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I was out today getting some fresh sea air and it was fresh too. However the small seaside town was busy due to the Christmas Fair and entertainment, fireworks at seven and tuning on the christmas decorations. However I was just there for a strole. Whilst ambling along there were two Police officers stroling in the same direction as I was heading back to my car, they took a great deal of interest in a Volvo S40 and the the Lassie proceeded to write a ticket. I stopped to chat to her colleque only to discover the cars road tax ran out in March 07 so not just a little out of date. So a £60 find was stuch ti the windscreen That will spoil the owners day, mind you he has had 8 months without paying any road tax and apparently unless the officer contacts the driver/RK and gives them the appropriate form then they do not get charged the back Tax. Mind you they may pick up a SORN fine as well. Regards Peter
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I've no problem with that. In fact I've got the DVLA number prgrammed into my mobile to report this sort of problem. I pay mine, so why shouldn't they pay theirs?
I understand this often leads to other offences, such as lack of insurance. If I can help to keep just one un-insured user off the road, then I feel it's justified.
I'll duck below the parapet now!
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What's the betting that it comes up NCK on the PNC?
The scroat driver will just bin the ticket and continue blithely on his way.
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I thought the idea of SORN was that any vehicle not SORNed or taxed within 30 days would receive an automatic fine in the post, but it only works if vehicles are actually registered to the user.
Shouldn't a recovery truck be called to confiscate the vehicle for crushing?
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Police around my home area do this, (recover and seize) but perhaps not on a Sunday.
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As I understand it (things may have changed) but Police cannot prosecute use of a vehicle without Excise Licence. Authorisation only lays at the hands of DVLA.
What may have been witnessed was a FPN for failing to display a current Licence (or some parking infringement?).
Plod will be submitting Form CLe 2/6 to DVLA about the use without. DVLA will then take if from there with Court case, hetfy fine and mass of back duty that has been evaded.
dvd
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We get the DVLA round here, Eastbourne, putting wheel clamps on cars that don't have tax, seems like a good idea to me.
Chris
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Yes the lassie did a PNC check and it was registered and insured just an out of date tax disc. Regards Peter
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What I can't understand is, how come all these garages who park their cars on the highway get away with not displaying Road Tax discs? (And I know for a fact that they surrender the old discs to rake in their weekend beer money).
Do garages have special privileges about leaving cars on the road untaxed? Or do they just assume that, since they've not bothered to return the V5, the previous owner will get hit by DVLA?
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