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Thread ID: 99926	2009-05-20 00:45:00	Wofs, testing stations and tickets	globe (11482)	PC World Chat

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775253	2009-05-20 00:45:00	So here's the story. The missus went to VTNZ on Monday arvo to get the car Wof'd. They failed it saying the high level brake light was not working. It was and is and always has - albeit a bit dim mind. She drove to work on Tuesday and got a $200 fine from a parking warden for not displaying current Wof. She showed the parking warden the wof sheet but he wasn't interested (funny speaking to a colleague at work he said the cops let you off if you have the testing sheet but the wardens dont, hmmm what's that all about ?) I showed the missus her brake lights last night and demonstrated they were working - nobody touched anything. She went back to the testing station this morning and they passed it - no questions. So the point of this is...even though I realise you are not meant to drive you're car when it has failed a wof except to get repairs or retest, this car as incorrectly failed. Therefore I think VTNZ should be liaible for the fine for not displaying a current wof. Had they done their job properly in the first place the fine would never have happened. I am thinking of taking them to small claims to get this money from them. What do you think stand a chance ?? Interesting that had we listened and gone and got the light "fixed" that would have cost us in excess of $200 also. So it seems their incompetence would have cost us either way !!!	globe (11482)
775254	2009-05-20 01:11:00	About the same chance as snowballs chance in hell. You can drive a vehicle to a testing place and a place of repair thats all. You couldnt deviate off the route to say the pub or off the route for a root. Trick is not leave the COF WOF to the last moment to allow for repairs. We get numbnuts bringing trucks in for COF repairs who leave the COF on clapped out heap of **** trucks right up when they need it for special job and they say need it done bla bla Friday etc, too bad how sad your lack of planning isnt going to cause me stress.	prefect (6291)
775255	2009-05-20 01:30:00	Trick is not leave the COF WOF to the last moment to allow for repairs. I agree but my point is that a repair was not needed and it was passed the following day without any work being done to the vehicle at all. It was the incompetence and incorrect failing of the vehcile that is the issue here. They must be accountable for these actions. Another example is that if I had kept my vehicle off the road, and taken taxis to work every day then taken it back and it was passed with no work being done are VTNZ going to cover the cost for this transport I have paid for to stick to within the law ?	globe (11482)
775256	2009-05-20 01:52:00	Last time I tried to get out of a WoF ticket, nobody would listen unless I provided an explanation in writing The ticket's small print gives you info on who to send it to - and would be simpler in the long run than small claims court. Worth a try, anyway.	Laura (43)
775257	2009-05-20 01:54:00	Last time I tried to get out of a WoF ticket, nobody would listen unless I provided an explanation in writing The ticket's small print gives you info on who to send it to - and would be simpler in the long run than small claims court. Worth a try, anyway. Did you get off ?	globe (11482)
775258	2009-05-20 01:55:00	Although technically what you did was illegal, any cop would have had no issue with it, and it was in no way unsafe. I've been stopped a few times with an expired warrant, but with a check sheet with something like a new tyre to sort out. Never had any issue. You need to find that warden and shove the ticket... ...definitley don't pay it yet. Check on the ticket for an address to mail a moan to.	wratterus (105)
775259	2009-05-20 02:14:00	You not displaying a current WOF and driving without a current WOF has nothing to do with the tester trying his best on subjective items on the test. You could take them to the small claims court but will lose big time. Subjective means not black and white if they say hi stop lamp was dim it probably was you might have gone over a bump the next day and the contacts or earth might have moved and fixed it temporally. Subjective means they might say something has play. Unsubjective tests are like no seat belts fitted. COF and WOF testers have their bad hair days do what we do next COF/WOF go somewhere else and keep going somewhere else until you find someone who is a fair and never has a bad hair day. You can appeal to the LTSA who issue the licences to the inspectors and I have done that on a bus brake test and won.	prefect (6291)
775260	2009-05-20 02:14:00	Did you get off ? Sadly, no. But that's because I found out too late I had it. I was firstly away from home & then ill for so long that the cut-off date to complain had passed. And then it changed from being a council charge to a court bill. (The car had been parked for weeks outside my house. But even though it wasn't being driven, it was on a public road. That's what counts) Life had several complications at that time, so I put it in the too-hard basket & paid up. Still peeved about it, but c'est la vie...	Laura (43)
775261	2009-05-20 03:02:00	one day over --sounds like someone needed to have their quote for the month filled. Had a similar event but with a Cop, I went to get the warrant on a Wednesday, the car failed because of the Rear Stop light was broken (didn't know this at the time) I drop the car off in the morning and collect it later that day - took the Check sheet and got stopped at a checkpoint later that night - showed them the Car had been in and it was booked in the following afternoon to have the whole unit replaced - All he said was make sure it is. and it was. So your other half went in the Monday Afternoon - you got it going again, by Tuesday and passed on Wednesday - Personally I'd write in and tell them it was fixed at the time - you were heading back to get the warrant on Tuesday afternoon but didn't make it so it was done first thing Wednesday. While it is illegal to drive with no warrant, it does seem a little over the top, considering the amount of "boy racer cars" that no way in hell would get warrants or dont have them. Usual story pick on the people who are not going to cause trouble, and leave the cars that should be actioned alone.	wainuitech (129)
775262	2009-05-20 03:07:00	So the point of this is . . . even though I realise you are not meant to drive you're car when it has failed a wof except to get repairs or retest, this car as incorrectly failed . Therefore I think VTNZ should be liaible for the fine for not displaying a current wof . Nope . You should have not driven it anywhere except back to the testing station to moan at them for failing it on an item it passed on . No WOF, no drive anywhere else .	pctek (84)
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