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DVLA Clamped Car, worried about outcome
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npowerareevil wrote: »I've already acknowledged I've made a mistake, the car wasn't worth much but I didn't want to scrap it knowing I might have a job soon. But I had no where to store it either, so I took the risk and lost.
There was no MOT on the car, but I still had insurance running (not that it matters). I certainly wasn't driving it (I wouldn't want to risk points).
I know why the crack down so hard on this kind of matter, but I'm just worried about what will happen with regards to fines and court summons etc.
where I live the local paper is full each week with people with strange sounding names:rolleyes:done for no tax insurance licence etc.they dump the car buy another cheap at auction and carry on no tax insurance etc.fines usually £150.bout fill a mondeo twice with petrol.0 -
Not neccesarily. A portion of the pavement is often counted as private property as it is included in the curtilage of adjacent buildings. It's how you can park motorbikes there without worrying about a ticket, though it would have to be an unusual area to fit a car on it.
In this situation, the OP would have had to declare SORN and park the car off the road, NOT just park the car off the road.
It is the ownership of the vehicle, not the parking of it on the road that requires the RFL to be paid.
As the OP can't pay, the car will be crushed in two weeks.British Ex-pat in British Columbia!0 -
npowerareevil wrote: »But the idea I read on another forum was good: A Red Tax disc, for situations like this (houses with no off road storage), like a SORN but for people that just need their car to sit outside their house for a bit (maybe limited to 6 months etc)
...and wouldn't it be tempting just to make a short trip to town to pick up a few things urgently... Oh, it's raining today, don't want to get wet... And on and on...
SORN status is already abused as it is..."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.0 -
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No it doesn't not need to be MOT'd or insured, but you need to insure it to take it to an MOT station then pass an MOT before you can tax it again. I don't know where you get your info but it's just not true. You can be charged with driving without insurance and driving without an MOT but no one was ever charged with being parked without either. If you can find anything to the contrary on an official site (Govt police or local authority) I will admit I am wrong without hesitation.What is that all about?, of course a car needs to be Taxed, Insured and MOT'd ( if over 3 years old ) to be on the public highway, driving it or not.The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett
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I'll put £20 you are wrong, cars parked on highway/public place need all three0
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I'll put £20 you are wrong, cars parked on highway/public place need all three
Like I say Govt Site, Police site or Local Authority Site, or a court judgement posted on-line (not a newspaper article though, I have seen journos being economical with the truth) - I will paypal or post you the £20 if you prove me wrong that you do not need all three to be parked in a public place or highway and apologise to all I have contradicted on this issue.
What's the time limit, I suggest one week, unless you say otherwise.The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett
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adouglasmhor wrote: »Like I say Govt Site, Police site or Local Authority Site, or a court judgement posted on-line (not a newspaper article though, I have seen journos being economical with the truth) - I will paypal or post you the £20 if you prove me wrong that you do not need all three to be parked in a public place or highway and apologise to all I have contradicted on this issue.
What's the time limit, I suggest one week, unless you say otherwise.
Can you back this up, as I have a camper which is taxed and insured but has no mot on it. Are you saying I can park this on the road with no issues with the police.0 -
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adouglasmhor wrote: »Like I say Govt Site, Police site or Local Authority Site, or a court judgement posted on-line (not a newspaper article though, I have seen journos being economical with the truth) - I will paypal or post you the £20 if you prove me wrong that you do not need all three to be parked in a public place or highway and apologise to all I have contradicted on this issue.
What's the time limit, I suggest one week, unless you say otherwise.
The RTA is available online, for case law try a quick google on Pumbien v Vines QBD 1995,
It's in the Times Law Reports if you have access and also pretty fully reproduced at http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Uk/uk.rec.cars.misc/2005-10/msg00155.html0
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