Sorn Fine with incorrect details

Car_54

Deleted_User wrote: »

If anyone is thinking of keeping a SORN vehicle on a driveway that can be seen from the road, or like in the OPs case, easily moved onto the road, take the number plate off. Then it can't be picked up by any DVLA clamping vans that pass by.

But that in itself would be an offence. [Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, section 42(1)].

[Deleted User]

[quote=[Deleted User];75047999]But that in itself would be an offence. [Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, section 42(1)].[/QUOTE]

Not an offence when it is on your private driveway.

Car_54

Deleted_User wrote: »

Not an offence when it is on your private driveway.

What makes you think that? (Apart from common sense, which in this case would be wrong.)

[Deleted User]

[quote=[Deleted User];75048267]What makes you think that? (Apart from common sense, which in this case would be wrong.)[/QUOTE]

So you're saying I can't keep a car on my driveway, which is my private property, without a numberplate on? Shuurt uurp.

Car_54

Deleted_User wrote: »

So you're saying I can't keep a car on my driveway, which is my private property, without a numberplate on? Shuurt uurp.

I'm not saying it, the law is.


You can read it for yourself here http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/42

daveyjp

Pay up and pass the bill to your builders.

[Deleted User]

[quote=[Deleted User];75052047]I'm not saying it, the law is.


You can read it for yourself here http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/42[/QUOTE]

But the Road Traffic Act doesn't apply to private land.

DoaM

Deleted_User wrote: »

But the Road Traffic Act doesn't apply to private land.

It's deja vu all over again.

Car_54

Deleted_User wrote: »

But the Road Traffic Act doesn't apply to private land.

This has nothing to do with the RTA, it's the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.


In any case, some parts of the RTA do apply on private land, e.g. continuous insurance.

[Deleted User]

[quote=[Deleted User];75052260]This has nothing to do with the RTA, it's the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.


In any case, some parts of the RTA do apply on private land, e.g. continuous insurance.[/QUOTE]

Who cares. No one is going to come and arrest you because you have a SORN car on your private driveway with no number plate attached. Even the DVLA ANPR camera van won't care when they drive past. By removing the plate you won't be risking being pinged by the DVLA ANPR van if the car can be seen from the road.

If the car is on a SORN then continuous insurance laws are moot.

Also what about people who only use vehicles on private property that never go on public roads? At the ferry port the other week there was a pickup driving around with a numberplate just saying "P&O" so they are breaking the law too?