Parking - without plates, hypothetically

There are other ways than the plates to identify the car…but, as it’s the law to display front and rear plates on nearly all vehicles in Australia, they’ll just tow your vehicle and you can deal with that.

Good luck with the plan

Madam Cholet said :

Just on the subject of cars being towed which a few have mentioned, today I spotted signs that said exactly that in the car park behind the police station in Civic (off London Circuit). Never seen these particular signs before and says something along the lines of ‘you are entering a tow away zone’. Didn’t read if all, but that car park does not belong to the Gov. Has anyone else seen these pop up this week?

if it is the bigger carpark opposite the lakeside this is now a private carpark – land that hasn’t yet been developed. so the owner can do what they like to control the parking in that section. they can also invite the parking inspectors onto the land to fine people I believe – so 2 bites at the cherry

Persephone said :

Those defect and tow stickers are really hard to remove. My neighbour parked their car without details and they got a huge sticker on the windshield. Took them about an hour to get the sticker glue off enough to see through the windshield. I think some of the glue is still on the windshield. Shaundenfrude.

Acetone is your friend here.

Just on the subject of cars being towed which a few have mentioned, today I spotted signs that said exactly that in the car park behind the police station in Civic (off London Circuit). Never seen these particular signs before and says something along the lines of ‘you are entering a tow away zone’. Didn’t read if all, but that car park does not belong to the Gov. Has anyone else seen these pop up this week?

ML-585 said :

OK. So let’s say it’s not a white Commodore. But it’s a car with no visible VIN or other identification. Besides towing it away (which can’t be done immediately), what would the parking inspectors do?

Youre going to a lot of trouble just to avoid paying for parking.

Those defect and tow stickers are really hard to remove. My neighbour parked their car without details and they got a huge sticker on the windshield. Took them about an hour to get the sticker glue off enough to see through the windshield. I think some of the glue is still on the windshield. Shaundenfrude.

defect sticker?

You’d probably start seeing wheel clamping being introduced.
You’d be breaking a law or two
You’d be pissing off the people that want to use the carpark legitimately
You’d probably have your car marked as abandoned.

It is much more preferable when people ask questions about how they can provide something to their own community rather than hypothesising how they can rip off their community. It’s a simple mindset to switch but it has far reaching implications. Be a giver not a taker.

Pretty sure not displaying your plates comes with a much heftier fine than not paying for parking. It may even result in towing.

Granted, I think all of that requires a cop. So the parking inspector would need to alert a police officer who actually gives a sheet.

OK. So let’s say it’s not a white Commodore. But it’s a car with no visible VIN or other identification. Besides towing it away (which can’t be done immediately), what would the parking inspectors do?