all cop cars have the ability to check not only registration info but driving offences as well, whats more they can do it at 110 kph, just take a look in a road patrol vehicle next time you see it parked, the passenger seat is full of electronic components as well as onboard computers, the only reason they pull you over now is to check "condition" of roadworthiness of the vehicle, or boredom of the officer, they already know all the other details

they have had this ability for about 6 years that I know of, the abolishment of the sticker is just another cost cutting excercise where the savings will not be passed on to the ever suffering taxpayer

the same as the plastic bag saga in supermarkets, our food prices (on every item) has a 3% loading to pay for the plastic bags, this was placed on during the introduction of the plastic bag, why has this 3% not been passed back to the consumer, if we want a plastic bag now we must pay 25 cents for it

our fuel has a 15% tax on the total cost to "fund" upgrades of roads and yet since it's introduction not one extra cent has gone in to road funding, scoots in to "general revenue"

we pay an emergency services level to the tune of millions of dollars each year and yet vic fire services couldnt get through to each other, we have raffles and fundraisers here to subsidise our cfs, where's our money for the services

theft in supermarkets attract's an 8% loading on all purchases but if theft goes down through better monitering then our grocery prices do not shrink accordingly, you mark my words the production of the stickers will save the gov millions but it will not improve our pockets any upon abolishment

we are merely cash cows and we are here to be milked so just be ready for those cold hands come budget night!!!

welcome to the nuthouse by the way!!!

All the dropping of the rego sticker will do is increase the never ending line up at the RTA to do other business as they will also drop staff that once handled rego stickers . In a very short time if you are not computer literate then you will find that paying an account will be impossible.

Take the cost of my rego transaction only last week .

RTA sent Rego reminder along with a heap of other useless sale adverts telling me how to get my personalized and where to obtain plates from .

Paid rego by BPay over the net

RTA sent endorsed sticker back

This involved at absolute best practice no less than 5 people just to give me a sticker for the windscreen. From my recent dealings with the RTA I doubt if they know anything about Best Practice Assessment so it's possible a whole army of people became involved in my Rego transaction

If the RTA can send out advertisements for products they have the monopoly on (Number Plates) why isn't it possible to send in the same package a list of pending and current road rule changes made during the rego period .

All this useless bum fodder sent out by the RTA is almost as silly as telstra advertising phones when they were the only one who had them. May be telstra has taken over the RTA.

Is NSW the only State that has a yearly safety inspection for vehicles over a certain age.After seeing some of the bombs driving on Queensland roads I see why the road toll is so high.Cheers.Ibbo.

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One good thing to come out of it for the West Aussies is they can renew their registration online or other method from interstate and not have to worry about waiting for a sticker, as was pointed out to me by someone else.

In the past when travelling Oz they had to pay in advance to get their sticker in time, now they can wait until the deathknock with their hard earned cash and pay it just before the expiry or just after within the grace period.

Note:  We don't have the RTA in WA (did in the past) all police including traffic come under the main police umbrella, the vehicle rego's, licences etc all come under what was called the Dept of Transport, now called (wait for it) The Department of Planning and Infrastructure whatever that means.   Sheeesh !

Bergholt

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Hi Bergholt.  My Cruiser is registered in WA, as is my van.
The Cruiser's rego is due later this month, but my daughter is a bit slow in sending my mail out.
What is the website for the Transport Dept so I can pay it online.  I tried by phone last week, but that put me on hold for far too long.
So if I can do it online it would save the worry of it running out.
Although it won't matter if we don't get stickers anymore.  Will the other states understand if they can't see the sticker displayed on the windscreen?
Haven't the cops got better things to do than to be checking every car they see to check the rego of every car they pass, instead of a quick look at the windscreen?
I wonder who initiated this brain wave.  The cops or the govt?
Anyway Berholt, I'd be pleased if you can tell me the website.
Cheers Chris

 

Thanks for supplying the link to CG Liz, it should make it easier for her.

Good points you made to Liz. Also Police on bikes, horses or on foot would need to radio in to check a rego I would imagine, unless their walky/talkies have the system installed as well.

Bergholt

takes about 15 seconds on an uniterupted police radio to do a "vehicle check" all coppers have radio's whether they are on nags or bikes or pushys, most of them just pull you over so they have got something to do

I have 3 good long term freinds who are coppers so dont think I'm knocking them, we give each other heaps all the time, lazy bludgers they are LOL!!! cant handle a "real job"

I've been paying all our regos on line for about 5? years now, never had a problem, it's done through www.ezyreg.sa.gov.au which I think is south australia specific but I am sure they would have a counterpart in other states, this can be done anywhere in australia because they give a reciept number as soon as the transaction is finished

I hope the WA Gov get the word out to other States Authorities about their new method, could be interesting if you get a ticket in another State how you get on.

Would make an interesting court case, State Authority "in our State (non WA) everyone is required to display a sticker" end of story.

WA driver "But we don't have them so how can we display one???"

Other State "Too bad, our law doesn't make allowances for that, pay up or else".

Hmmmm........not likely to happen I hope, but until all other States get the word out to their enforcement officers could be interesting for awhile.

One country, one licence, one registration, one set of road rules.

What could be easier?

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Now that would be too much like common sense JRH.  Something very sadly lacking in today's top end people.

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Now isn't that the truth, as someone else (I can't remember who) common sense not really so common these days.
John