Postby Hasbeen » 27 May 2008 00:55
Mike, ours is a state based system, with a lot of differences in
cost. The "registration" of a 7 in Queensland costs about $525, but
the 8 costs $850. They love high powered cars, they get more money.
In Victoria the 8 cost a little less than $500.
All the money is paid to the state dept, & they pay your chosen CTP
insurance co.
The [CTP] compulsory third party insurance is part of that price,
but is only a personal injury insurance for anyone, other than you,
whom you may injure. This costs about half the "rego" fee. The rest
is a road tax, in effect.
There is no requirement for you to insure your car for any damage
you may cause to other peoples property.
We have various insurance available. My 17 year old daughter was
quoted $1900 for comprehensive insurance, on a $1600 car, but only
$220 for third property, plus fire & theft on her car.
Only some states have any "road worthy" [MOT] inspection system. In
Queensland an inspection is only required when a car's ownership is
transfered to a new owner. You do hear stories of people caught
driving a registered, [legal] car sitting on a drum, on the plywood,
over the rusted out floor.
We have "booze busses" where the cops stop everyone, check their
drivers licence, car "rego" & do a breath test, & recently, a drugs
swab. These things catch as many unregistered cars, & unlicensed
drivers, as they do drunks. Some people have been caught driving
with a disqualified license over 70 times. Some bloke is now banned
from driving for over 70 years. I don't think he's going to stop.
You have to change your drivers license, & car rego to the new
state, within 3 months of moving to a different state.
I'm not too sure its any better than yours.
Hasbeen
