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Niel:
New driveway blitz on untaxed cars

Untaxed cars could be removed from owners´ driveways and crushed under
proposed new rules.

Sweeping powers for the DVLA, which would let its staff enter private land,
could affect the two million-plus vehicles sporting out-of-date discs.

At present, the Government can only intervene if a car is parked on a
public road. Commercial contractor NCP Services, which already has an
agreement with the licensing authority to tow and destroy illegal motors,
is proposing the changes. It´s currently in discussion with the DVLA and
Department for Transport. If successful, the new rules will allow its
employees on to your property to clamp, remove or scrap your motor.

An NCP Services spokesman said: "We want access to private property to
remove cars being driven without tax. At present, we know where they are
but can´t get to them."

A DVLA spokeswoman said that law-abiding motorists had nothing to fear: "If
you´ve purchased your road fund licence or correctly applied for the
Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN), there won´t be a problem."

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BigBlue90:

--- Quote from: "Niel" ---We want access to private property to
remove cars being driven without tax
--- End quote ---


If there being driven around on the road and being hidden when not, Then it seems like a good idea.

I have to pay for mine so it seems fair that everyone else should play fair and pay too.

glaggs:
Rules like this always appear great on the surface, its when some jobsworth uses it to crush your landy parts 'cos some nimby neighbour doesn't like the view from his/her backyard. And quiet frankly the ruling will do nothing to deter those determind to break the law, just penalise the generaly law abiding among us. I'm for enforcing existing legislation fairly, not introducing new rules to improve the crime solving statistics. This used to be a free and democratic nation which tolorated individuality!

Evilgoat:
Err No

The DVLA are a bunch of utter imcompetants when it comes to paperwork and the law is to damn vague as it is.

Scenario 1) I sorn my car, pop it on my driveway and they turn up and remove it because the DVLA/PO have lost the sorn before it gets to the point I'm worried about it not having arrived.

Scenario 2) I buy a new car for a project, park it up knowing I have 6 months SORN left, a week later is gone (till recently I wasnt aware you had to re sorn any car you purchased if it had time left or not)

These people have no right at all to enter my properly and in the situation they tried they would find problems with doing so. Might be time to start rawbolting things into the drive.

Yes all good an well them going for illegal cars that are being driven but given their history...

wing nut:
if they know these vehicles are being driven ,then why not wait for the offence to happen ? that way a stiffer fine or prison can be dealt for those driving without insurance or mot too :?  kills 2 birds with one stone then

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