Riding on road with no road tax for two years!?

terencechung122

slyracoon wrote: »

You do realise that you can be fined up to £1000 for not updating the address on your license?

DVLA have probably already sent fines for the lack of tax to your old address. I'm sure that once you tell them your new address they'll be kind enough to resend them along with the £1000 fine for failiure to notifyof address change.

Thanks for that. That's exactly what I am hoping to hear. Thank you!(not) The thing is I am moving address on a year to year basis (or even shorter) for the pass ten years and it has been hard to keep up with the address change of everything.

terencechung122

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Was that its first MOT?

Yes it was. And I also just renewed my CBT, that's how the tax issue was brought to my attention as in my previous CBT I was not taught about the road legal matters probably.

I know I am just moaning, but why can't they make information for tax/MOT/insurance etc. more clear and accessible for all the new vehicle owners? Especially in a country where you have so many cluttered legislations about everything, it is very time consuming and confusing process to get everything right. In china or thailand, for example you just need to pick up a bike to ride, no insurance, no nothing.

I know you are suppose to know the highway code (who does) for CBT but the reality is you have to know peanut to pass it and as a foreigner with little conversation with people about road law etc. it was easy for me to have gone years without road tax etc. simply because I was not informed about it.

timbo58

Strider590 wrote: »

What's this bike worth?
Knowing the DVLA and their fines, it could be cheaper to "loose it".

are you an idiot?
the police have enough to do to try and prevent and find 'legitimately' stolen bikes and cars without someone attempting to waste their time/ defraud the dvla and pervert the course of justice.
:mad:

Woody._2

terencechung122 wrote: »

Yes it was. And I also just renewed my CBT, that's how the tax issue was brought to my attention as in my previous CBT I was not taught about the road legal matters probably.

I know I am just moaning, but why can't they make information for tax/MOT/insurance etc. more clear and accessible for all the new vehicle owners? Especially in a country where you have so many cluttered legislations about everything, it is very time consuming and confusing process to get everything right. In china or thailand, for example you just need to pick up a bike to ride, no insurance, no nothing.

I know you are suppose to know the highway code (who does) for CBT but the reality is you have to know peanut to pass it and as a foreigner with little conversation with people about road law etc. it was easy for me to have gone years without road tax etc. simply because I was not informed about it.

Well your in England, not China or Thailand so you should know and abide by the rules of the road here. Ignorance is no defence.

Flyboy152

terencechung122 wrote: »

Yes it was. And I also just renewed my CBT, that's how the tax issue was brought to my attention as in my previous CBT I was not taught about the road legal matters probably.

I know I am just moaning, but why can't they make information for tax/MOT/insurance etc. more clear and accessible for all the new vehicle owners? Especially in a country where you have so many cluttered legislations about everything, it is very time consuming and confusing process to get everything right. In china or thailand, for example you just need to pick up a bike to ride, no insurance, no nothing.

I know you are suppose to know the highway code (who does) for CBT but the reality is you have to know peanut to pass it and as a foreigner with little conversation with people about road law etc. it was easy for me to have gone years without road tax etc. simply because I was not informed about it.

So, you not only left not paying your road fund licence for over a year, you were riding around on an unMOT'd moped for a year as well?

I have news or you, you get renewals every year from the DVLA to renew you RFL, as well as getting reminders from your garage to get your moped MOT'd and you insurance company send you renewal notices. But, they cannot be sent to you if you don't bother telling them where you live. All the renewals in the world are pointless, if they don't know where to send them.

bigjl

Surely this thread is a wind up.

Nobody is this daft surely.

I smell troll.

Maybe trying to start a thread where people are "racist" in some way.

This forum is becoming a waste of everybodies time.

terencechung122

Woody. wrote: »

Well your in England, not China or Thailand so you should know and abide by the rules of the road here. Ignorance is no defence.

I am only saying that because for all the hurdles you have to do to get to owning a vehicle and riding it, it would be helpful to make things clearer. Especially I think a theory test should be made compulsory for everyone taking the CBT to make it stricter. I am using other country as an example to put thing in perspective as riding a scooter for them is the same as riding a bike/walking for them. Whereas in Hong Kong you actually need a license to ride a bicycle on road. Would you have known that in Hong Kong if you came from England where you can ride a bicycle everywhere freely?

terencechung122

bigjl wrote: »

Surely this thread is a wind up.

Nobody is this daft surely.

I smell troll.

Maybe trying to start a thread where people are "racist" in some way.

This forum is becoming a waste of everybodies time.

Well...if you can't be helpful then its a waste of both my time and your time. I am grateful and hugely appreciates all the advice so far and I will do what is appropriate. I am merely trying to do what is right and if I am criticise for that then I don't know what is right.

But if anyone feel like jumping into the the "critical" bandwagon then feel free.

Meanwhile let's roll in more "constructive" opinions if people have any more ideas

Strider590

timbo58 wrote: »

are you an idiot?
the police have enough to do to try and prevent and find 'legitimately' stolen bikes and cars without someone attempting to waste their time/ defraud the dvla and pervert the course of justice.
:mad:

60% of cars in Bradford are uninsured, nearly as many untaxed and the authorities do nothing. Yet some guy who apparently made an honest mistake (looking at the circumstance) should have the book thrown at him and have to pay potentially £1000's in fines for missing 2 year VED at £16 a year?

Lets get the f**king house in order first!!

terencechung122

Flyboy152 wrote: »

So, you not only left not paying your road fund licence for over a year, you were riding around on an unMOT'd moped for a year as well?

I have news or you, you get renewals every year from the DVLA to renew you RFL, as well as getting reminders from your garage to get your moped MOT'd and you insurance company send you renewal notices. But, they cannot be sent to you if you don't bother telling them where you live. All the renewals in the world are pointless, if they don't know where to send them.

Well my moped has only just been three years old so I don't think I broke the law there right? I just didn't envisage all the jargon that I have to deal with for drive a lawnmower to be honest, given that you don't even need to have an insurance driving a tractor (apparently) but yea I hope it will all be sorted soon enough.