Repairers see more cars with no licence
Car repairers say there has been a dramatic increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles turning up in their workshops since the abolition of registration stickers.
They say this situation is of concern because their employees often have to take cars on test drives, and run the risk of driving unlicensed vehicles and not having insurance cover if involved in a road accident.
Concern over the increased the number of unlicensed vehicles is Western Australian roads has prompted Shadow Transport Minister Ken Travers to call for an independent review of the decision to abolish the registration stickers.
PEBCO Automotive Services proprietor Pat Brown said his business was detecting about four unlicensed vehicles every week.
"We have to check the license status of any vehicle that is brought in because we cannot afford to be driving an unlicensed car" Mr Brown said.
"When we discover an unlicensed car and inform the customer, they are usually genuinely surprised. Often it is a simple mistake."
"But I don't think it is a coincidence that the increases happened since the sticker system was abolished.
Sino Galati, from AutoService in Rockingham says his company was seeing between three and five unlicensed vehicles every week.
"We are very concerned about the situation and have introduced a system to make sure we check if a vehicle's licenced before we drive it off the premises." he said. "We can't afford to take a risk of being involved in an accident in an unlicensed vehicle."
Mr Travers said the police statistics indicate that the number of unlicensed vehicles detected on Western Australian roads has almost doubled since the Barnett government abolished registration stickers.
Transport Minister Troy Buswell well said figures show that the abolition of registration stickers has not led to an increase in the percentage of unpiad license renewals.
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I was driving along leige st in Woodland and i was pulled over by the police and they said that my car was not licensed. my husband removed the old as it was not required.I said to the police i have not received the renewal and he said it is my responsibility and also it is an offense to have an expired sticker on the car.He allowed me to ring my husband and pay it over the phone and i gave the receipt number to him so i could drive home with my baby in the car.I still got a fine and he said there is a company called Rego Reminder give them a ring and get a Reminder Sticker. I have one now and i will always have one on my car.
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