DVLA - Beware!

[4x4onarret]

Hi All,

We had DVLA come to my employers yesterday and go round all our carparks with the ANPR looking for illegal cars, (no tax, not SORN'd) and clamping any they found.
Having spoken to one of the guys he said its part of a national clamp down by DVLA.
Any cars found that are not completely legal are being clamped and removed if deemed necessary.
Private property is no excuse, if the car is illegal they can enter.

So if you have a car or three and its not SORN'd or insured, be ready for a visit.............

Cheers

Steve

[rustic]

Since I have always paid my insurance, Tax, and always had a valid MOT, I welcome this.

Better than being stopped randomly at the roadside.

I hope they are checking vehicle id like chassis numbers as well, to take any cloned cars off the road.

After all , you only need a number plate from a vehicle the same colour and type with all the correct documentation in place, and you won't get stopped on the road as your vehicle looks all correct.

Any fines go the original owner..... This has been a problem for years.
They thought that ensuring you have to take your V5 to a no. Plate supplier would stop this...

You can get plates for "show purposes " only.....
Too right.... Showing one at the front and one on the back.....

[Timbo_1975]

They were around my local village's 'Council House' cul-de-sac last week. 3 vehicles clamped. ha ha ha.

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

we had a memo when january became february to make sure discs
were valid, that it was in terms of works car park that is displayed
and valid. mine was at home, as came in post so early in jan forgot
to put it on car by a day, so atleast was legal on database.

as said sorn is just just that, not driven to work etc.

police aware that many folks drive round back streets to say shops
so less likely to get picked up by anpr so there are patrols doing
rounds looking at sorn'ed addresses, if not there might be asking
questions.

[Fez_uk]

it is backwards, the dvla will just get extra revenue and probably cleverly loose your sorn declaration. They are useless ****ers

end of the day it's your land you should be able to keep a car on it with tax/mot without insurance! I want to get off!

[11redrex]

as usual, another law that only affects the people who wouldn't break it anyway, brought about by the people who always have and always will, because they don't care.

An old mate of mine has never even had a licence, let alone tax , Mot or insurance. We added it all up a few Years ago and he was far better off financially.

[makeitfit]

This is total ballocks, another people stealth tax. Let me explain.
I find this latest no insurance law totally crap and flawed and Nanny State-ish !
For example, I have 6 cars various and only choose to drive them some of the time. Now this stupid insurance law means I cant have an MOT'd and taxed car parked on my private land, fook ooorf!!! I now have to surrender the tax ,remaining part of the month lost, and eventually get a refund just to get SORN'd. Then if I want to drive it again , I have to work out when that may be in advance so I can get the insurance paperwork through to retax the car for my pleasure! Nonesense.
It was meant to stop people driving uninsured cars The type of twat who drives without insurance will hardly know this law exists let alone care a toss about it
Anyway, if the DVLA are so clever why dont they just do it electronically as they have ALL our data on their computers.An easy spreadsheet would suffice and fine everyone for not being insured,taxed or MOT'd, it's all there at their finger tips............
I think the reason is that by going on to carparks and the like they'll IMPOUND vehicles and search etc and stealth tax more to get the cars out of pounds etc. Bugger this is vexting my, I'm going back to work to sulk
The law is indeed an ASS