Comments on: Department of Transport http://ryanbigg.com/2009/07/department-of-transport/ Life & Everything Else Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Wayne Robinson http://ryanbigg.com/2009/07/department-of-transport/comment-page-1/#comment-16692 Wayne Robinson Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:19:47 +0000 http://frozenplague.net/?p=649#comment-16692 <p>Queensland car registration is the most expensive in the country anyway.</p> <p>As long as you can officially receive mail at your SA address, you should be fine. I would keep registering it there to save money.</p> Queensland car registration is the most expensive in the country anyway.

As long as you can officially receive mail at your SA address, you should be fine. I would keep registering it there to save money.

]]> By: Ryan Bigg http://ryanbigg.com/2009/07/department-of-transport/comment-page-1/#comment-16650 Ryan Bigg Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:07:05 +0000 http://frozenplague.net/?p=649#comment-16650 <p>1) I'm not going to pay another $450 to get another safety check when I can simply pay $306 to continue to register in another state. The car is structurally safe, that I'm sure of. I drove it from Adelaide to Brisbane without incident and, with the way I drive it, if it wasn't structurally sound it would not be drivable.</p> <p>2) Yes, trained users who are computer ninjas. The lady who was serving me (and other people I've been served by at other DoTs) use chicken-pecking as their primary form of typing. When she was typing in the VIN number she was using a combination of primary keyboard + numpad. </p> <p>3) I had a photo ID, Medicare Card and a bank keycard, but she ALSO wanted a letter from the bank with my name and current address on it. I provided her one from my old bank informing me about my insurance (I have it through the bank) and she consulted with a co-worker who said that wasn't good enough.</p> <p>4) It took them an hour and a half to tell me that I couldn't register my car. This is not quick and easy. I would gladly pay the fee, but... At one stage in the process she did give me my new plates (but then took them back).</p> <p>So frustrated with the whole bullshit archaic system. I can continue registering it in SA until I run out of family and friends. If it's an issue with whoever pulls me over, I'll explain this whole saga to them.</p> 1) I’m not going to pay another $450 to get another safety check when I can simply pay $306 to continue to register in another state. The car is structurally safe, that I’m sure of. I drove it from Adelaide to Brisbane without incident and, with the way I drive it, if it wasn’t structurally sound it would not be drivable.

2) Yes, trained users who are computer ninjas. The lady who was serving me (and other people I’ve been served by at other DoTs) use chicken-pecking as their primary form of typing. When she was typing in the VIN number she was using a combination of primary keyboard + numpad.

3) I had a photo ID, Medicare Card and a bank keycard, but she ALSO wanted a letter from the bank with my name and current address on it. I provided her one from my old bank informing me about my insurance (I have it through the bank) and she consulted with a co-worker who said that wasn’t good enough.

4) It took them an hour and a half to tell me that I couldn’t register my car. This is not quick and easy. I would gladly pay the fee, but… At one stage in the process she did give me my new plates (but then took them back).

So frustrated with the whole bullshit archaic system. I can continue registering it in SA until I run out of family and friends. If it’s an issue with whoever pulls me over, I’ll explain this whole saga to them.

]]> By: Wayne Robinson http://ryanbigg.com/2009/07/department-of-transport/comment-page-1/#comment-16605 Wayne Robinson Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:47:06 +0000 http://frozenplague.net/?p=649#comment-16605 <p>If your car was a repairable write-off, it might have structural damage that a standard safety check does not check, that's why there is the additional $450 fee. The only way to get the car off this list is to get the car certified as structurally safe.</p> <p>Queensland Transport does not use DOS. It does, however, use a text-based UI to it's back-end systems. This makes data-entry faster for trained users because they never have to take their hands off the keyboard.</p> <p>I thought the requirement for ID at Queensland Transport was the standard 100 point check which a photo ID, Medicare card and any bank keycard would establish. Could be wrong about that though.</p> <p>Re-registering a car in Queensland is quick and easy too. You just have to pay the fee that is due, and they send you a new registration sticker. If you need plates or a license, you need to go into a branch so they can verify who you are and give them to you.</p> If your car was a repairable write-off, it might have structural damage that a standard safety check does not check, that’s why there is the additional $450 fee. The only way to get the car off this list is to get the car certified as structurally safe.

Queensland Transport does not use DOS. It does, however, use a text-based UI to it’s back-end systems. This makes data-entry faster for trained users because they never have to take their hands off the keyboard.

I thought the requirement for ID at Queensland Transport was the standard 100 point check which a photo ID, Medicare card and any bank keycard would establish. Could be wrong about that though.

Re-registering a car in Queensland is quick and easy too. You just have to pay the fee that is due, and they send you a new registration sticker. If you need plates or a license, you need to go into a branch so they can verify who you are and give them to you.

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