Demerit points hiked for unlicensed vehicles

**StoneY** · 5th April 2011, 16:25

Originally Posted by riffer

Have it on good authority that you can use a special form to change the relicensing date so you can actually relicense for one month intervals if you like.

Wife enquired about this at VTNZ yesterday when she relicenced her car.

Yep MR24 form

**Blackshear** · 5th April 2011, 16:32

So what are the penalties for riding a 1000cc bike with no L plate?
It's ok if I pay 2 weeks wages for rego, right?

**mikemike104** · 5th April 2011, 16:58

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/poli...nlicensed-cars

Looks like those that were getting away with riding/driving with a rego on hold had better have a re-think, I was going to put the bike on hold after the current license expired in May and ride it anyway, but seeing this makes me think again.

**Str8 Jacket** · 5th April 2011, 17:09

Ha, I got mocked and shut down when I suggested that people not registering their bikes/putting them on hold was only going to result in TPTB introducing demerit points.....

**MSTRS:Me** · 5th April 2011, 17:10

Originally Posted by riffer

Have it on good authority that you can use a special form to change the relicensing date so you can actually relicense for one month intervals if you like.

Wife enquired about this at VTNZ yesterday when she relicenced her car.

Originally Posted by nodrog

correct, relicense for as many months as you want, but you can only put on hold for a 3 month minimum period.

And that was my point. I don't want 'continuous licencing' in smaller bites. My bike sits in the shed for great lengths of time, unused. No point in wasting money on rego if I'm not using it. But rare is the case when it would sit for 3 months. As it is now, I either pay the back reg, or risk being pinged...
With the rise in almost every other cost I incur, I have even less spare readies. And I'm just one of thousands in this position.
If tptb want me to be covered when I ride, then make it easier.

**Swoop** · 5th April 2011, 17:19

The idiots in power still don't get it.

Also, it remains better to be unregistered.

**Str8 Jacket** · 5th April 2011, 17:22

Originally Posted by Swoop

The idiots in power still don't get it.

Also, it remains better to be unregistered.

Yes, but stay unregistered for more than one year and end up in Baycorp.

**Little Miss Trouble** · 5th April 2011, 17:44

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

Ha, I got mocked and shut down when I suggested that people not registering their bikes/putting them on hold was only going to result in TPTB introducing demerit points.....

Thems people must have been rather short-sighted.

**Str8 Jacket** · 5th April 2011, 17:54

Originally Posted by Little Miss Trouble

Thems people must have been rather short-sighted.

Maybe a bit too much faith in the Govt? Anyways, I have worked for the govt for 8+ years, 5 of them in MoJ. You kinda learn how things roll after awhile...

**Little Miss Trouble** · 5th April 2011, 18:06

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

Maybe a bit too much faith in the Govt? Anyways, I have worked for the govt for 8+ years, 5 of them in MoJ. You kinda learn how things roll after awhile...

Fuck that for a joke! You must have the patience of a saint Hels, coz I can't imagine working in that environment for one year, let alone eight.

**CookMySock** · 5th April 2011, 19:52

LOL whut? Last time I checked, they had raised the fine to like $1000 ?? What happened to that?

**Conquiztador** · 5th April 2011, 20:01

"Motorists who do not register their cars will now be penalised with demerit points, as well as a fine.
Transport Minister Stephen Joyce says changes to regulations will help prevent fraud and act as a deterrent to people who try to dodge payment.
The fine for an unlicensed vehicle will drop from $200 to $150 but people will also receive 20 demerit points.
The demerit points will only apply for tickets personally served by a police officer."

I was waiting for that.

**pete376403** · 5th April 2011, 20:15

Originally Posted by Reckless

It just turns the cops into revenue gatherers ...!

Y'mean they're not that already??

**Oblivion** · 5th April 2011, 21:06

For gods sake... To register my Ginny will cost more than the parents Toyota highlander. I don't actually want to pay it, but, since I want to enter the Air Force, traffic "infringements" must be kept to a minimum.

Those money grubbing bastards. The absolute maximum I would pay to register my bike will be $300. No more. At all.

Can someone "persuade" him with a friendly blunt object?