Driven to despair by the pitfalls of border permits

THE article in GCB (24/07) in which a female driver was warned by a border policeman she could lose demerit points if she displayed her border permit hanging off the passenger side windscreen with her name and address facing forward, sure made my temperature rise.

About three months ago, I pulled up at the border crossing, and I had my permit laying on the driver’s side dashboard, which I lifted up for the police to read, and this young rookie barked at me for not having my permit hanging off my passenger side windscreen, so I barked back at him.

I said to him, “Do you think I’m stupid enough to hang a border permit taped to the inside of my windscreen 24/7 with my name and full address facing forward for all to see, including thieves who could read my address, and slip around and rob our my home in my absence?” He actually stood there speechless, so I beckoned his superior officer to join in, and I mentioned the same words to him.

His reply was, “Well now, I have to agree with you driver, but obviously the Premier’s office hasn’t thought of that one.”

He said he would contact his superiors in Brisbane regarding this matter, he then thanked me and waved me on.

So now after countless changes to these permits, it appears this Labor circus has finally introduced a sensible permit, with the large date figures now included on both sides, but with our personal details now facing inward, and away from the eyes of any thieves. After so many repeated changes to the border permits, “when will Labor ever get it right”?