Worse one yet

chib

So you found a car on the road that was taxed and uninsured, did you do anything about it? What benefit is there to posting it here?

I've had people comment on my driving for silly things like merging onto a motorway without signalling "I've got that on a dash cam" good for you. Stick it on YouTube if that'll make you happy. Where else do you think I was going when I was coming up the slip road at speed? I think people get a buzz out of finding things that have been done wrong or aren't right (Like this post!) but do nothing about it.

[Deleted User]

I think the OP needs to find a hobby...

facade

But what if that untaxed car were to run over a CHILDREN, when it shouldn't even be on the road?


We must always think about CHILDREN.........

Nasqueron

Arklight wrote: »

There were quite a lot of those round our way this year. There's a big block of flats where people obviously don't have much money and most of them were outside there. Made me feel kind of sad for them.

If they have no money how can they afford to own and run a car and especially insure it? No tax, likely no insurance. When they hit you I guarantee you won't feel so sad when you have to claim off your own insurance. That or the likely lack of mot means a dodgy car that might hit you due to bald tyres or similar

Iceweasel

facade wrote: »

But what if that untaxed car were to run over a CHILDREN, when it shouldn't even be on the road?


We must always think about CHILDREN.........

And what about the nuns with baskets of kittens?

George_Michael

Colin_Maybe wrote: »

I think the OP needs to find a hobby...

Maybe what they are doing is their hobby!

oldhand

Muscle750 wrote: »

I have app on my phone and you can put in the car reg and it will check the tax and MOT status. Ive just been to a local supermarket whilst my wife went off on a headless chicken mission i sat in car . A old Volvo pulls up in front exhaust blowing headlight out and a bloke and a woman got out not exactly dressed for the catwalk. Anyway after they went off put reg in ..............MOT ran out over 3 years ago and last taxed in 2013 . And id bet my house that it wasnt insured either.or probaly not reg either so any tickets cant be sent etc. Yet someone i know did 33 in a 30 and got a £88 fine and a afternoon in the naughty class. On his occasion the 10% plus 3 or whatever they use wasnt used obviously they were down on speeders and threw the book at anything over the limit....................one word JOKE !!!

Have to agree with you,where I live I read in our local paper each week of people in court with cars that have no tax,no mot,no insurance and many times drivers have no licence.The penalty? Fined about £100 and the biggest joke,banned from driving for a year!
They had no licence at the start.They go straight out and buy another old banger from the auction and their back on the road again.

00ec25

Muscle750 wrote: »

Yet someone i know did 33 in a 30 and got a £88 fine and a afternoon in the naughty class. On his occasion the 10% plus 3 or whatever they use wasnt used obviously they were down on speeders and threw the book at anything over the limit....................one word JOKE !!!

the someone you know cannot tell straight facts then because you cannot get a fine and attend the class . that is the whole point of the class, you do that instead of the fine (the class costs more but means you do not get the points that go with the fine)

if your "friend" also knew what he was talking about he'd know that if caught speeding again there is no more class, there is just a fine and "the camera" knows who was on a class, so is hardly going to be lenient when catching a repeat offender within 6 months of the class.

Johno100

00ec25 wrote: »

the someone you know cannot tell straight facts then because you cannot get a fine and attend the class . that is the whole point of the class, you do that instead of the fine (the class costs more but means you do not get the points that go with the fine).

That used to be the case when the fixed penalty was £60, not necessarily now with it being raised to £100.

AndyMc.....

00ec25 wrote: »

the someone you know cannot tell straight facts then because you cannot get a fine and attend the class . that is the whole point of the class, you do that instead of the fine (the class costs more but means you do not get the points that go with the fine)

if your "friend" also knew what he was talking about he'd know that if caught speeding again there is no more class, there is just a fine and "the camera" knows who was on a class, so is hardly going to be lenient when catching a repeat offender within 6 months of the class.

£88 was probably the cost of the course.