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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-10-06, Page 3• lacknow Sentinel, .'Wedesedey, October 6, 1982—Page 2. O. • • •• •••• ••kiqi As pad if the isew vehkle .systeml Whig adoptedby the IVIhdatry of illialuiportite and Conimunications, campsiter eqiipmentfis being installed et all minor vehicle Oconee Issuing onkel attest the province. The lacknow office received its equipment .several weeks -ago and. three (nth. office staff lave attended a trainfng course instructing them In the use of the equipment. fn the -photo on the left, Donna Sue MeCkesighan is shoal, keying in information • . - . • "tit cc. li coniputer at Lucknow MTC % • ; • , , , „,, ,2 , • , „ , „ , on the computer tennimil. The computer then Prints out the Information on the required Conn as Shown In the photo on the right..Dline Hackett retrieves the printed. form and Barb Helm Issues the • completed • form to the customer. The Iacknow office of the Ministry of. TransPortedini and Conimunications Is 'sleeted et the Cedarhill Garden Centre, Lucknow. [Photos by Sharon Dietz) • Ontario is introducing a new computerized vehicle registration system which is„desigii- ed to improve the accuracy and timeliness of its recorded information, The new system •will provide fast; more efficient up-toqlate data to the public, police and courts. During the cOurse of a year, over 9 million transactions, such as new registrations, renewals and -transfers, are entered into the system and over 3 million , enquiries abut owner and vehicle information sire made by police alone, , • Six provinces and 33 ,stides are currently using this "Plate to Owner" system. There are five main ways in Which the new concept differs from the Old: , — "Plate to Owner"; single registration fee; .--..stakgered renewals; — denial of reneWal; • -- online computer processing. 0•11ate :to Owsiet'° . . 4 Under it, all vehiclelicence plates -- car, trail, motorcycle; moped, trailer will be , • registered to.:. the. vehicle oWner, not the vehicle, u novi the eine. • c, • At present, licence, plates are associated with the vehicles to which they are attached. , Owners may change, but the plates stay with the Vehicles, Under the new system licence plates are associated with the owners. They may change vehicles, but their plates will stay with the owners. • • • When selling or scrapping a vehicle, the owner will reinove the plates and keep them, so they may be attached to any new vehkle, within the same class, or returned to MTC, 1( 110 new vehicle ispurchased. It will be the buyer's responsibility to report any such transactions to MTC within sht days. There will be no new issue of licence plates; plates clam* in use will be retained. If a vehicle is purchased, and the new owner does not have plates, they will be provided when the vehicle is registered at a licence issuing office. ' tinder the current concept, wrongful 'conviction for parking offences often occur because the vehicle sale is not reported to MTC, sod ownership is not transferred. • Cutting ctown de, pruning trees near overhead • wires is.dangerous, If you .. .are touching a tree or branch • that falls into wires, yo4 could be.seriously injured or l<ilied. ' ' . • Be extremely careful, Before pruning or felling,. ,, „.„40( trees that are near( hydro gi Wires calf Your local hydro Aff for advice or issistance, 911 • Safety around electricity is no. Shock • ontariO With the new system, the plate number always reflects the registered owner of the vehicle thus' will provide more I accurate,. up -to -late record of vehicle registration for the public, police and courts. Single „Registratkin Fee' As is the case with the current system, the annual validation sticker will be .physically attached to the plate. However, since the plate will in future be associated with the owner and not the vehicle, •and the plate will move with the owner betweenvehicles of the same class (from one passenger car. to , 'another, for example), the annual fee can 110 longer, be determined by the engine size qf any specific vehicle. • . '. - Therefore, a single fee structure has been ,set up for Passenger vehicles and commer- ciaVvehicles 3;000 kg and under, regardless Of their engine size. There will also be a single fee for motorcycles and mopeds. The fee schedules are as. follows: • Southeni • Ontario and • Corporations in Northern Ontario: Passenger cars: c$48; Commercial vehicles • under 2,400 kg, for personal use only: $48; Commercial vehicles 3,000 kg and under: S72, Motorcycles: $24; Mopeds: S6. Northern Ontario: Passenger cars; $24; Commercial vehicles under 2,400 kg for personal use only: S24; Commercial vehicles 3,000 kg and under $72; Motorcycles: $12 Mopeds: $6. The fee schedule for commercial vehicles over 3,000 ,kg will not \ change, MTC ,exaniined many other registration systems in North America before opting for this particular one. Some began a "Plate to Owner" system with a graduated fee scale, but had to change to a single registration fee when it became far too complicated, result - big in an inefficient nightmare of red tape. Staggered Renewals At present, all motor vehicles are registered for a period of one year with, in the case of passenger vehicles, expiring on December 31 of each year. Traditionally, a , two-month grace period extends this dead- line for renewal to the end of February, at Then to page 400 YOu've trio all th. rest, But our deals are some of the best! 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