Well I knew my insurance company would manage to screw me

**Pumba** · 25th June 2008, 21:34

Bugger it as the title says.

Got home tonight and I had a letter waiting for me from the good guys at the Auckland City Council, enclosed was a Stationary Infringent Notice (parking ticket) with heap of crap about how it is legal for them to ticket me this way, blah blah blah yada yada. A closer look at the ticket me go WTF!.

The ticket was served on 17 June 2008 on Federal St in the City to a Suzuki Motorcycle with the rego plate 45YNE and I had failed to display a current licence label, $200 sir, thankyou very much for coming.

Bike 45YNE used to be my SV but was written off by the insurance company after an accident in March!!!!!!!

I knew my insurance company had been far to easy to deal with.

So I now need to get off this ticket, allready rung the council, they didnt really give a shit and said it was my problem. I will be ringing my broker tomorrow to find out what the f@%k has happend.

Can anyone give me some advise on how to procced, I have a bad feeling it is going to be a little more complicated than writting a nicely worded letter with a few scraps of paper showing that my bike has been written off.

**Gubb** · 25th June 2008, 21:39

The description of the vehicle on the ticket won't match your bike.
Point that out to them and they should drop it.

If your interested, I can run the plate, and see if the new Owners details have been loaded in. Perhaps the Council may have checked the plate before the new owners details were entered into the system.

**JMemonic** · 25th June 2008, 21:43

Right now you are feeling a bit um annoyed, try ringing the insurance tomorrow and having a rational discussion, if you have any documentation that proves the bike was written off by the insurance company before the date it was tickets then try the council again, calmly and rationally, try going with perhaps the ticketing officer was mistaken in the plate number, or ask for a photo to prove the plate number so you can take this to the insurance company.

Good luck.

**Mom** · 25th June 2008, 21:44

Originally Posted by Gubb

The description of the vehicle on the ticket won't match your bike.
Point that out to them and they should drop it.

If your interested, I can run the plate, and see if the new Owners details have been loaded in. Perhaps the Council may have checked the plate before the new owners details were entered into the system.

Can you do a check on finance owing on vehicles too? If you can, please PM me, I have a couple of vehicles I am interested in finding out if money is owed on them...Thanks love

As far as the ticket goes, this one needs to be taken right back to your insurance company. Do you have a letter confirming they wrote the bike off?

**fireliv** · 25th June 2008, 21:44

If you have proof that the bike was written off by the insurance company, go in and talk to the counsel.
Sounds like the insurance has done a dodgy though cos if the plates had been handed in then it should have been registered to a new owner and yourt name should have no longer come up against that plate.

Good luck cos that really sucks!

**Matt_TG** · 25th June 2008, 21:50

Contact your insurers. If it was taken off your hands then they are responsible for deregistering it or ensuring the change of ownership was done. It's not your fine to pay.

We occasionally get vehicles that slip through the system (particularly when Turners say they will deregister it and don't ...) and fines are referred back to insurers.

It's not your problem mate.

**Pumba** · 25th June 2008, 21:51

Originally Posted by Gubb

The description of the vehicle on the ticket won't match your bike.
Point that out to them and they should drop it.

If your interested, I can run the plate, and see if the new Owners details have been loaded in. Perhaps the Council may have checked the plate before the new owners details were entered into the system.

Description on the ticket involves

Registration: 45YNE
Type: Motorcycle
Make: Suzuki

Pretty well describes the SV.

Thanks Grub I would be interested to see if the new owners details have been loaded in. I am supprised that the plate is even still live, my understanding was that after a bike is written off the insurance company deregisters the bike.

Originally Posted by JMemonic

Right now you are feeling a bit um annoyed, try ringing the insurance tomorrow and having a rational discussion.

Yea, just a little annoyed. And when I get wound up I tend not to do rational very well.

**Gubb** · 25th June 2008, 21:55

Originally Posted by Pumba

Thanks Grub

That's the 4th time this month, I'm gonna let it slide, but only 'cause you have a Speed Triple.

**Pumba** · 25th June 2008, 21:57

Originally Posted by Gubb

That's the 4th time this month, I'm gonna let it slide, but only 'cause you have a Speed Triple.

Fancy that, never noticed,

GUBB is great, long live GUBB

**CookMySock** · 25th June 2008, 22:04

The ownership of it was transferred to the insurance company when they took posession of it, and this fact should be passed onto the council.

"I don't own this bike, and I am not in posession of it. Ownership of it was transferred to insurance company blah-blah on such and such a date after it was damaged in an accident. There contact details are blah-di-blah-di-blah - I have no further interest or contribution to make on this matter. kind regards, etc.

DB

**Matt_TG** · 25th June 2008, 22:04

Carfax.co.nz says that the rego was cancelled 24 April 2008, Vehicle written off by Insurer.

I'd go to the Council with documents regarding settlement of your claim.

**JMemonic** · 25th June 2008, 22:08

Originally Posted by Pumba

Yea, just a little annoyed. And when I get wound up I tend not to do rational very well.

Yeah as we all would be and I am really good at getting un rational

, seems like someone has messed up and its not you, calm and rational helps, best thing I find is set aside some time and be prepared to sit at the phone, as I suggested find out if you can get a photo of the bike when it was ticketed oh and the location, perhaps it was ticketed outside the repairer or insurance co's yard. More ammo is better.

**Grub** · 25th June 2008, 22:08

Originally Posted by Gubb

That's the 4th time this month, I'm gonna let it slide, but only 'cause you have a Speed Triple.

I fail to see the problem

**Usarka** · 25th June 2008, 22:14

Originally Posted by Grub

I fail to see the problem

You gubby little hound.

**Max Preload** · 25th June 2008, 23:23

Originally Posted by Mom

Can you do a check on finance owing on vehicles too? If you can, please PM me, I have a couple of vehicles I am interested in finding out if money is owed on them...

You can use this.