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The fight against uninsured vehicles

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squaddie_fox:
They can take me to court.

Range Rover Blues:
I agree that something needs doing, but treating us all like criminals isn't the right way to do it.  As said already it just means more inconvenience for law abiding citizens and making doing nothing an offence is just a joke.

In Auz you pay basic insurance with your fuel, no-one can drive uninsured unless they are powered by wind.  It was muted to do the same here but as usual our governement wanted to use it as an excuse to increase fuel taxation, can't remember where I read about it now though.

I'd gladly pay more fuel duty if they got rid of raod tax and the need to have basic 3rd party insurance, let's face it we'd be paying for what we used rather than to tax a stationary vehicle (how many of use do that?), there would be a lot less "classic" cars being driven as tax evasion and bigger, thirstier cars would still contirbute more per mile in insurance.  Just as long as it was the 3 or 4 p/litre it should cost and not another 50p/litre.

However, whilst the fine is a couple of hundred quid and car insewerance costs over a grand for young drivers the situation will continue.

V8MoneyPit:

--- Quote from: Tommo on November 24, 2010, 18:12:03 ---all my vehicles are covered by my traders policy, and arent registered on the MID, so how is that going to work?

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Isn't it a legal requirement to register vehicles used under a trade policy on the MID? Ours are all registered. I thought anything that wasn't registered had to driven under trade plates and meet the criteria of such use. i.e. be a vehicle for sale, etc.

However, the idea of having to insure a vehicle that has an MOT and tax, but is not being used on the road, is crazy.

Edit:
Just looked it up and it reads that all 'company vehicles' are to be entered on the MID by the company concerned.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/Motorinsurance/DG_071948

MuddyMike:

--- Quote from: V8MoneyPit on November 26, 2010, 13:01:31 ---
--- Quote from: Tommo on November 24, 2010, 18:12:03 ---Just looked it up and it reads that all 'company vehicles' are to be entered on the MID by the company concerned.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/Motorinsurance/DG_071948

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I was stopped twice on passing through ANPR checks before that rule came out. Both times the bobby stopping me opened with something like "I have stopped you because no insurance is shown for the vehicle, its probably because it's a fleet car but do you have proof of insurance"

Mike
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V8MoneyPit:
I'm sure it's fine as long as the car is actually insured. It just means you might have the trouble of having to take your documents to the police station to prove it.


If someone's insurance expires half way through a month and they decide to not use the car for a couple of weeks and re-insure from the next month, they are likely to get a nasty letter from the DVLA under the proposed rules! It's bonkers to force people SORN their car for a few days, only to re-tax it shortly after.

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