Abandoned car?

SpudGunPaul

sevenhills said:

RL11 said:

Car_54 said:

RL11 said:

CliveOfIndia said:

RL11 said:

though I have read Tax and Insurance are invalid with no MOT.

Just to correct you on that point - lack of MOT does not invalidate tax or insurance.  Yes, you need to have a valid MOT in place in order to tax the vehicle, but if the MOT expires part-way through the "lifetime" of the tax, as it were, the tax itself is still valid.  And the MOT status has no bearing on insurance (other than, potentially, giving the insurers a reason to pay out a lower value to the policy-holder in the event of the car being written off, assuming it's a fully-comp policy).

Thanks for clarifying. On Gov It does say:

"You cannot drive or park your vehicle on the road if the MOT has run out. You can be prosecuted if caught."

So presumably the police should do "something" if I report via 101

Yes, but it is a fairly trivial offence (£100 fine and no points). So, in fairness to the police, that should be pretty low on their priority list.

Think the no MOT fine is up to £1,000 but does appear (from reading other examples) that police aren't going to bother and council won't consider abandoned until tax runs out

If it's taxed, the owner is still traceable.

Only if they still live at the address on the V5. 

Car_54

sevenhills said:

RL11 said:

Car_54 said:

RL11 said:

CliveOfIndia said:

RL11 said:

though I have read Tax and Insurance are invalid with no MOT.

Just to correct you on that point - lack of MOT does not invalidate tax or insurance.  Yes, you need to have a valid MOT in place in order to tax the vehicle, but if the MOT expires part-way through the "lifetime" of the tax, as it were, the tax itself is still valid.  And the MOT status has no bearing on insurance (other than, potentially, giving the insurers a reason to pay out a lower value to the policy-holder in the event of the car being written off, assuming it's a fully-comp policy).

Thanks for clarifying. On Gov It does say:

"You cannot drive or park your vehicle on the road if the MOT has run out. You can be prosecuted if caught."

So presumably the police should do "something" if I report via 101

Yes, but it is a fairly trivial offence (£100 fine and no points). So, in fairness to the police, that should be pretty low on their priority list.

Think the no MOT fine is up to £1,000 but does appear (from reading other examples) that police aren't going to bother and council won't consider abandoned until tax runs out

If it's taxed, the owner is still traceable.

He isn't. The keeper may be.