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Premiers agree to universal licences
Peter Ker and Misha Schubert The Age
April 13, 2007

MOTORISTS who move interstate would no longer need to convert drivers' licences and car registrations under a plan hatched by state premiers.

And in a bid to fix congestion in capital cities, state and territory leaders will today ask Prime Minister John Howard to earmark a $2 billion fund to smooth traffic flows.

Victorian Premier Steve Bracks said the push to simplify drivers' licences and car registration came after states agreed to recognise trade qualifications in 22 jobs at their last Council of Australian Governments meeting. South Australian Premier Mike Rann said the plan would elicit "howls of agreement" from voters. "It's one of those things that really brasses people off when they move from state to state or relocate," he said

aint that the truth !!

Can we have the Canberra systes where we can buy rego in 3month segemnts?

lets take one which ever states is the cheapest.

mfzx6r wrote:lets take one which ever states is the cheapest.

cheapskate...............
go live in Tas
its cheapest

photomike666 wrote:Can we have the Canberra systes where we can buy rego in 3month segemnts?

Canbra is not a state

And we dont want any of that yearly road worthy shit it doesn't stop bombs from staying on the raod

The people who live in Canberra are in a bit of a state though.

Hopefully some national road rules get a guernsey as well

Glen wrote:.

Hopefully some national road rules get a guernsey as well

yeah like footpath parking for bikes

mfzx6r wrote:And we dont want any of that yearly road worthy shit it doesn't stop bombs from staying on the raod

they stopped that here about 10 years ago...........its great !

Not sure about NSW though...

I will bloody howl if we lose the 3/6 month rego thing, it is great. The rego rules up here aren't the cheapest of the lot, but they sure work good.

Just hope that we don't pick up any of the rego laws from Britain

Gosling1 wrote:[

Just hope that we don't pick up any of the rego laws from Britain

or Demark !!!!!!!!!

Smitty wrote:

mfzx6r wrote:lets take one which ever states is the cheapest.

cheapskate...............
go live in Tas
its cheapest

Don't know where you got that mate, rego is just as expensive (if not more) down here. Cost me $500 just to register my GSX-250 (pos), it also cost us $500 to register the posties until about a month ago, until they finally realised two years rego cost more than the entire bike did......

Gosling1 wrote:

mfzx6r wrote:And we dont want any of that yearly road worthy shit it doesn't stop bombs from staying on the raod

...

Just hope that we don't pick up any of the rego laws from Britain

UK system is similar to NSW I think. But there a car has its licence plate for life and you buy a "road fund licence" disk to stick in the window. In order to get the road fund licence you need a valid MOT (roadworthy) certificate, a valid insurance certificate and proof of ownership. Over there the road fund licence does not cover third party ins, so there is a legal requirement of having third party ins (which also covers other peoples property). As long as people aren't flouting the system, every vehicle is registered, taxed, roadworthy and insured. When you buy and sell cars, there is a form that is passed on with it as proof of ownership. These forms have a part you pass on to the seller and one that gets sent to apropriate gvt Dpt. They then send the new owner a new form as proof of ownership. This does not cost anything, so buying a second hand car does not carry a tax like here.

photomike666 wrote:

Gosling1 wrote:

mfzx6r wrote:And we dont want any of that yearly road worthy shit it doesn't stop bombs from staying on the raod

...

Just hope that we don't pick up any of the rego laws from Britain

UK system is similar to NSW I think. But there a car has its licence plate for life and you buy a "road fund licence" disk to stick in the window. In order to get the road fund licence you need a valid MOT (roadworthy) certificate, a valid insurance certificate and proof of ownership. Over there the road fund licence does not cover third party ins, so there is a legal requirement of having third party ins (which also covers other peoples property). As long as people aren't flouting the system, every vehicle is registered, taxed, roadworthy and insured. When you buy and sell cars, there is a form that is passed on with it as proof of ownership. These forms have a part you pass on to the seller and one that gets sent to apropriate gvt Dpt. They then send the new owner a new form as proof of ownership. This does not cost anything, so buying a second hand car does not carry a tax like here.

oh Feck

hope they go for the Victorian system
its simple

mfzx6r wrote:

Gosling1 wrote:[

Just hope that we don't pick up any of the rego laws from Britain

or Demark !!!!!!!!!

Demark..???

has the En migrated to Enzed...??

The biggest problem with the pommie system is how they back-date all rego costs if you have left the bike run out of rego !!

From reading a few letters to the Editor of the pommie bike-mags I get, it would appear that you simply cannot let your bike run out of rego, say for a couple of months over winter ( and over there, its a good time to not be on the roads anyway) - the DoT (or equivalent), will actually fine you, and charge you a retrospective amount back to when the original rego expired !!! Its a joke, and actually forces people to keep their bikes registered when they aren;t using it ... its just a grab for cash.

Apart from that, the complexities of the entire system are *way* worse than NSW......

Nothing beats walking up to a counter, at any time up to (but not past) 12 months after rego has expired, and simply paying for new rego, 3, 6 or 12 months, whatever best suits you, without any inspections or tax or insurance issues. Its heaven on a stick.

Even after 12 months, its a simple matter to run your bike past an Authorised Inspector and get the inspection sheet ticked........