Just got my new rego certificate and sticker in the mail today with a notice that after a date next year no more stickers will be issued and therefore not required to be displayed.

So what does this really mean??? The notice prattled on about the alleged environmental benefits, convenience etc, but it obviously goes deeper than that.

What it says to me is that the number plate and facial recognition software combined with high definition cameras has been perfected and is now fully operational.

Roadside cameras are WiFi and BlueTooth capable which means any one of us in or on a vehicle carrying a "smart phone" can be three way verified as being at a certain location at a certain time.

If this is not "big brother", tell me what is!!!

That information is called "meta data" and in less sophisticated form has been being collected for quite some time to date. Legallly the Aus gubmnt is not allowed to access or use it without a warrant so far.

However the "meta data" is being collected with google software which the U.S. gubmnt has full access to. The U.S. gubmnt shares their info with the Aus gubmnt and others so the legalities that are supposed to protect our privacy are circumvented.

It even happens here on Sea Breeze!!! If you have been looking at a certain product via the net, the next time you come here an ad for that appears here.

Forget about "cookies" on your computer. It is all in the "cloud" now. We need to collectively say NO to this invasion of our privacy.

Wot think ye????

I think its funny that they have done the same in NSW, again, because the technology means that they can film cars and automatically determine if they are currently registered or have other issues.

The problem is, that its hard to remember your rego is due sometimes, so the stickers were a benefit. I saw stickers being sold in a petrol station in WA, which were intended to remind you that your rego was due... why not just give us the stickers with our rego!

It's a bit off a load off rubbish. It was brouht in here in S.A. Don't see how it saves anything as you still get a reminder in the mail and on top off that an extra bit off paper with all the veihcles details. So theyve taken away a plastic sticker and added more paper. Still you can't miss paying as you still get a reminder.

Be aware that the Gov. in your state possibly has also at the same time increased the fines / penalties for driving a unreg. vehicle.

With the cameras etc to detect being unreg. you are then sent via mail of any infringments of such. ie. if you are detected every day for a week via a camera for the offence you may be hit with 7x fine ammount etc. BEFORE you even know about it.

For workplaces where vehicles are shared, the driver (at the time) is liable for any fines.... so make sure your work place has a good system of checking of vehicle registration BEFORE you drive it.

Oh the reason to go stickerless is to increase revenue for the Gov. (with fines)....... Why are we supprised

I work for a Toyota dealer... what you may not realise is that with just your rego, (and from your registration your cars VIN number), regardless of the make of your vehicle we can see what services and work your vehicle has had done in the past, what work that you have refused to have done, (prohibitive cost perhaps), and what warranted replacements the manufacturer requires done to it to maintain its roadworthyness because they buggered something up during manufacture that you have or haven't have had done.
The cops have access to the manufacturers websites here in WA, so I imagine that they do elsewhere in Oz as well... we went stickerless here in WA a few years ago ostensibly to save money. It ended up costing more not to issue stickers and the rego costs went up, again.

way overthinking it. These days cop cars, boating and fisheries etc have 3g access back to their systems. can look up rego status from numberplate quickly and easily. back in the old days, no way of knowing unless being back in the office. gotta remember that there would be large costs behind stickers/ administration/ follow up etc. awesome. better for everyone - consumer, enviroment and dept transport

I had to get a trailer registered in WA a few months after they stopped the stickers here (including taking it over the pits). It was chaos in the inspection centre and the lady serving me reckons it went absolutely nuts when they cancelled the stickers because people would miss the rego due notice, end up with an unlicenced car, and then have to get it inspected to get it re-registered.

It's caught my dumb-arse sister out. Only twice so far, but I'm sure there'll be more.

Even when WA had the stickers, I don't ever recall looking at the rego sticker of a mates or borrowed car to ensure it was registered.
I think the argument is clutching at straws because inherently people do not like change.

For all those that want the stickers, there is a really nifty way of knowing when your rego is due... Go by the expiry date on the renewal letter they send you. Even better is the letter always seems to get sent around 6 weeks before it expires.

I can't see any big brother conspiracy there? Get the bill in the mail. Go pay the bill.

cisco said..
If this is not "big brother", tell me what is!!!

errr...

SCENE 67
Location: INT. BLUESMOBILE - NIGHT
Elwood produces his driver's license from above the sun visor. It is a plastic plate. He hands it to the cop. The cop leaves and walks back to his car.

JAKE: (angrily) God damnnit!
ELWOOD: Damnnit! I haven't been pulled over in six months. I bet those cops have got SCMODS.
JAKE: SCMODS?
ELWOOD: State-County-Municipal-Offender Data System.

SCENE 68
Location: INT. POLICE CAR - CLOSEUP - ANGLE DASHBOARD AND FRONT SEAT - NIGHT
Across and under the dashboard, on top of transmission hump, there is a computer: video display console, punch keyboard and telephone receiver. A shotgun is clamped vertically on the dash next to the video display. Officer #1 slips Elwood's plate into a slit on the keyboard. He switches on the video console - it lights up green. The license number appears On the screen.



SCENE 69
Location: POLICE OFFICERS

OFFICER #2: So what do we have here?
Officer #1 puts his finger to his face and bends his nose sideways.
OFFICER #1: I don't know. They look like they're from Cicero.

SCENE 70
Location: CLOSEUP - COMPUTER VIDEO SCREEN

The following display begins line by line:
ILL. B263-1655-2187
BLUES
ELWOOD J.
LICENSE STATUS
CURRENTLY UNDER SUSPENSION
WARRANTS OUTSTANDING
STATEWIDE
TRAFFIC
MOVING VIOLATIONS
56 WARRANTS
PARKING - COOK CO.117

ARREST DRIVER
IMPOUND VEHICLE

The last two lines start flashing.

OFFICER #2: Mmm-hmm....

next door neighbour thought hed be smart and put some old plates on his wrx after he got it back from impound.
1970's 7 reg plates were like a flashing light to the cops

cisco said..

No matter which way you spin it there is no real benefit to the driver.

Any environmental benefit is minuscule.

Any environmental benefit is a plus, and they are not really required anyway