http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/mo...s-to-save-cashMotorists 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.
Had to laugh when i read it
Wonder how much motorcycle cops pay
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Originally Posted by sil3nt
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