$800 Fine for driving and unregistered vehicle in QLD !!

[csv8]

Its csv8 again, posting crap..
My daughter thought she had registered her car. But at an RBT check, on the weekend it wasn't.
So, its an $800 fine plus registration and late fee, nearly $2k !! She has an SS.
$800 FINE THATS a ridiculous !!! I know she should have checked,,,Campbell must be really after $$$$$$ !!!!!
So, make sure you are registered!!!!

[ms700]

How long was it out of rego for?

Up QLD way, does rego include third party insurance?

Sorry, but i have absolutely no sympathy for people driving around without third party insurance.

[fordomatic]

Rightfully so, if she hit me in my car, insurance would not cover it and i would be lucky to get a pay out. Let alone if she killed or injured someone in an unregistered vehicle...........

[pottery beige]

Hahaha, have a sook

You're just playing catch up..

$1500 fine out of reg more than a month..

[Nikked]

Good on them, they should fine people heavily for unregistered cars.

[Bluehoon]

Ah, pfft. Lesson learnt the hard way.

In Sydney NSW HP sit on side of highways, just sit there. Letting the camera's check plates and automatically booking...

When bored they drive around car parks and book some more.

Suck it up.

As for payouts, MCIS levies and the gravy train of insurance, it's totally unnecessary. Don't want an injury don't go near the road. We shouldn't be paying for everyone else's compo bludge. Let natural selection sort these issues out..

[FGII-XR6]

it is her responsibility the car is legally on the road if she had hit and injured someone she would be paying for the rest of her life . I forgot is just not good enough

[Giant Cranium]

Sucked in. Should have regoed it like everyone else has to

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by csv8

Its csv8 again, posting crap..
My daughter thought she had registered her car. But at an RBT check, on the weekend it wasn't.
So, its an $800 fine plus registration and late fee, nearly $2k !! She has an SS.
$800 FINE THATS a ridiculous !!! I know she should have checked,,,Campbell must be really after $$$$$$ !!!!!
So, make sure you are registered!!!!

If an unregistered car hit your car ill bet you wouldnt say that.
Fine should be more I say. How hard is it to pay your rego on time?

[DJR David]

Should be a $10,000 fine.

[Burnout]

Yep, Since they tossed plate recognition into patrols up here the M1 every Saturday and or Sunday morning is lined with unregistered vehicles who have copped a defect to boot.

[stue]

$800 is a bargain, it's nearly double that in SA

[XD ESP! XELR8]

Ra ra ra boys and girls..

Op shouldn't have even posted it as you just get the gooses telling ya "sucked in" ra ra bucking ra..

It's like the people who have never gone over the speed limit.."pigs ***"

Get over it keyboard warriors!!!

Rego tolls and the biggest tools of all that back up the RTA and there fines!!!

[XR Martin]

Yeah in NSW you get two fines, unregoed and uninsured.
I think all up its over $1200.

[Trump]

What irks me is that insurance is tied with registration, let the registration lapse, your insurance is void; let the insurance lapse, your registration is useless.

If we are to have a registration and insurance scheme, it needs to be such that the registration and insurance follow the driver; it makes no sense to own for example four cars, pay four lots of insurance and registration when one can only drive a single car at any one time.

Not only that, registration and insurance need to be uncoupled from their incestuous relationship; one should not have any bearing on the other.

[MITCHAY]

It needs to be pretty hefty fine otherwise more people wouldn't even bother registering their car than there is already.

It should be double or even tripple the rego cost. See how many unregistered cars there are after they have done one of those blitzs with the number plates readers.

I know in this case she has just forgot but as has been said if she had of been in an accident it would be a world of hurt. It's a cheap lesson in that regard.

[poppa smurf]

There was bit on the news here in SA about the new fines....Apparently it can be $2,500 for driving unregistered.

Even the police are not happy about the extra amount and think it is not fair, the opportunity would be given to register the vehicle on the spot to try and alleviate the huge fine.

[simon varley]

I bet there's going to be loads more in Vic now that the stickers don't have to be fitted.

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by csv8

Its csv8 again, posting crap..
My daughter thought she had registered her car. But at an RBT check, on the weekend it wasn't.
So, its an $800 fine plus registration and late fee, nearly $2k !! She has an SS.
$800 FINE THATS a ridiculous !!! I know she should have checked,,,Campbell must be really after $$$$$$ !!!!!
So, make sure you are registered!!!!

I found something that may help your daughter:

LINK

There is also a specific defence available under the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 for driving an uninsured vehicle.
To be successful, you have to prove that you had reasonable grounds to believe and did believe that the motor vehicle was
an insured motor vehicle.

To run these defences, a Court appearance and plea of not guilty will be required.

[toothless]

as long as she keeps away from me and my family in my registered car,s im happy

[AndyXR6T]

Wow, some pretty harsh comments here guys. Yeah sure the situation could of been a lot worse and I agree that it's a fairly easy thing to remember for a bloody good reason, but have some damn composure!

[Blue Roo]

Sorry csv8. No sympathy here.

[Dave R]

Gee she forgot, it happens. It happened to a friend of mine too, rego plate scanner picked him up ($1200 experience). Sometimes people have a lot going on and it's easy to overlook things that might seem obvious to the rest of us. If she went out driving knowing she had no rego, then that's a different story. Plenty of scumbags out there doing the wrong thing on purpose. But if it's an honest mistake, I guess you just cop it on the chin, no need for others to rub it in.

[ratter]

Originally Posted by Adrenaline

Plenty of scumbags out there doing the wrong thing on purpose. But if it's an honest mistake,

and most those scumbags would try to use "I forgot" excuse

it's got to be hard to figure out what is the truth though

[MercuryT]

Absolutely moronic. Madness.

How anyone could do this is beyond me, totally deserving of a large fine if caught.

We are talking about the girl choosing an SS over the superior Ford options, yeah?

[Smoke Pursuit]

Expensive exercise but I bet she doesn't forget to pay again.

No sympathy from me.

[XBROO]

We in Queensland will have no Rego sticker as well by the end of the year. csv8 I know it was a simple mistake but people are right. No matter what that's one thing you should make sure of, is that you keep your rego current. Because if she had an accident, then she's not covered by any insurance. So if somebody died in that accident, I hate to think what she could of got done for. This is something you shouldn't have put up mate, as with a jury like these guy, you'll hang every time.

[Pedro]

I agree with most posters here that there's not much excuse for forgetting to register your car. However the OP's rail against Campbell Newman as money grabbing is off base in this case.
A hugely escalating problem in Qld and probably in other States as well, is the ever increasing action of low-lifes to drive around in unregistered cars. If these dropkicks collide with you, the consequences can be very expensive, with voided insurance and other financial problems being thrust upon you through no fault of your own.

[csv8]

I wasn't after sympathy..just letting people know what they can be charged for an unregistered vehicle, in QLD.And make sure they pay rego on time !!! By the sounds of it QLD is the cheapest !!! Cheers!!

[OCTANEBOSS]

For the first time & unintentionally forgotten its a bit harsh, second time... well it is what it is. Slightly of topic but you can drive around most states unlicensed in registered cars, injure, kill someone, hurt yourself and get a payout if it is not your fault. They payout will pay for the fine. This happened to a dip**** relation may years ago. He should of got jack. There is a minority that do it with purpose but it always will affect the majority.