neeeedd urgent help .....just got fined

[junkie13]

i was caught on sunday with a unrego car the police took my driver liscence and check it for 5 minutes and told me he was going to send the fine to my house

can someone tell me how much the fine is going to be and when double demerit does that means double the fine too ?? do they demerit you point for this ??? any info will be good

thanks

[NOZILR]

from what i understand is if it is a points offence they will add an extra 1 point dubble the fine as well...

but if you got done for unreg car i garrentee tou 100% u will get a ticket for uninsured. that i do know...

hope your day gets better.

[junkie13]

do you know whats the estimate fine going to be as i stressful and have to save up for this

[Tosh]

no idea mate... I'd say you're going to have to wait until the fine arrives

[DoughBoy]

I think it's $1000 for unregistered vehicle, and another $1000 for an uninsured vehicle (green slip). At least it was a couple of years ago.

[junkie13]

are you serious

could this double because its double demirit

[Tosh]

dobule demerits do not double the fine, just the amount of points you lose off your liscence

[junkie13]

coll thats relief now i just hope it would pass 1500 dollars

[Merli]

Ouch, bummer mate

A friend of mine got done for letting his registration lapse a few years ago, and he got RAPED by fines...

As doughboy said, you get an unregististered car fine, AND a no third party insurance fine (because it's impossible to have 3rd party for an uninsured car), and as far as I remember the fines were pure extortion

Good luck mate...

[Tex]

A friend of mine was once caught driving her Mother's car, unbeknownst to her, her Mother had let the rego lapse, but it was my friend who copped the fines. They were fairly hefty, I remember them being somewhere around $1200 in total, but my memory on it is hazy now.

Out of interest, did you know the car was unregistered when you drove it?

[carlo]

I believe the fines to be

$400 for no rego

$400 for no CTP

[Terminal]

that sounds like what my friend got when she was caught with an unrego'd car, around $800. it's a bastard of a fine, especially if you're only out by a day or so.

[T0nyGTSt]

You're only allowed to drive the car to and from the garage to do pink, green slips, pay your rego. etc. etc.

ie. trips to get your rego. And the police will follow you all the way to your destination if they so desire.

T.

[junkie13]

omg io should told them that

tex i did know the car was register because i sold my car and needed a transport so i borrow my friend unregister car for 2 weeks '

i thought i was invincible since i never got pull over before

[GTR032]

I got caught for being 12 minutes out of rego in August 2002. The fine was $455 + another $50 for the State Debt Recovery Offce because I refused to pay it. I was only a few minutes from home aswell..bastards

[junkie13]

well i got a fine too for parking hope they dont fine me for that

[rb20-calais]

$800 seems very soft, I thought it was a "court appearance" offence.

Evan

[Tex]

tex i did know the car was register because i sold my car and needed a transport so i borrow my friend unregister car for 2 weeks '

i thought i was invincible since i never got pull over before

Well, no doubt at the risk of being called a wanker by some on here, I'd like to point out how stupid knowingly driving around in an unlicensed vehicle is - the inconvenience you saved yourself by driving your mate's car could have been well and truly offset by the massive problems you'd have encountered, if say, for example, you hit a pedestrian. You wouldn't have been insured for the injuries inflicted upon that person, and in order for them to be compensated (assuming they survived of course) they'd need to sue you, and you'd probably lose everything you own.

Something to think about. Public transport's not so bad. Neither is an $800 fine, in relation to the above scenario...

[junkie13]

true true i think i have learnt my lesson in driving laws i even put p plates on my dads car

[sewid]

Dude im glad to hear you have learnt something from this as it seems few younger people ever do. It's good to know you learnt something from what was, in the grand scheme of things, no real big problem. You lose a little money but its just money.

Unfortunately a lot of the time we hear on this board of younger people only learning their lessons after writing off two cars. And in some of those circumstances they dont even learn then.