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For those interested, the Sydney Motorcycle & Scooter Show is on today, tomorrow and Sunday at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour.  For those into motorbikes, it will certainally be worth a look.

The RTA has released a new website, Safer Roads NSW.

The website is designed for the RTA to provide information and to receive feedback on the views of the community with regard to speed limits and speed limit signs on roads in NSW.  NSW residents can also sign up to receive email updates about permanent speed limit changes in NSW regions.

Worth a look.

Here are some interesting statistics taken from the issues paper on the future of registration labels:

In the 2010/2011 financial year, approximately 6.1 million vehicles were recorded by the RTA as registered in NSW.  97% of those are light vehicles with a GVM up to 4.5 tonnes.

In that year, 13,000 registration label offence penalty notices were issued according to the State Debt Recovery Office, at a cost of $88.00 for light vehicles.  That represents revenue the NSW Government will forego if it does away with registration labels, as is being considered. 

 More information on the issues paper is available on this site.

I hope you saw our News article during the week.

The NSW Government has commissioned a review of the need for registration labels for vehicles with a GVM up to 4.5 tonnes.

The report and recommendations are to be provided to the government by the end of the year.

Who knows, maybe when your rego is due next year, you will not need to replace the rego label.

I have received many calls about the difficulty of making payment to renew CIC Allianz greenslips.  I called CIC Allianz today on 1300 889 214.  A recorded voice service advises that "a CIC Allianz greenslip can only be purchased by cash or cheque, in person, at Allianz head office, 2 Market Street Sydney".  The service also advises that "customers with a period of insurance commencing on or after 9 November 2009 will no longer be able to renew their greenslip using their credit card.  Renewal payments will only be accepted in cash or cheque".  When I spoke to an operator, I was advised that if I wanted to make a payment by credit card or if I did not want to travel into 2 Market Street to make a cash payment, I could go to a broker to make payment.  The operator could not tell me the names of any brokers who dealt with CIC Allianz.  The options of paying at a Post Office or Westpac are no longer available.  The operator said that the changes had been made because CIC Allianz is now focused on fleet customers.  The operator was prepared to sell me a Allianz greenslip, for which she was happy to receive payment by credit card over the phone.

Just received my NRMA greenslip renewal. Whopping increase from $392 to $678. I can still buy from a competitor for around $400. Guess you just vote with your feet!

There has been lots of press and discussion in the last few days about increases in the price of car insurance.  The GFC is being blamed for a reduction in investment returns....resulting in an increase in premiums.  It seems that the cost of both comprehensive insurance and greenslips has increased.

What is your experience.  Here is the chance to have your say.  Tell everyone how the cost of your greenslip or comprehensive insurance has increased.  Click on the link below and record how the cost of your car insurance has increased.

Remember, over the Christmas and New Year period double demerit points apply. Offences such as speeding are not only dangerous, but can result in hefty fines and the loss of your licence...and your driving record affects the cost of your greenslip.

Drive safely and enjoy the holiday period.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all our visitors, supporters and friends. I hope the site has been a valuable resource in 2009. Stay tuned for 2010!!!! Thanks for your support from all at greenslips.com.au

It may be cheaper to make a move to Qld. How come up there they do not discriminate on the basis of driver age, postcode or driving record - these questions aren't even asked. Same price for the whole of the state and much cheaper than NSW.

The CTP on my motorcycle, Suzuki GS500F is due in February, so I thought I'd run a comparison of quotes before deciding on whether to stay with my current insurer, QBE, who quoted $337 for 12 months. I went into the MAA greenslip comparison site and this is what I was quoted: Insurer 6mth price 12mth price AAMI $273.00 $525.00 Allianz $196.00 $378.00 CIC-Allianz $198.00 $381.00 GIO $163.29 $313.04 NRMA $198.31 $381.92 QBE $176.00 $337.00 Zurich $267.00 $517.00 As you can see the cheapest is $313 and the most expensive $525 that's over $200 difference. You can't tell me that is fair!! Funny thing is, when I then got a quote for a brand new BMW K1200S motorcycle, guess what... all the quotes stayed the same apart from QBE who went up to QBE $265.00 $513.00 Something just doesn't seem right here !

I was just gob smacked when I received my greenslip renewal this year. I am 32 haven't had any accidents, and my greenslip for my little 1998 mitsubishi mirage has gone up by $280, they now want me to pay $628.76. This is with NRMA!! Hubby and I also have another car in my name a 2001 Holden Commodore and we only paid $385.09 earlier this year. Go figure how they work all this out!! The Commodore greenslip will probably be close to $1000.00 next year by the looks of things. This is just not acceptable!!!!

I am 29 years old. I turned into a good driver at the age of 25 (according to the insurance companies, anyway), and now all of a sudden I am a bad driver again? When I am 39, they will bump the age to 40. I am destined to pay more. But dont worry, the ACCC will look after us. (right after they fix the fuel price issue)

Hi I'm 29 years old. My greenslip renewal slip from AAMI for this year quoted me $421.00 which is exactly $100 more than what I paid for last year. I did an online quote on this website and all other insurers quoted around the same price. NRMA is the cheapest at $2.08 less than AAMI. Unusual for NRMA to be cheaper than AAMI, might have been the fact that I'm an NRMA member. I'm obviously a year older now and a bit wiser than I was last year so why I am getting slugged a hundred bucks more despite the fact that I have a 65% maximum no claim bonus rating, driving for more than 10 years and no accidents in the last 5. Does that not have any bearing at all? Are insurance companies not making enough money as it is?? I checked this website earlier and it did explain that insurance companies changed the age threshold for high risk drivers from under 25's to under 30's. I also did another online quote on this website and put my age as 30. Voila! GIO gave me the cheapest quote at $356.68 and with the best cover. But still - I am paying less when I was 28 than I will be at 30. This does not make any sense to me at all. This exercise only proved the fact that I am still a year away from being in the "non-high risk" category. There's an emerging pattern here. When I was 24, I longed to be 25 so I can pay less insurance. Now that I'm over 25, I'm still paying more! Now I long to be 30 so I can pay less. But what's next?? Let me guess, insurance companies will change the high risk category to under 35's?? Why is my age group being targetted?? Fair enough there's a handful of hoons in my newly expanded age group but there's also a lot of sensible drivers in this age group that do not deserve to be punished for a handful of people being stupid. Is it my own fault I was born in 1979? Is it our fault that the RTA gave a passing mark to these drivers that had accidents on NSW roads? There is clearly some degree of prejudice here. At this rate, there will probably come a time that I'm already 55 and I'm still in the high risk category. Then I'm just a few years away from another high risk category - the mature age group. (Now I'm not very sure about this, please correct me if I am wrong.) Insurance companies - clean up your act. Stop taking us ordinary motorists for a ride and expecting us to just cop it in the chin. We only want what is fair.

Hi, i've been driving for 6 years and i'm 24 years old, i have never had a accident, or ever had a speeding ticket, and because i'm under 25, i have to pay over $600 for a greenslip, why do good drivers have to pay so much, just because i'm under 25 doesn't mean that all drivers under 25 are bad drivers, i find this unfair that the government judge by the age group, yes there are drivers under 25 that are careless but not everyone under 25 is a bad driver, no one is a perfect driver but we shouldn't have to pay so much just for a greenslip cause of our age. If it's not the greenslip costing so much then it ends up being the rego plus stamp duty costing more.

There has been much press in the last few days about increases in the cost of greenslips.  The focus has been on the fact that some insurers have reputedly included drivers under 30 in the high risk category, previously for drivers under 25.  The reported result is a significant increase in the cost of greenslips for drivers under 30.  Is this your experience?  Regardless of your age, comment below and tell us how the price of your greenslip has changed.  If we receive sufficient response we will publish the results.  Click on the link below and let us have your comments.  Tell us of your experience with the cost of your greenslip.  Is the cost of your greenslip increasing?  If so, by how much?

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