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#243462 12-Dec-2018 16:37
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I see the safety based system, introduced at great expense no doubt, is being binned for no good reason at all.





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  #2144393 12-Dec-2018 16:52
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It is said that those who cannot afford the latest, greatest and safest cars (except Mustangs, Jeeps and Fiat Pandas) are paying an unfair higher price for registration and I agree with that. The change is to make the burden more fair.




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  #2144397 12-Dec-2018 17:19
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I'll end up paying more, but agree it will make the burden fairer.

 

Under current system people are being penalized for not being able to afford a more expensive car.

 

 


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  #2144400 12-Dec-2018 17:23
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I don't agree it is fairer.

 

 

 

If you are in a safer car, ACC are less likely to incur costs or, of they do, the costs are likely to be lower.

 

 

 

I don't regard people's ability to pay as relevant to the equation. 

 

 

 

Where is the government's proof that the current system (barely 2 years old) does not result in lower ACC costs for those in safer cars and that therefore it is not fair their ACC cost should fall - which is the only aspect of fairness relevant?








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  #2144408 12-Dec-2018 17:32
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MikeB4:

It is said that those who cannot afford the latest, greatest and safest cars (except Mustangs, Jeeps and Fiat Pandas) are paying an unfair higher price for registration and I agree with that. The change is to make the burden more fair.


That's not true. My 15 year old Honda Civic qualified for the cheapest rate. It's currently worth no more than $1500.

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  #2144410 12-Dec-2018 17:33
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rugrat:

I'll end up paying more, but agree it will make the burden fairer.


Under current system people are being penalized for not being able to afford a more expensive car.


 



For the sake of argument - why ?





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  #2144413 12-Dec-2018 17:51
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Geektastic: I see the safety based system, introduced at great expense no doubt, is being binned for no good reason at all.

 

I'm pleased to see it go. The new system was fundamentally flawed. It wasn't based on safety, it was based on crash statistics.

 

As someone who drives a cheap car with a high safety rating, I was being penalised because of other users of similar vehicles - corporate fleets and rental companies. My two year old car went from having the lowest ACC levy one year, to the highest the next!


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  #2144423 12-Dec-2018 18:08
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TwoSeven:
rugrat:

 

I'll end up paying more, but agree it will make the burden fairer.

 

 

 

Under current system people are being penalized for not being able to afford a more expensive car.

 

 

 

 

 



For the sake of argument - why ?

 

Why what? I was assuming a more expensive car would have higher safely in a crash, the $1500 car post though blew that out the water.

 

I don't think a extra $30 or so a year is going to influence what car people buy, at the higher end cost of cars, if there are cars at lower prices that get the lowest ACC, then it could.

 

If there are $1500 cars that get the full benefit then current system is fine, but if it's only more expensive cars it is penalizing people on lower incomes in my view. Guess it depends on the view if it should be user pays in all situations, or if there are some situations where costs should be averaged more.

 

 


 
 
 

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  #2144429 12-Dec-2018 18:46
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While I’m all for promoting safer cars I suspect that any increased death and injury statistics related to older cars is not wholly due to their lesser safety features.

Older cars are more likely to be owned by poorer, less educated people who won’t maintain them as well and who are generally, I suspect, more likely to have accidents.

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  #2144430 12-Dec-2018 18:49

There were massive flaws in the system. Biggest being that if no crash safety data is available for a model. They would apply the cost based on the age of the vehicle.

This meant that late model forward control vans were getting rated as being in the safest class. Even though 20+ year old cars would still likely be safer than them in a head on crash.

NZ new and used imports of the same year often had different safety features and ratings.

Some safety features were often optional. My 2002 Mercedes Vito is a classic example of that. It has dual airbags (some were only single airbag). But it doesn't have ABS brakes or stability control. As they were extra cost options.

You would need detailed access to the original options sheets of all vehicles in the fleet to be able to get accurate crash safety data.

And the system didn't even cover vehicles registered as commercial use AFAIK. Which also caused problems.


It would have been a good system if they had been able to get reliable data. But poor data just caused too many problems. So it was no help for someone replacing say a 20 year old car with a 10 to 15 year old one. As if the 20 year old car is say a high end (in its day) European car. And the 10 year old car a cheap little hatchback. The older car might actually be safer.





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  #2144500 12-Dec-2018 20:24
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They'd be better off basing the cost on emissions.





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Geektastic: They'd be better off basing the cost on emissions.

 

and when do you measure those?

 

half of the 2 year old diesels have more visible emissions than a well maintained 1990 corolla


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  #2144574 13-Dec-2018 06:05
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How did the ratings actually correlate with ACC costs? Perversely surviving a crash could mean a lifetime of cost to ACC vs a one off death benefit.

It's not what we are driving, it's how we are driving. I have a 2008 car with ABS. I know it works on grass but in 10 years I haven't been able to provoke it on the road meaning I could stop faster. To need to stop faster I would have to have been going faster.

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  #2144599 13-Dec-2018 07:41
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Geektastic:

 

I don't agree it is fairer.

 

 

 

If you are in a safer car, ACC are less likely to incur costs or, of they do, the costs are likely to be lower.

 

 

 

I don't regard people's ability to pay as relevant to the equation. 

 

 

 

Where is the government's proof that the current system (barely 2 years old) does not result in lower ACC costs for those in safer cars and that therefore it is not fair their ACC cost should fall - which is the only aspect of fairness relevant?

 

 

 

 

Driving a modern expensive car with lots of airbags etc does not make a driver better, and does not stop a bad driver causing injury. Being well off does not make a good driver.


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  #2144659 13-Dec-2018 09:43
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This will even it out in my house - an old Nissan and an equally old Volvo - the Nissan being a LOT more expensive to register than the Volvo, due to the perceived safety of my Swedish Brick...

 

 

 

That being said, my wife's Nissan hatchback (1.5l CVT) is capable of far less speed than my brick, which has a 5cyl turbocharged 2.5l engine...

 

So if they get it right this time, it's not that big a deal for me, but I can understand the frustration for those that feel that it may just add to the cost of car ownership. 





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  #2144692 13-Dec-2018 10:37
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Phased out due to equity concerns.

 

Meanwhile, the fuel taxes which hit those with older, less efficient engines continue to increase year on year. No one seemed to care about the equity argument then, did they? 


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