Car insurance conundrum

Tothepoint.

AdrianC wrote: »

Yes.
https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports


The Road Traffic Act requires all motor vehicles to be registered in the UK.
There's an exemption for foreign residents temporarily importing vehicles, under the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic.

If you want a nice simple overview, then...
http://www.hughesguides.com/foreignvehicles.pdf

So if a family member brings their car over from abroad whilst they're on holiday it's against the law for me to drive it?

AdrianC

Tothepoint. wrote: »

So if a family member brings their car over from abroad whilst they're on holiday it's against the law for me to drive it?

Yup.
Is it likely to be a problem? No.

Car_54

AdrianC wrote: »

No, it doesn't. And no, you won't. And no, he didn't.

What he had to pay was the Irish first-registration fee. In the UK that's £50-odd. But, since the car's already been registered here, even that may not be payable.

There's no VAT or duty to pay on import, because the car's already registered in an EU country.


It's illegal for a UK resident to drive a foreign-registered car in the UK.

Get it transported. Much easier, much cheaper, much more legal.

AdrianC wrote: »

Yes.
https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports


The Road Traffic Act requires all motor vehicles to be registered in the UK.

Really? Which section?

AdrianC

Car_54 wrote: »

Really? Which section?

You're right. My apologies. It's actually the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994. Start at s21, and go onwards from there.

It all dates back to the Motor Car Act of 1903.