Infringement Notice

[JoshRasi]

Hey everyone today I recieved a fine for not displaying a safety cretificate on my car when I had a "For Sale" sticker on the back window.

The fine was for $500 can you believe that. I feel as though I was picked on because I was a skyline owner. I told them that I didn't know I had to have one just to advertise that my car was sale and I was told "everyone knows that". They also had a look under the bonnet (don't know why, because they had no idea what they were looking at) and was asked where my intercooler was . I just told them it was standard. anyway what I am asking is, Has anyone else had this fine before and gotten out of it through writing a letter to QLD transport? And what they wrote? Looking forward to your replies.

Thanks.

edit: I will use the for sale section to sell my car tho... yes, yes i will...

[kails]

hey mate

sucks to be you hey

i put a for sale sticker on my car but dad told me that i better go get a safety certificate before hand coz yea the cops can fine you.

because your advertising your car for sale its supposed to be roadworthy approved so that all the mods done on it are legit as you can't sell a registered car without a roadworthy certificate.

[hectic32]

wouldn't waste your time writing in to the police mate cop it on the chin next time find out before you whack a for sale sign on it

[scissored sil]

geee thats a bit harsh, last time i was selling a car privately i just got a letter from the council saying I couldn't display the vehicle for sale on public property.

[Imtorqing]

Man thats harsh.

Yeah a letter to Qld Transport will do nothing and even if u sent a letter to the POPO they wont withdraw it cuz it will go back to the original issuer who would not have changed his mind.

Its the old ignorance of the law is no defense blah blah blah

Chin up and best of luck with the sale (Put the price up 500 lol)

[coaster]

I had no idea it was $500.00 i have a sticker on my car and my roadworthy in my glovebox.

will put that on my window today!

[cam2452]

could you say you were going to sell it as is..

[coaster]

could you say you were going to sell it as is..

Not if its advertised with number plates on it. Must have ether RWC displayed or no plates.

[berzerker]

tough luck mate

check out this site for more info

http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Regis...y_certificates/

[Col-GTSX]

yeah, its a common fine...

"interested" or "Want this" also counts as an ad for sale...

All elegible for a fgine with no saftey cert...

[sr20de]

Thats kinda ridiculous ... i never knew about this.. then again i haven't had to sell a car yet... its good to know though..

my mate has his phone number just on the back of the car... (he'd get random texts like.. "if your as good looking as your car, text back" hahah ^_^) he'd be spewing if he got a $500 fine..

[Damit]

if its a coupe you dont need to display - something about blocking view ect and no back window to display it in

[berzerker]

if its a coupe you dont need to display - something about blocking view ect and no back window to display it in

i really doubt that excuse would hold up if you got fined unless you can prove it with a previous case or it's legislated somewhere

[Damit]

i really doubt that excuse would hold up if you got fined unless you can prove it with a previous case or it's legislated somewhere

it is as my mate got done an his misses works for something and they deal with it all day and he got of it for there car they were selling as it was a coupe and there is something that excludes them form displaying but you still have to have in the car

[Smity42]

yeah i think for a coupe you don't have to display it but you definitely still need to have one

[PWND]

bit rough, but there was an article in the courier mail a few weeks back, where a guy got done for the same thing.

bad luck, but don't think there is much you can do about it.