Changes are listed on the video & will be NEXT year,shakes head at the changes.
twink19,
Jan 27, 7:54pm
there will be no savings, people will not spend he money saved on WOF on maintaining there cars, more dangerous cars on the road, Simon you are an idiot
supernova2,
Jan 27, 8:01pm
I'm still at a loss to understand why our beloved govt has spent so much time and money on "saving" joe bloe $50 a year.What is the hidden agenda!One of our cars at 3 yrs old had done 150,000k and was on its 3rd set of tyres.Under the new system obviously cars will simply stop going when they become unsafe - yep in a fatal accident.
unbeatabull,
Jan 27, 8:07pm
They need to get rid of WOF's and have a lot stricter Policing with random checkpoints like Aus and other parts of the world have . if your car isn't up to scratch its taken off you.
Need the responsibility put back on the driver/owner, with a real punishment and enforcing to follow up and actually give owners a reason to maintain their vehicle.
But that won't happen in this nanny state. (Should bring in compulsory 3rd party insurance too as part of Rego!)
The hidden agenda is that they are trying to get rid of the older fleet of vehicles off the road. And I'd imagine the "Rego" review they are doing is going to be an increase, and they will say that it is due to loss of revenue from WOF's or something along those lines.
sfw4,
Jan 27, 8:15pm
Load of cogs wallop. old fuddy duddys only concerned about less customers. my car over 20yrs old and i dont even drive more than 3000kms in 6months. And No my car hasnt got stuffed ball joints tie rods worn tyres chip in wind screen etc so dont stereo type me into that little 5% minority Group who drive wrecks around.
franc123,
Jan 27, 8:15pm
That pretty well sums it up, the pollies are telling you that if you own a pre 2000 vehicle shame on you and you will be stuck with twice as many inspections as everyone else while the slob that owns the newer one thats done twice the k's and never gets serviced gets a year. Bloody charming.
fryan1962,
Jan 27, 8:17pm
my car and friends cars are older than 2000 so no change for us
jmma,
Jan 27, 8:19pm
What about my motorbike!(o:
supernova2,
Jan 27, 8:22pm
As for the idea of checkpoints what a laugh.Last nite in a que of couple of hundred cars from an event i estimate 50% of the drivers would have been over the limit.Eh What a Polis car with red and blues way ahead.
Yep he had bailed up a pushbike. (looked a bit like Troggy now I think of it haha)20 mins later he was still there, on wrong side of road half on footpath with lights on full into oncoming traffic.Disgruntled bike rider folding up ticket.
Bet that copper thinks he has done his bit for road safety and probably gedts an award for diligence.What a joke!
unbeatabull,
Jan 27, 8:34pm
Have you been overseas! It is much like the truck weighbridge checkpoints we currently have implemented on our State Highways. They are just points on the road where people will get picked at random to have their car inspected, could happen any time of the week to anyone.
outbidyou2,
Jan 27, 8:51pm
One of our cars is a a AU2 Falcon 2000. While the car is very sound these hunks of sh*t cant go 12 monthly without a WOF. Why would I want to save myself $40 a year and prolong underbody issues that could have been prevented earlier and thus been cheaper to fix. I guess at the end of the day it will be picked up when the vehicle is serviced, but for the slackers out there that don't service their cars. we have problems.
bjmh,
Jan 28, 4:57am
i'm one of the old fuddy,duddys.i actually thought of W.O.F checks as safety checks,rather than revenue gathering,for all the compliance and extra $ it costs me to issue W.O.F its a pain in the ass.Luckily i only have about 4 yrs before i can retire to the Riviera on all the profits i've made off you snot nosed youngies.Tui moment.Who's going to pay for the extra costs to redo this system,Joe public.i hope you have fun investing your extra $40-$50 a yr.
audi_s_ate,
Jan 28, 5:42am
It's not so much the cost of the actual WOF but of the time it takes - easily a couple of hours for me as we are located out of town - most workshops will need the car for at least 1/2 the day.
twink19,
Jan 28, 6:13am
there will be no savings when all the 60 (plus) year olds line up for the unemployment benefit
bashfulbro,
Jan 28, 6:33am
Don`t worry,Simonknows exactly what he is doing, just wait for the next announcement, there will be random roadside safety checks , run by private companies ( most likely Fulton Hogan, Fletchers) ,with fines ( likely to be a standard fine) ie.failing to be up to WOF standard .that will apply forevery minor fault,ie,blown light bulbs etc. These changes were not made for the benefit of the public, they were made to make more money for the Government.
woody1946,
Jan 28, 6:43am
Could get the stop-go lollipop men to do a quick check while you are waiting at the roadworks
sfw4,
Jan 28, 8:27am
im one of those old guys who repsect the law and have 6monthly wof checks. YOU are still playing your scratched record by stereo typing peole with older cars 13yrs or older ALL have 4bald tyres, lowered springs and rust bigger than a 5cent piece. And as for wen you retire, you know that in 5yrs time Govt are gonna make pensions and health funding dissappear dont you! Hope you have fun packing ur pants thinking about your No health care and no Govt pensions while ur at the Riviera :]
sfw4,
Jan 28, 8:30am
Its coming. A Law unto themselves! There will be a quota system 20tickets a day which will be 10% of fines into their weekly wages. and i know that wen they see old Pakeha white people on warranted Car they'll automatically think they're loaded rich, and do them with every fine they can think of.
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