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Useful info re Oz driving licence

Old Oct 28th 2003, 9:54 pm
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Hi all, thought I would post this as buying a car in Oz seems to have been quite topical lately.

Licence - when you get to Oz, register to get your Oz licence asap - it may vary from state to state but in Vic, I just had to sit a written test - 30 questions about the highway code (there were some Qs about drink drive limits so worth checking up the state highway code). The advantage of having the Oz licence was that I got a reduction on my car insurance. (When I first enquired about insurance I was given 2 quotes - one based on a UK-only licence and one based on an Oz licence)

No claims discount - bring eveidence of your UK NCD as this can be transferred to your Oz insurance.

Insurance Scams! - my excess is $400. In the small print it says "licenced for less than 2 years - additional $200" (i.e. $600). I recently had to claim on the insurance (garage door closed on to car roof!) and the company tried to charge me $600 saying I had held a licence for less than 2 years. I contested this and said that I had held a full licence for 15 years - they then said "you have only held an Oz licence for 18 months, which is less than 2 years". The small print doesn't say "oz licence for less than 2 years", it just says "licence for less than 2 years". I then asked them how they were able to give me maximum no claims discount (i.e. >5 years) if I had only held a licence for 18 months. They were stumped and admitted that they weren't in a position to charge me $600 excess and dropped it back to $400. They make me laugh - they said "well, on this occasion we'll let you pay just the $400 excess" I told them I had no intention of paying $600 anyway until they could point me in the direction of where it said "Oz licence for less than 2 years"!!!

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Old Oct 29th 2003, 4:07 pm
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Insurance companies - they should all burn in hell!!

Good for you for standing up for what is right!!

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Old Oct 29th 2003, 4:15 pm
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slightly off topic but did you read about cilla black's insurance company refusing to pay out £1 million because she had no locks on her downstairs windows?



this was a pro job and they would of got in if she had bars on the windows, they will wriggle out of anything.
 
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As welshboybilly points out

read that small print!!!


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Silly question but, Is the Highway code the same for all states?

Any info on what you have to do in Queensland?
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Originally posted by Billabong
Insurance companies - they should all burn in hell!!

Good for you for standing up for what is right!!

Legalised thieves, the bloody lot of em.
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