Well I kinda guessed it would happen sooner or later but this morning the transport dept nabbed me for driving on club plates.
The thing that pissed me off was the fact they were waiting for me and waited till I got passed the 15km point of no return from home, then on went the lights.
They also had documented days and times they have seen me driving.
$180 gone...but the irony is I still came out ahead.
Oh well of to the transport dept this afternoon to put it back on full rego.
they also informed me ther's a blitz on it at the moment...so beware
77bay 路
Nothing better to do with their time, no good picking up those rusty dunnydores with no rego or windows and bald tyres. They're not a risk to the public like you, you public menace. How dare you drive a car that is mechanically sound without paying full rego.:cussing 馃憤
helbus 路
Not neccessarily them just staking you out. They may have had a tip off to get started?
twoguns 路
especially since its those type of actions that jepardise the use of historric rego for legit reasons/passions.
sorry but if you are driving it regularly it should be rego'd.
no sympathy here!
sorry you are right. no sympathy... you shoulda gotten more !:P
[ Edited on 21/3/2006 by twoguns ]
jeremy 路
$180 gone...but the irony is I still came out ahead
CLASSIC!!!
How long have been using it on club rego before you got caught..................wait on, second thoughts, don't answer that.
Jeremy
penguin 路
Nah
hes copping it on the chin and going in for full rego this afternoon.
shaihulud 路
I'm the VW Club representative on the WA Council of Motoring Clubs (CMC).
The WA Transport Dept is threatening to cancel ALL club/vintage plates unless running on them outside the rules stops or is reduced.
We have all been been asked by the CMC to ask our club members to dob in an abuser of club plates to prevent us all losing all of them.
It's put is in a bit of a quandary as we don't like to dob people in.
I would say to anyone who has a car on club plates. Be warned. There is a crack down coming in WA.
Bizarre 路
Would have though it would be pretty obvious driving with club plates during the week.
Wouldnt have thought there were too many club runs during the week??
Good post for warning others to not do the same, but i guess it is the same as driving an unregistered vehicle - and i dont think anyone would come close to condoning that idea
helbus 路
In Vic you will be charged for driving an unregistered vehicle. $500+
kombikim 路
guy a few doors down from me got fined & they now separate the fne components - ie one for unregistered, one for no road tax , one for no third party ins etc, total was just under $2000
DoNkEy 路
i imagine you are uninsured if driving illegally too??
Also was it you i waved at in the type 3 on sunday arvo out Mt crosby way? I was in a white bay.
penguin 路
His is the balck type 3 notch, mines the green type 3 square and I was out thataways as well on Sunday.
Crap Kim, thats gotta hurt (Mind you, it does achieve the aim of making sure you don't break the rules!!) just under $2000... bugger!
DoNkEy 路
i love waving to type 3's. They are always so appriciative of the wave. I can't remember what colour it was :P I had my music real loud and was more into that. I love driving out that way, no one to offend with deafening music.
i can imagine they followed you out of karalee...i mean you are really asking to get caught if ur heading into brisbane.
ratty 63 路
Your not the first one to get caught - A friend of mine got done a few weeks ago. He was within 15km of home, but was pulling out of a local shopping centre (must not be used for anything other than testing purposes within the 15km, unless taking the vehicle to be serviced/repaired or on a club organised event). They threw the book at him (illegal mods/oil leaks/other issues).
BE WARNED - they will get you - please don't stuff it for the rest of us who are doing the right thing. If they were to withdraw the privlige of club rego in Queensland, I would have to sell a number of my cars as I couldn't afford to keep them registered (and there is no point in owning unregistered but roadworthy vehicles). I know of a number of other people that would be in the same situation.
Driving a club registered car in situations outside the guidelines is both illegal and risky (you are also uninsured if you have an accident).
My 10c
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Stanley 路
twoguns wrote:especially since its those type of actions that jepardise the use of historric rego for legit reasons/passions.
sorry but if you are driving it regularly it should be rego'd.
no sympathy here!
Sorry mate but I don't seem to remember when I was after sympathy.
If you'd notice this wasn't a rant. As penguin said I took it on the chin. I was doing the wrong thing.
It wasn't my plan to drive it all the time but since the sale of another vehicle, thats the way it turned out.
But I guess considering you've never sped in your life, never rolled through a stop sign or run an orange light or are just generally a saint on the road, I have to agree i'm a bad man.
Damn....If only I hadn't been drifting around the roundabout.
david 路
like every one else who don't have a car with rego save fine money get fit and don't threaten club rego for all the nice guys out there