CERTIFICATES OF ROAD FITNESS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 75, 15 April 1937, Page 4

CERTIFICATES OF ROAD FITNESS

Should Be SynthrOUouS witft Relicenting H.B. M0T0RISTS, VIEWS That the time at which tfcftificates oi road fitness for mbtor vehicles Ari ri be reneVed be niade sytichronouS Witti tbe relicensiug of tlie vebicles, _ is^ a remit which tbe Automobile Associatioii (HaW'kC's Bay) Will bring forward At the arimtnl meetiiig bf th© NCrth rsland Motbr Uni'oti iti Augtistj -fcfllb^g Jfc discUssion at a m'Ceting bf the AssqcB ation's ekeciitive yesterday. A ffibmber pbinted out that the otily mark tb iteh* tify the ceftffiCate With th© car _ ih which it was carried Was the registrA^ tion number, and As "all 'cars have tb bb re-registefed next tiioilth-, there Wiil bb no qhi'ck metliod bf pfoving tlm't % bM actuaily pCssesses a 'Ceftifi'cAfe b'f h'ti nCss; . . . . , - • . % A letter frbm the North Island Motoi; Uiiioii stated that the . Minister had re^ fusCd tb bktetid th'e date At wfafclj . certificatbs wbri » fo db Would itiVblve ati Amendmeht tb guiatibh's, And tHAt tio fha% date was fiked, tBefe Vbuld atill hb A last-minute rusB-; Tfi'e hunibef of g&fc ages Appointbd tis issue thb cbftifibAtea was Cb&hidef Cd te be siSfficieht tq bafft u out the task in reasonable time. "The tihmber oti ihe wafrant i% thb registration number ," not_ the chAssis or etigi&e tiumber/^ said Ga|!tAin iFMoe. ^Sometliing will* Ihave fco fee done auottlfc it, 3t% the cars will all have different ntimher plates next month, and it will be impoBsibfe to tell if the car is really tbadworthy or notj I'U bet that thii was never thought of." The chairman, Mr J- H. Edmundson, commented that the best method was tb make otit thb applieation form in diiplicAte, atid to put AWaJr one form with the receipt. Thit #d Away with Ihe bbthbr df hAviti|j ti Ifiake it out again. Captain Hbfdb: Dbn't ybu tMtik that the chassis fitiitibef Bhbuld. he 'oti the warrant? The btily'Siied thing dt it % the registration tiumbbrj And withil tWo months that bit bf paper Itiljjr bl I Worthless. Other membera disagreed With thii view, pointing but thAt thb ptevibtit "registration number of the vehicli would alWa'ys be ' Available iti thb rb» cords -if riquirbd. Mr J- E. GlbadbW: If you'fe cbti^ plied with the law And done what yoU hAye been told tb db, "then /ou Aetdti't Wbrry. It Was finally suggbstbd thAt thb tiini ■ of renewing the certifiCate he made syti* i 'chrono'us With th® itirigistratibti bf Vfeh- ! | icles, Atid a ibmit tb ih® titiibfi to ffiil ; ! ®|fect wAs adopted.