M8CKN Posted September 15, 2018 Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 I’m aware of a car that has been used daily despite no mot, tax or insurance since early 2017 Yesterday it was finally clamped by the dvla for the tax, but will this bring to light the mot and insurance issues? Will the owner need to prove all 3 are up to date to get the car unclamped? Will the dvla inform the police of the other issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-bmw Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 To enable the car to be taxed it will need to be MOTd & insured, so obviously that can't happen as he would need to tax it to take it for an MOT but can't do that. I would like to think when its full history comes/came to light, they would indeed inform the Rozzers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8CKN Posted September 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 18 hours ago, E-bmw said: To enable the car to be taxed it will need to be MOTd & insured, so obviously that can't happen as he would need to tax it to take it for an MOT but can't do that. I would like to think when its full history comes/came to light, they would indeed inform the Rozzers. I contacted the DVLA, apparently they don’t inform the police...they are only concerned with the tax issues not the MOT or insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-bmw Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 I think that is shocking! On a lighter note, hopefully the car and its contents are worth some money as he has now lost it, after all he can't tax it until it is MOTd and he can't MOT it until he has paid the tax, chicken....egg.... TBH before that point I would more than likely have lost the struggle with my conscience & dobbed the owner in anyway, based on the principle that what if he hit someone? Unfortunately to now try to prove "driving without insurance" is probably pretty much impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8CKN Posted September 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 They were reported 7 times since February to the police, as well as being given the address the car is overnight and through the day. Nothing was done. At least it’s off the road now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-bmw Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 That is disgraceful! Hopefully it was worth something to the ex-owner to make the pain stick with them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 4 hours ago, M8CKN said: I contacted the DVLA, apparently they don’t inform the police...they are only concerned with the tax issues not the MOT or insurance. When tax discs were abolished and car tax no longer carries over between keepers (2014 iirc?) the insurance stipulation has been removed when taxing a vehicle Insurance can take a while to show on the MID when you commence a new policy, which would potentially block someone taxing a vehicle they were viewing buying and driving away immediately, hence you can now tax a car that isn't showing as insured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8CKN Posted September 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 12 hours ago, E-bmw said: That is disgraceful! Hopefully it was worth something to the ex-owner to make the pain stick with them! It was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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