MTA has been campaigning for the past two years to have all vehicles that are written-off by Insurance Companies being declared to be statutory write-offs - that is a vehicle that is written-off could not be put back on the road.
This would have certain exclusions – for example vintage or antique cars.
The main detractors of the proposal have been the Auction Houses and Insurance Companies. We believe we have the support of the Police and many at the RTA.
Written off vehicles most often reappear because of one of the following reasons:
The written-off vehicle has been purchased by a “back-yard” repairer who addresses the cosmetic damage to the vehicle but ignores much of the real issues with the vehicle and particularly the safety aspects caused by the accident. Consequently many of these vehicle are put back on the road in a very unsafe condition, risking the lies of unsuspecting consumers.
Re-birthing – thieves steal a vehicle and then legitimize that stolen vehicle by transferring the identity of a written-off vehicle to the vehicle they have stolen.
Every year there are some 13,000 of these vehicles that reappear onto the roads in New South Wales.
We believe that declaring these vehicles to be statutory write-offs would eliminate stolen vehicles as a substantial criminal activity in this State, overnight.
Secondly, because more of these vehicles would be repaired by insurance companies, using legitimate repairers, then the safety aspects would be addressed, much to the benefit NSW consumers.
I have met with the Roads Minister, the Hon. David Campbell, a few weeks ago and outlined our case to him. I received a very good hearing and feel we got our message across very strongly. Mr. Campbell is an intelligent and competent Minister and I believe he will act on this matter in an appropriate manner.
I had previously met with the Police Minister, the Hon. Tony Kelly, and am also confident of his backing on this very important issue.
We hope to get a response on this issue within the next two months.
While visiting Mr. Campbell, I also raised the issue of the appropriate cost of ‘pink-slips’ and ‘blue-slips’ and reminded him of the history of the MTA campaign and gained an undertaking from him that he would review the issues shortly.
By James McCall
Chief Executive
phone: 02 9213 4222 fax: 02 9212 6889 Motor Traders' Association of NSW
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