German Plates

[Poonmobile]

So....
Cruising down College yesterday, just minding my own business, not speeding or doing anything silly and I get pulled over by a cop . He says "nothing to panic about but i just wanted to let you know your plate is illegal, and we will be cracking down on them. No ticket, just a warning". He said that the NZ plates have a hologram and as such, the german plates don't and were illegal, even tho they are reflective on aluminium etc, etc.

Is this just another revenue making thing and can we fight this?

[veedubman]

they are cracking down about it as they are looking for other means of revenue..

so if you search the forum you will see there is plenty of heated debate about this bullcrap topic

i havent botherd changing mine and im not going to

damn them.

[GlenT]

They can get f@#ked!
I've printed off the legislation from the LTSA (or whatever they call themselves now) website in the hope one of pigs will pull me over for this reason so I can show them they have nothing on us.

[HandsomeDan]

No way to fight it.

You either pay the incredible price for a NZ issued one or you pay the incredible price to run with the German plates and get busted.

[veedubman]

the only reason they will be enforcing this is because they probably beleive people are printing off incorrect numbers and stealing when in fact

dick heads that do that are just stealing plates..

[RobClubley]

Wait and see I guess.
Another excuse to buy a PPlate with Euros I guess.

[-----]

to panic about but i just wanted to let you know your plate is illegal, and we will be cracking down on them.

are you running the german D plate or the german NZ plate

[RobClubley]

Good question.

[Audidude]

They can get f@#ked!
I've printed off the legislation from the LTSA (or whatever they call themselves now) website in the hope one of pigs will pull me over for this reason so I can show them they have nothing on us.

It's going to take a test case and/or complaint to the Commerce Commission to sort this I suspect.
Or we can roll over and let the bastards grind their jackboots into our faces 

I'll be the first to donate to someone's legal fees if there's a test case.

PLEDGE: $100 (any more pledges?)

[Poonmobile]

german d plate.

[veedubman]

It's going to take a test case and/or complaint to the Commerce Commission to sort this I suspect.
Or we can roll over and let the bastards grind their jackboots into our faces 

I'll be the first to donate to someone's legal fees if there's a test case.

PLEDGE: $100 (any more pledges?)

Im happy to pledge at least 100

[Y0RKI]

i've just been done for about 10 cars.
try that one! haha

We have stickers on totally legit Personalised Plates and they have said no to that also.
we are deforming the proprty of PP apparently and it is illegal.
load of bollocks but hey not really much i can do about it
i now have to go around and peel off every single sticker on every single plate (there were more but he didnt see them) also have to send a letter out to all my customers that i have stuck the stickers on to aswell.
b@stards

[old4130]

Hologram prob for the laser guns 

[RobClubley]

http://www.comcom.govt.nz/Inquiries/contactus.aspx

Typing my complaint now...

[RobClubley]

This is an enquiry/complaint about car number plates.

Myself and quite a few people I know have European cars, and standard NZ plates do not fit properly in the space on the car.
If you want to buy a Euro-sized version of your own plate from plates.co.nz it costs $399. Other manufacturers such as www.germanplates.com produce NZ replica plates to the correct spec for around $100 delivered.
Plates.co.nz are charged around $40 by their suppliers for these plates.
Several of my friends have been stopped by the police and warned or fined for having a replica plate (of their correct number, to NZ spec) which was not bought from plates.co.nz
Surely this is a monopoly if police are preventing you from using a correct spec plate from a different source?
The regulations state that the plate must be embossed metal with good contrast e.g. black or red on a white background, and reflective. The replica plates conform to this spec.

I look forward to hearing from you on this matter.

[veedubman]

FYI when you buy Europlates its no longer Personalised Plates Property you OWN THEM! hence why you have to hand back Govt issue ones when disposing of and not the Euro Plates

they are damnstains looking for something else that they have us by the proverbial testicles by!

its only the Standard issue plates that are Govt Property

so i dont know who the damn they are kidding!

UGH my mother was just quoted 500 bucks to put Mercedes Black Europlates on Grandmas Suprise New Car!

WHAT THE damn! i mean HONESTLY!

[RobClubley]

Damnit

[HandsomeDan]

Damning damners.

[veedubman]

yep

brick that im gonna get granny come Germanplates.com plates..

[Y0RKI]

yeah cant say my boss is to happy having to replace all the ones that i have put the stickers on 
and they now want to charge me $35 per pair to reproduce them