Fine for car licence arrears reduced

Joe Cordina

Feb 7th, 17:48

Taht's just great the hoenst persons would have already paid the full fee now, the rest will get a discount. this is the same that happendd with the income tax a couple of years ago, I paid a 1000 fine after tow weeks this was discounted by 95% but I could not benefit because I had already obeyed the law and paid up.

Janet Bayes

Feb 7th, 17:38

Bizarre system - - - why in such a small place we cannot just have a way of keeping the number plate and taking the car off the road I will never understand. WHY do you need to pay road tax for a car you cannot use, and why should you pay for new plates for a car you can now use again?
Shame we cant be as quick to clamp down on the illegalities whilst the cars are in use.

Emanuel Farrugia

Feb 7th, 16:49

From the commentors comments herein, it looks like another one bites the dust. I think I will emigrate to China or Japan.

Carmel camilleri

Feb 7th, 16:38

Abusers always find someone who try to cover their crime.. Could not this sick person ordered one of his relatives to pay the license for him. In Malta it seems that the law abiding citizens get always the worst.

Joseph Stafrace

Feb 7th, 15:53

To have a clear picture of how many cars are legally on the road, Transport Malta should replace the existing number plates every five years. I bet there will be a lot of surprises!

John Dee

Feb 7th, 15:45

Presumably anyone driving without a valid licence is not insured.
Should someone who is not insured knock down (for example) two young girls and cause them grievous life-changing injuries, then who would pay them any compensation to help with medical bills etc.?
This decision seems to be a very odd way of improving road safety and peoples' sense of responsibility.
Another "only in Malta" moment perhaps?

Emanuel Farrugia

Feb 7th, 15:32

The Power of Incumbency, did you say ! No surely, its discipline on the road Austin style with a bang. I do'nt think a General Election is in sight because you need time for the bad taste to go.

Anthony Arpa

Feb 7th, 15:17

Jamie with this the Goverment is again encoarage other to abbuse too in paying what due to him.
While the honest peoples keep on paying every single cent in Vat and Taxes

John L Galea

Feb 7th, 15:08

Gejja l-elezzjoni jaqaw? ...lol

Anthony Arpa

Feb 7th, 15:01

U it taxxi jibqaw jithalsu biss mil honesti u il biezel .....
U min jiskarta il hlasijiet jaqla grazzji ..U jifranka il muilti talli abbuza u talli iprova iqarraq .. Ezatt kif qall sinjur hawn ,din bhall tal VAT... Eh tajba veru din id decizjoni ta. u Alla jbierek il gvern anki jekk jaf li qed jisraq lil poplu meta ghadu jipretendi il hlas ghall licenzja tat TV meta jaf li il poplu ijlu snin kbar bil cable TV u dan ghadu qed jinsisti ma min hallasx il lizenzja tat TV biex ihhllas ta lura .... Vera tad dahq din ....

R. Balzan

Feb 7th, 15:01

An apparent loophole in the whole system is to permanently park your car in a area which is considered as privately-owned. Policemen and wardens apparently have no jurisdiction in such areas and the car can stay there for years on end without licence and insurance.

Jamie Mercieca

Feb 7th, 14:42

And what about those who have already paid these unfair administrative fines at the €2.00 daily rate because they had no choice?

James Vella

Feb 7th, 14:41

Good move Dr.Gatt. End result = more irresponsible drivers without a valid licence on the road!!!!!!!!!

FRANS H SAID

Feb 7th, 14:39

How stupid can we get in Malta. What TM should do is to be willing to accept the renewal even 3 months in advance and not wait for the last minute. Try paying the l;icence early. THEN, fromn the very first day that a car is actualy on the road, not in a garage, without the renewed licence, this should be impounded and the real owner would have to pay at least 4 times the license to have it released. If after one year the licence would still be pending, the car would be scraped. Many will have second thoughts and many cars will be off the road.

Some of the late payments occur due to pending road fines and problems with the insurance. With the new system the defaulters are being awarded while those that pay on time do not earn any banefits.

R Bartolo

Feb 7th, 14:38

"Furthermore, when a motorist opts to garage his vehicle for a long period of time, he will be required to pay half of the licence arrears due. The administrative fine would then be reduced to €125. All traffic contravention fines have to be settled. "

Hopefully this arrangement only applies to those who never bothered to "officially" garage their car, but simply failed to pay licences, and not to all those who have a car that will not be used for a long period and hence have handed in their number plates.

Mario Busuttil

Feb 7th, 14:37

Hemm bzonn ta' Par Idejn Sodi fuq il licenzji li ma jithallsux fil pront u mhux inzijel bihom,,,,hawn nies ukoll li jigru u jissugraw bl- incenzji magmula photo copy,,,hemm bzonn li mit TM jaraw sew min huma dawn in nies u jibaghtu ghalihom u jikkonfiskawlhom il karozzi sakemm ihallsu kollox. Jiena ta 3 karozzi inhallas u qabel iz zmien,u bhali hafna jaghmlu hekk.....Dwar gbir ta taxxi ,licenzji ,VAT,citazzjonijiet ...etc hemm bzonn ta par idejn sodi u mhux inzelu b'dawn in nies ghax ser nibda naghmel b'halhom jiena wkoll......

Victor Buhagiar

Feb 7th, 14:32

How's that for good administrative practise?

So who fails is compensated and the honest is made to suffer more. On the other hand what do we expect from a minister who is still holding on because becuase our PM and MPs do not give a hack about the citizens let alone the honest one.

Patrick Zammit

Feb 7th, 14:13

Coming from the man who openly declared that he was not losing any sleep during the Arriva fiasco, this is very odd.

Has Dr Gatt's new found kindness has anything to do with the fact that recent polls show PL in the lead?

Gino Caruana

Feb 7th, 13:57

GINO CARUANA

ELEZJONI WARA L BIEB

Bernard Storace

Feb 7th, 13:53

Another fine mess you've got us in to Austin.......!!!!!

Mr A Bonello

Feb 7th, 13:33

I had to pay to scrap my car.Doesnt that SUCK!!!!!!!

Antoine Zahra

Feb 7th, 13:24

Who s going to pay for the traffic fines???car owner??or who really was driving the car at that time..??
As far as i know the car owner has to pay them up till now...i think these fines should be paid by who was driving the car.

dingaling rockcliffe

Feb 7th, 13:22

Its a move in the right direction regarding renewal of licences and in particular road tax, which in my opinion Gozo takes the lead, however as far as paying half the tax for a vehicle that is garaged for along period of time to me that is typical Maltese and as usual daylight robbery same as the illegal VAT. One of the days their is going to be an uproar as this is also illegal and provided the authorities are notified well in advance there is no way that a vehicle should be taxed provided it is garaged and not being used on the public roads. Simple unless the Maltese are letting their greedy concious running away with them once again. I donpt know how othersfeel about this NEW move by Mr. whatever his name is, but to me its not logical and just does not make sence, maybe Brussels has something to say about this matter. Many expats including myself tend to garage our car when we go for 6 months at a time back home for a break from the usual unavoidable bustle & hastle of malta.

J Farrugia

Feb 7th, 13:21

Just like the VAT dept, you don't pay you get off lightly.
Hell i think i'm not gonna bother paying anything on time anymore and wait for the govt to find it's back against the wall and just reduce my fines or simply wash it's hands of them.

Thanks for looking out for the guys who always pay on time, much appreciated. Not

E. Azzopardi

Feb 7th, 13:18

Why ? One should never, never allow his licence to expire. Because, as far as I know, your insurance will never renew your cover, if your licence has expired. And to think how many of these have been driving without a licence and therefore without insurance. And the minister is being very benevolent to them? Cannot understand why. In this country it is useless being an honest citizen. You never get compensated.

B Attard

Feb 7th, 12:57

But when somebody garages/scraps his car before the licence expires no licence refund is given back .

Victor Rodenas

Feb 7th, 12:51

If they are without licence,....they are also without insurance,..which is much worse. There are over 26,000 of them,....beware!

Bernard Mamo

Feb 7th, 12:46

Dak tal-Mercedes fl-istampa jaf li hemm 1 lane jew????

U anke dak tal-vann abjad u l-yaris ta warajh jafu li hemm 1 lane??

Charles W. Sammut

Feb 7th, 12:46

Well, Transport Malta has to get its funds from somewhere to not maintain our atrocious roads. It seems that all the millions of euros paid by motorists goes to pay bureaucrats to make our life hell. But as always nobody is responsible, except the beleaguered motorist who has to pay for damaged cars and aching backs .

Christopher Pollard

Feb 7th, 12:38

Wouldn't it be nice if those of us who paid our bills on time got a discount. But I suppose that's just wishful thinking!

When an old car is standing on the street without registration plates but with a licence disk - what is the legal position. Can it stand there and rot?

Shaun Camilleri

Feb 7th, 12:25

As we say in Maltese, il-qarnita ddur ghal subajha!!