$200 fine...

[mattian]

for not displaying my warrant and rego. I approached the parking warden at the time and told him I have had my rego ripped off twice now so,.... I am just carrying them around in my pocket until I can find a more secure way of affixing it to the bike and he seemed sweet about it all ! didnt say he was going to ticket me, just exchanged pleasantries and we both toodled off.
Then today...... $200 fine in the mail. I understand the law, I know I have to have it displayed.... but why the fuck didnt he tell me that he was still going to ticket me at the time? He made it seem like he was ok about it........ and I thought, "what a nice guy" ...... now I'm thinking.... asshole.

[Latte]

Avoiding conflict. While keeping revenue up (all it's viewed as).

[maggot]

Cos you would've sat there chewing his ear off for the next half an hour about what a crock of shit this is and how big of an asshole he is, thereby reducing his time to stick more pleasant surprises on other people's vehicles.
I agree though, asshole. If you're gonna fine somebody, at least do it honestly.
Unless it wasn't actually him, and some other warden pounced when you weren't around?

[Usarka]

The key is that he never actually said he wouldn't give you a ticket.

It's all good though, that's an extra $200 towards "party central" for the world cup!

[YellowDog]

Write in and complain. Send a copy of your valid rego and wof asking WTF? Also send a photo of the bike with said documents attached with a "Should have gone to Specsavers" advert.

[The Pastor]

agreed, when you ring the council they useally let you off if you have a rego.

[AllanB]

Write in and explain the previous issues you have had - blame the government for hiking up rego so much that a clearly displayed label is now worth nicking. In fact go as far as saying you have also written to LTSA regarding this and suggested that motorcycle labels are printed on a non removable self adhesive stock so they could not be easily stolen (ie they will rip).

As a side note I heard of a motorcyclist (in CHCH?) who got a ticket when his label was on his swingarm!

[FJRider]

Photocopy the original ... colour copy .. and save the original in your wallet. Any cop doing a licence check (via their radio's) will KNOW your bike is legal ...

And a new label is free anyway. Just the hassle of getting one ...

[mattian]

Thank-you gentleman. I will be taking all of your advice.

if that wasn't enough. Rego renewel came in the same post...... so thats $200 + $528.70 = Xmas shopping at the warehouse this year

[The Everlasting]

I wasn't sure if not having your rego on display was a infringement,but it seems it is.


I have mine under the seat,as my holder fell off ages ago!

[Gremlin]

Yes, if its valid, but you're not displaying it, then you can be fined.

I was showing a valid wof, still got fined. Let rip at council I did. Refused to write in, as it was their incompetence that caused the whole issue, emailed instead, and they waived the fine. Still didn't apologise tho.

[Pussy]

An easy way to avoid the fines is to display your rego and warrant

[Gremlin]

An easy way to avoid the fines is to display your rego and warrant

Don't be so sure... I have personal experience the buggers don't look very hard (mine was attached to the license plate, but on the back, and could be seen if you looked at the surround of the plate, from behind the bike).

[Mudfart]

your rego costs are so high that anyone requiring you to pay that amount would have the facilities for you to pay off weekly/fortnightly etc...
I ask you also request this as I will, and hopefully many others will also ring the wankers and tell them, because they are asking for so much money, we need the opportunity to pay it in installments.
as for the fine, good luck, i wrote a 2 page letter during my lunch hour, and all it got me was writers cramp and hunger pains. same deal, the guys were all smiles and made you feel at ease. as soon as you disappear they are ticketing you up, hard.

[Little Miss Trouble]

Don't be so sure... I have personal experience the buggers don't look very hard (mine was attached to the license plate, but on the back, and could be seen if you looked at the surround of the plate, from behind the bike).

I have mine attached in the same way and had it checked by a lovely policeman the other day, he had no problem figuring out where it was. Must be a problem with the quality of personnel that Auckland City Council employ?