Just finished watching the Fair Go item on vehicle ownership and the absurd situation whereby anyone can register a vehicle in their name without the genuine owner even being aware of it. The LTSA spokesman Andy Knackered or whatever his name is was so careful to point out that we can't blame the LTSA for this farce because to change the law requires legislation and that's up to the Ministry and it's not his job to ensure that procedures are reasonable or logical because all the LTSA does is apply the regulations...
Which got me thinking...
I know I'll probably be accused of being a dinosaur (not for the first time) and resistant to change and progress and all that, BUT...
... exactly how are we better off now that we have an LTSA as well as a Ministry of Transport AND the police AND local councils??
Seems to me that driver licensing, vehicle registration, traffic regulation enforcement and everything else was done no less effectively in the past and a lot less expensively by state servants or local body employees.
Can somebody please explain to me why we need the LTSA?
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