'you haven't changed much - it'll be fine'.

was funny, cause i looked like a skinhead goateed white power gang member!

well I WAS in the police when it was taken :)

[Toaster]

i looked like a skinhead goateed white power gang member!

well I WAS in the police when it was taken :)

sounds like the average plod appearance at graduation really..... either that or a group photo at the dog base.

[sAsLEX]

just before xmas 2007 i lost my licence that was issued in 2003. i applied for and got a new one just after xmas. the photo they took in 2003 was used - the lady at the AA said 'you haven't changed much - it'll be fine'.

was funny, cause i looked like a skinhead goateed white power gang member!

well I WAS in the police when it was taken :)

So you will need to go and get a new one in 2013 or 2017?