Trade Plate Question

chrispy1

We have someone who lives near me who leaves untaxed cars on the road for weeks at a time but has trade plates in the windows.
I thought they were only to be used to travel between trade places (Showrooms, garages etc.) not for personal use or leave on public roads.
Has anyone any advice on this please.

hollie.weimeraner

chrispy1 wrote: »

I thought they were only to be used to travel between trade places (Showrooms, garages etc.) not for personal use or leave on public roads.
Has anyone any advice on this please.

You are correct and obviously test drives.

neilmcl

It is an offence to keep a car on the road with trade plates, other than in an emergency. Apart from the legalities, why is it bothering you?

AdrianC

chrispy1 wrote: »

We have someone who lives near me who leaves untaxed cars on the road for weeks at a time but has trade plates in the windows.
I thought they were only to be used to travel between trade places (Showrooms, garages etc.) not for personal use or leave on public roads.
Has anyone any advice on this please.

Are you wanting advice on the correct use of trade plates, or are you looking for an excuse to shop them because you don't like their business activities?

If the latter, then... https://www.gov.uk/report-untaxed-vehicle

JJ_Egan

Or DVLA / though not sure if they have a Trade Plate section anymore .
Used to be relativly hot on trade plate abuse when they had local DVLA offices .

AdrianC

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Or DVLA / though not sure if they have a Trade Plate section anymore .
Used to be relativly hot on trade plate abuse when they had local DVLA offices .

https://twitter.com/dvlagovuk/status/999590688546279424

sevenhills

AdrianC wrote: »

Are you wanting advice on the correct use of trade plates, or are you looking for an excuse to shop them because you don't like their business activities?

If the latter, then... https://www.gov.uk/report-untaxed-vehicle

A guy that lives near me has a small van parked at the side of the road with trade plates on, only been there a few days.
I would be surprised if the trade plates were much cheaper than road tax, although it must cover insurance too.

I think his brother has a garage/workshop.

Shaun_of_the_Dead

sevenhills wrote: »

A guy that lives near me has a small van parked at the side of the road with trade plates on, only been there a few days.
I would be surprised if the trade plates were much cheaper than road tax, although it must cover insurance too.

I think his brother has a garage/workshop.

No, but you need trade insurance to get the plates.

chrispy1

AdrianC wrote: »

Are you wanting advice on the correct use of trade plates, or are you looking for an excuse to shop them because you don't like their business activities?

If the latter, then... https://www.gov.uk/report-untaxed-vehicle

We have very limited parking and is owened by someone where there is only 2 of driving age but have 2 cars they regularly use then for some reason have another at least 2 which just sit there for weeks at a time. There was one that didn't have a MOT and was regularly being used. But nobody wanted to know.

AdrianC

chrispy1 wrote: »

We have very limited parking and is owened by someone where there is only 2 of driving age but have 2 cars they regularly use then for some reason have another at least 2 which just sit there for weeks at a time. There was one that didn't have a MOT and was regularly being used. But nobody wanted to know.

It's a road. It's fair game for anybody to park.

And of course non-legal cars shouldn't be parked on the road, but that's very separate to whether a household can park more cars than you think they ought to...

chrispy1

AdrianC wrote: »

It's a road. It's fair game for anybody to park.

And of course non-legal cars shouldn't be parked on the road, but that's very separate to whether a household can park more cars than you think they ought to...

I wasn't asking about parked cars if you read my original post.