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Anyone good on traffic/insurance offences please?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I’ve had a court letter today, first I’ve heard of this offence, which is 1/keep a motor vehicle which does not meet insurance requirements.
I think it may be because I had an old car kept on a private drive uninsured, but I think there may have been a short gap before I put the siren on, but it was legally taxed before that.
I had no letter before the one today.
This is from a car that was removed by the finance company and scrapped in February as it was too expensive to fix.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Be careful it could be a scam I’d seek proper advice it sounds a bit strange "
Google the proper address, don't contact them off the details on the letter. |
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By *ay19720Man
over a year ago
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Call and explain. ...I sold car recently. .fella went London clocked up loads of fines..came to me I called ..gave proof it was sold....everything fine..
Just call you will no longer be woundering...  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Be careful it could be a scam I’d seek proper advice it sounds a bit strange
Google the proper address, don't contact them off the details on the letter. "
I’ve Googled the details, they are all correct. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"As far as we know the car has been scrapped.
Can’t call until Monday as they are shut at the weekend  "
Do you have proof of when it was scrapped? Try not to worry in the meantime. X |
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"I’ve had a court letter today, first I’ve heard of this offence, which is 1/keep a motor vehicle which does not meet insurance requirements.
I think it may be because I had an old car kept on a private drive uninsured, but I think there may have been a short gap before I put the siren on, but it was legally taxed before that.
I had no letter before the one today.
This is from a car that was removed by the finance company and scrapped in February as it was too expensive to fix.
Any advice please? "
Doesn't need to be taxed if it's on a private road but it does need to be sorn.
The letter should have dates on it that they're saying it didn't comply.
Compare then with your dates and go from there.
It might be that the company that took it away for scrap didn't scrap it so the company think it's still being driven |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Just asked a friend (Traffic Officer) about this, he said all vehicles that are off a public Highway must have a SORN, insurance and Mot is not needed.
He also said that even though the finance company took the car you should have got them to fill in the V5 document regardless, and dated it, as a secondary measure ask them to put the time on that they took the car.
You are still liable if it's used on a public highway, and there are many traffic cameras that have ANR now to identify uninsured, untaxed and vehicles without an Mot. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The biggest issue is that the car was taken away by others for scrap in February, yet the authorities are still contacting you about it at your address meaning it still appears to be registered to you!!
Dig out any correspondence from whoever arranged to collect it from your property as evidence.
Essentially it APPEARS to anyone that wants to make an issue of it that you still own this vehicle and it still exists leaving you wide open for scams and fines from anyone that wants to do naughty things with it.
Phone DVLA asap. It is entirely possible that you have committed an offence by not recording the change of keeper or notifying DVLA that the vehicle is scrapped.
Don't pass this by, contact DVLA, finance company, insurance company asap
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Every time I have sold/scrapped cars, the DVLA usually sends a letter confirming that I no longer own the vehicle, from the date stated on V5, and records amended accordingly.
I keep them all, going back years. Just in case.... |
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