Why has the WOF on my 1 year old bike expired?
I thought we got 3 years out of them nowadays.
Why has the WOF on my 1 year old bike expired?
I thought we got 3 years out of them nowadays.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Because it was first rego'd before the 3 year WOF bit came in July 1 2014. When you get your new WOF it will be for 2 years so you get the balance as it were.
Twas implemented in two stages - Jan 2014 2004 and newer vehicles moved to yearly WOF's then July 2000 and newer changed and the 3 year new vehicle bit kicked in.
Personally I think it's crazy to give a motorcycle a 3 year wof!
I agree. They should get them when the owners want to pay for them.
Come on Pete, half of the two wheeled fleet do a couple of thousand miles a year, if you needed to make a compulsory check by a pro you'd go from miles covered wouldn't you? But WOFs are an outdated piece of bullshit, we're one of the few countries still doing them. They make no statistical difference to anything measurable in terms of accidents or fatalities.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
"My tyres are down to 0.5mm but don't worry, the WOF isn't due for another 2.5 years so they'll keep until then"
Most car drivers probably think like that but I doubt many bikers do. You'd have to be pretty stupid to outsource the responsibity for your own safety to a WOF sticker
Even without any outsourcing of responsibility WOFs still create a motivation to keep riding/driving a vehicle in substandard condition until a WOF check is due, even if only for the sake of saving a bit of time.
I.e. When someone's back tyre first reaches the point that it's worn enough that they'd be happy to pay for it to be replaced but the WOF is still a month away. If taking the bike to the shop requires a bit of organisation and they're only going to ride it a couple of times in that month anyway, then it's easy to rationalise turning WOF + tyre into one trip to the shop. You can of course get a WOF early (I often do) but then the next one is sooner.
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