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Caught Driving Whilst Banned!

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  • Miss_Qwerty
    Miss_Qwerty Posts: 664 Forumite
    Might be a bit pricey, but cant he meet a recovery truck at the compound, prove ownership with all his relevant documents, then get a recovery company to tow the car home? I guess you'd have to weigh that up against the cost of the car.
  • Poppy9
    Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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    Why can't someone else insure the car in their name or do you have to be the registered keeper to insure a car?
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
  • ALIBOBSY
    ALIBOBSY Posts: 4,527 Forumite
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    Well personally I don't think the law should give him a chance to get his car back. If caught driving whilst banned the vehicle should be lost. The police should be able to sell it on or if old scrap it. But unfortunately I'm not in the government lol.

    ali x
    "Overthinking every little thing
    Acknowledge the bell you cant unring"

  • Justicia
    Justicia Posts: 1,437 Forumite
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    Poppy9 wrote: »
    Why can't someone else insure the car in their name or do you have to be the registered keeper to insure a car?

    If I am reading your post correctly...

    I suspect it's because once the car is released, the now-insured can then hand the car back to 'the banned' (as they are likely to be buddies) and cancel the car insurance. Voila! The banned driver is back on the road without ever having own insurance again...
    ALIBOBSY wrote: »
    Well personally I don't think the law should give him a chance to get his car back. If caught driving whilst banned the vehicle should be lost. The police should be able to sell it on or if old scrap it.

    Totally agree. The individual also gets to pay for it to be disposed of. :beer:
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  • tomstickland
    tomstickland Posts: 19,538 Forumite
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    Pay to have it trailered back.
    Happy chappy
  • dacouch
    dacouch Posts: 21,636 Forumite
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    You still have to provide insurance details
  • tomstickland
    tomstickland Posts: 19,538 Forumite
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    Is this some sort of scam to make sure that the pound store it great cost for as long as possible?
    Happy chappy
  • Justicia
    Justicia Posts: 1,437 Forumite
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    tomstickland wrote: »
    Is this some sort of scam to make sure that the pound store it great cost for as long as possible?

    ...or to keep drivers off the road who perhaps shouldn't be on it?
    "Part P" is not, and has never been, an accredited electrical qualification. It is a Building Regulation. No one can be "Part P qualified."

    Forum posts are not legal advice; are for educational and discussion purposes only, and are not a substitute for proper consultation with a competent, qualified advisor.
  • gordikin
    gordikin Posts: 4,422 Forumite
    Rather than trying to get the car out, in my opinion the car should be crushed....preferably with the banned, uninsured driver in it.
  • aeb_2
    aeb_2 Posts: 556 Forumite
    bit off topic but anyway, my mum's car was stolen and used in a bank raid. The police insisted on taking the car for forensic examination. This was on a Thursday. No one was available to examin the car until the following Tuesday. When she went to collect it they charged her for 5 days in the pound - even though they had insisted on keeping it.

    The police said this was normal and she had to pay. They gave her a reciept and told her to claim from her insurance. As they car wasn't damaged the claim as less than her £200 excess so she couldn't claim.

    She was not best , sorry to be off topic, I'll shut up now

    aims for 2014 - grow more fruit and veg, declutter
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