Hi guys, have been googling like mad but even the massive car forums have no idea it seems. What the hell does it mean when a cop issues you a blue sticker! Our friend was pulled over driving her mothers car. The policeman said that because it is registered under a different name (ie her mothers) she was issued a $200.00 fine and has 24 hours to get her own name registered to that vehicle if she wanted to drive it again. Has anyone come across this at all because we are scratching our heads. We often "swap" vehicles (I drive my partners) and my flatmates swaps cars depending on whose turn it is to sober drive etc. Is it law that you can only drive a car registered in your name! What about work vehicles!
TIA!
bashfulbro,
Mar 28, 5:55pm
something doesn`t add up
smac,
Mar 28, 5:58pm
Somebody telling porkies (or at the very least an incomplete story) . Ask to see the paperwork.
pippa008,
Mar 28, 5:59pm
I dont know anything about boy racer cars but her mums car is a unmodified starlett! Would that have anything to do with it!
kenw1,
Mar 28, 6:01pm
Absolute BS, a wind up.
cjohnw,
Mar 28, 6:03pm
Do you live in Christchurch!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuff.co.nz at 05/04/2012 Drivers will be given 24 hours to correct registration details or lose their cars in a tough new Government crackdown in Christchurch.
Errant motorists will be blue- stickered and given until midnight the following day to comply or, if in default, have their cars seized and impounded.
Canterbury is the first region to target transgressors under the tightened 2011 Land Transport Act. Road policing officer, Senior Sergeant Glenn Nalder said if a driver failed to comply and was caught driving, the vehicle would be impounded immediately.
They would then be given 20 work days to comply, or ownership would pass to the tow operator who could sell the car to recover storage and towage costs.
The new blue sticker joins the pink and green stickers issued for unroadworthy and non-compliant vehicles.
cjohnw,
Mar 28, 6:10pm
From what I understand it is earthquake related to abandonded and damaged vehicles that were "used" by not the rightful owners. Basically if you were pulled over and the registration details were "unconfirmed" you were blue stickered and given 20 days to update the detils of rightful ownership.
merrigj,
Mar 28, 6:59pm
Wouldn't it be more likely that people register cars to parents etc to get cheaper insurance and to avoid getting their cars crushed.Basically if it is your car it must be registered under your name.
smac,
Mar 28, 7:10pm
Incorrect.
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