Untaxed and uninsured vehicle

bertiewhite

gorgeousgeorge wrote: »

( obviously isnt insured )

is different from...

gorgeousgeorge wrote: »

I wouldnt imagine he is insured

I'd go through insurance to keep it above board as someone else has mentioned. If it makes you feel better, report the fact that the vehicle is untaxed or SORN'd to the DVLA if you're sure it isn't.

AndyMc.....

bertiewhite wrote: »

I'd go through insurance to keep it above board as someone else has mentioned. If it makes you feel better, report the fact that the vehicle is untaxed or SORN'd to the DVLA if you're sure it isn't.

The dvla will already know.

gorgeousgeorge

Tarambor wrote: »

Yes he is liable for the damage. The other vehicle owner can even make a claim against your husband's insurance even though his own vehicle is uninsured. Not having insurance, tax or a MOT on a vehicle you hit doesn't remove the rights of the third party to be compensated or to make a claim against you.




Sorry but if you can drive into it you most certainly can reverse into it - the vehicle is following the same path of travel. Given that he reckons he couldn't have reversed into the driveway and when reversing out of it hit the other car it suggests the real reason he didn't reverse into the driveway is because he's rubbish at reversing.

Im not going to draw your a picture of how cars were parked, he most certainly isnt rubbish at driving , dfferent vehcles are parked opposite us at different times.
Mororhome is normally reversed onto drive, but on this one occasion he wasnt able to !

gorgeousgeorge

The motorhome was reversed off drive and went into an empty space between 2 parked cars opposite our house, pulling off from the space, the rear bumper of our motorhome clipped the car on our right. As we didnt have a big enough swing to clear it. Its a very awkward carpark to get on and off of if you have a big vehicle, and lots of vehicles are parked ...
anyway... all sorted.. thanks to those that gave helpful advice.

AdrianC

Defending his reversing skills is all very laudable, but for one minor detail. He reversed into a stationary object - despite knowing it was there.

It doesn't matter if it was a skip, a legal car, an illegal car, a post box, a gate post. It did not run into his way.


If the positioning was that tight, why did you not act as banksman for him?

gorgeousgeorge

AdrianC wrote: »

Defending his reversing skills is all very laudable, but for one minor detail. He reversed into a stationary object - despite knowing it was there.

It doesn't matter if it was a skip, a legal car, an illegal car, a post box, a gate post. It did not run into his way.


If the positioning was that tight, why did you not act as banksman for him?

It actually wasnt reversed into, he reversed into a space, but as driving forward to get off the carpark, our rearend clipped the car on our right hand side, as was a tight swing off due to way cars had been parked.
Yes in hindsight, I should have gone out and directed him. He didnt even realise that he had clipped it until he had come back and when I told him that the car had damage to it that I noticd when I was going out, and by the scrape on motorhome trim and slight vehicle damage, was obvious what must have happened.

Anyway, my question has been answered now. Its being dealt with

CarolK

Have you asked the car owner if they would sooner have the money and then spend it on getting it roadworthy? That would satisfy them (presumably) and get it out of your way for future manouevres.

bertiewhite

AndyMc..... wrote: »

The dvla will already know.

OK, I should have said "tell them an un-taxed vehicle is on the road"

AndyMc.....

bertiewhite wrote: »

OK, I should have said "tell them an un-taxed vehicle is on the road"

Is it on a rod though?

bertiewhite

AndyMc..... wrote: »

Is it on a rod though?

I don't know but it could be on a road - the OP said "car park" which could be private land.