car seizures by police for no insurance

brat

Rover_Driver wrote: »

As in post 172 by Wig.

There is no connection between the continuous insurance requirement, and the requirement for insurance for the use of a motor vehicle.

DVLA deal with continuous insurance offences by checking their register of vehicles against the MIB database of insurance. And it is the registered keeper that commits that offence.

Police deal with offences involving the use of motor vehicles without insurance. And it is the driver/user that commits that offence.

They are completely un-related matters and and neither DVLA nor the police report their dealings to each other.

Correct. CIE is based on computerised admin. It doesn't need police involvement. The police have better things to spend their time on.

Joe_Horner

Aretnap wrote: »

Anyone who doesn't watch live broadcasts. If you have a big wide screen TV which you use to watch DVDs, play Playstation and watch iPlayer/catch up TV then you don't need a licence.

Also students if their parents have a licence and they (the student) only ever use a portable receiver running on batteries - a laptop with Freeview dongle does count as long as you don't plug the adapter in while watching

dacouch wrote: »

Jamie would state the Big Wide Screen will need a TV Licence if you're not watching live broadcasts on a tv you borrowed from your brother

Only if he didn't have one for it himself. If he did you'd be ok with a note from your Mum to say you could borrow it.

photome

11 pages now...wow, from a thread started by a troll. Notice he hasnt been back but guess he may be gloating, if he is watching from afar he will be impressed by Jamie carters efforts at keeping the thread going

Wig

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

Because the police will report you to the DVLA. So it would be a bit stupid for them to release your car and then report you.

Why would they report you, if the DVLA by virtue of the MID and their own VED system are already aware of the vehicle?

The DVLA do nothing in the 1st month, and then serve a 21day notice. if the fine is paid the offence is cancelled. NOTHING can be done by DVLA until the end of that 21 days, i.e the car can be on the road, off the road or driven on the road (using DOC) all perfectly legal.

photome wrote: »

11 pages now...wow, from a thread started by a troll. Notice he hasnt been back but guess he may be gloating, if he is watching from afar he will be impressed by Jamie carters efforts at keeping the thread going

Jamie Carter is the troll, here, and I have had enough of educating him. So I will stop now.

Wig

Aretnap wrote: »

Anyone who doesn't watch live broadcasts. If you have a big wide screen TV which you use to watch DVDs, play Playstation and watch iPlayer/catch up TV then you don't need a licence.

How do you watch i-player without a link to an external aeriel to give you channel 902(or whatever) IYSWIM?

maninthestreet

Wig wrote: »

How do you watch i-player without a link to an external aeriel to give you channel 902(or whatever) IYSWIM?

The BBC Iplayer is availablr on the internet.

Wig

Yes, but we're talking about watching it on a TV. Unless Aretnap was saying use TV for dvd & playstation, and use computer for i player (i.e. not on TV).

Joe_Horner

Old laptop with a browser and something like XBMC on it (free media centre software), an HDMI or VGA lead to your telly = instant Internet TV including a lot of old films, documentaries and all the "catch up" services.

You need a reasonable broadband connection as well, of course!

rev_henry

Joe_Horner wrote: »

Old laptop with a browser and something like XBMC on it (free media centre software), an HDMI or VGA lead to your telly = instant Internet TV including a lot of old films, documentaries and all the "catch up" services.

You need a reasonable broadband connection as well, of course!

Ohh that's a good idea. Might dig out my old chipped original xbox!

Aretnap

Yup, HDMI cable from your laptop to the chuff-off big widescreen TV for a much better iPlayer viewing experience viewing than you'd get on the laptop - so long as you have a decent broadband connection.

Plus it's the act of receiving or recording a live broadcast, not the equipment, which needs a licence, so you could in theory have something like a Virgin Media subscription with no TV licence so long as you only used the cable service for on demand and catch up TV. You'd have to be damn quick on the buttons when you switched it on admittedly, to avoid accidentally receiving some live TV while you were navigating the menus.