Comments on: Pertinent point of the day https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/pertinent-point-of-the-day/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Wed, 04 Sep 2013 22:16:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: el bandido guapo https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/pertinent-point-of-the-day/#comment-1241950 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 22:16:41 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37542#comment-1241950 It is standard procedure to use GM and DV plates over the car’s own plates. Whenever black taxis are hired out to be used on government business, where appropriate, they would wear GM or DV plates.

They are really just for privilege/authorisation purposes, otherwise meaningless.

Unlike in more civilised countries where drivers of “VIP” vehicles tend to observe the law, not least to set an example, in Malta and other African countries VIP vehicles are assumed to be above the pettier provisions of the law such as those on parking and priority. Basically, “jaghmlu li jridu”.

The number-plates do not alter the identity of the vehicle itself for any purposes – but, and this is a big but, who knows how an insurer would react were a vehicle, insured as a private vehicle but used for government business, to be involved in an accident involving a substantial liability.

]]> By: Harry Purdie (in Switzerland) https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/pertinent-point-of-the-day/#comment-1241838 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:49:58 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37542#comment-1241838 From downright scary to downright ridiculous. It’s ‘chasse’ time up here. Would love to have them in my sights.

]]> By: Peritocracy https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/pertinent-point-of-the-day/#comment-1241835 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:49:31 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37542#comment-1241835 Maybe Silvio Scerri just cancelled his insurance ghax taghna knoll.

]]> By: Catharsis https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/pertinent-point-of-the-day/#comment-1241816 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:34:32 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37542#comment-1241816 Indeed, we did change direction. And how! Down a vortex of unruliness. What kind of messages are these people sending out to John citizen?

]]> By: Peter Mallia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/pertinent-point-of-the-day/#comment-1241798 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:17:08 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37542#comment-1241798 For the insurer the car plate number doesn’t mean anything. It’s the chassis number which they look at.

]]> By: L.Gatt https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/pertinent-point-of-the-day/#comment-1241784 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:06:18 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37542#comment-1241784 Is it legal to switch plates? Aren’t number plates linked to the car chassis number and log book?

]]> By: David Meilak https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/pertinent-point-of-the-day/#comment-1241777 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:03:30 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37542#comment-1241777 It won’t matter what number plate it carries when involved in an accident. They will just leave or replace the number plate according to what suits them most at that moment. Mhux li jridu jaghmlu? Minn ser jmeriehom? Il-pulizija?

]]> By: Kevin https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/pertinent-point-of-the-day/#comment-1241775 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:01:29 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37542#comment-1241775 Anything goes in Malta, and everything is tolerated. As long as it is Labour, because we hold Labour to much lower standards than we hold the PN.

]]> By: Il-Kajboj https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/pertinent-point-of-the-day/#comment-1241768 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:55:04 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37542#comment-1241768 They don’t even bother about crashing the country.

]]> By: SkinnySackboy https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/pertinent-point-of-the-day/#comment-1241764 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:53:19 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=37542#comment-1241764 Why are government cars uninsured?

[Daphne – Because they’re owned by the government, and it is assumed that the government is solvent and will pay for damages. ]

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