Missed car tax payment, fined by DVLA

Rover_Driver

How soon after the car being seized did you contact the DVLA?

hardtofin

Rover_Driver wrote: »

How soon after the car being seized did you contact the DVLA?

Same day, within 20 minutes.

Rover_Driver

The police would have submitted a report to the DVLA about the offence as they take the action in respect of it.
The report would not have reached them before your phone call, having received it, they have commenced legal action.

Inch_High_2

hardtofin wrote: »

Can anyone give me any ideas of costs for going to court against the DVLA and what happens depending on whether i win or lose please?

I have also read they prefer not to go to court as its very time consuming for them. Is there any truth in this?

Many thanks.

If you win there will be no costs to pay, but what is your defence?

You had not tax on said day so unless you can prove the car wasn't on said road on the said date you'd be an idiot to go to court.

hardtofin

Rover_Driver wrote: »

The police would have submitted a report to the DVLA about the offence as they take the action in respect of it.
The report would not have reached them before your phone call, having received it, they have commenced legal action.

So the fact its a continous offence and we already paid a fine on the day for being seen on the road in the previous month makes no difference? I have to pay again?

So if I had been seen 60 times, I would have to pay 60 fines?

GingerBob_3

Inch_High wrote: »

You had not tax on said day so unless you can prove the car wasn't on said road on the said date you'd be an idiot to go to court.

Or more to the point - can the police/DVLA prove that your car was on the said road on said date .....

Sounds like they can, but maybe worth checking. I suspect they would make it difficult for you to do so, maybe take advice as others have said.

A point about the police impounding vehicles: it seems from what you read that we, the people of this country, are in a loose-loose situation. Whatever the cicumstances, even if the police are wholly wrong, and even if they illegally took your car (i.e to all intents and purposes stole it) you have no redress whatsoever and have to pay the extortion to get your car released. Or maybe ... you can legally chaallenge this and get cost awarded? I've not heard of such a case.

d123

hardtofin wrote: »

Can anyone give me any ideas of costs for going to court against the DVLA and what happens depending on whether i win or lose please?

I have also read they prefer not to go to court as its very time consuming for them. Is there any truth in this?

Many thanks.

The fine would be in the region of 150% of your weekly wage (if it is treated as a traffic offence), court costs around £85 and a victim surcharge of £15.

Rover_Driver

It is not a continous offence, it is using an unlicensed vehicle on a public road, each time it is used it is a separate offence.

Unlike being the registered keeper of an unlicensed vehicle, which is a 'one off' offence.

GingerBob_3

Struth! Isn't it about time this road fund crap was done away with? Put the tax on fuel. Then those who use the roads pay in direct proportion to the amount of use and the pollution they emit. And such an arrangement would be so much simpler - ah, just answered my own question: governmenst don't do simplicity.

DUTR

GingerBob wrote: »

Struth! Isn't it about time this road fund crap was done away with? Put the tax on fuel. Then those who use the roads pay in direct proportion to the amount of use and the pollution they emit. And such an arrangement would be so much simpler - ah, just answered my own question: governmenst don't do simplicity.

Road tax was done away with long before you were born, it's Vehicle Excise Duty, I do not recall any of the proceeds being made available directly to build or repair roads.