Friday, July 28, 2006

Dead chickens save drivers on car registration in New Zealand

A dead supermarket chicken could save you up to $200 on your car registration according to a Christchurch woman who has revealed an apparent loophole in vehicle rules.

It would normally cost her more than $260 to register her diesel vehicle.

But if a driver goes to the Post Shop and asks them to change the vehicle's registration to a code 06, which is for a non-commercial hearse, then the cost drops dramatically - to just $58.

Her friends told her the scam had been going on for years, so she went to a Post Shop to try it.

She told the man behind the counter her car was a non-commercial hearse because she carried dead chickens home from the supermarket.

He said that was fine, stamped her $58 registration - and she says he told her there are many of non-commercial hearses driving around the affluent Christchurch suburb of Merivale.

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