Why police reposses the car without insurance or tax.Most of the people who drive £100 cars without insurance or tax, they don't bother to reclaim them.You can guess why, because they go and buy another car for £100 and start driving them without insurance or tax. Unless they have been caught again,there is no way DVLC or anyone else can do anything about it.
2007-02-04 18:37:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Insurance & Registration
Untaxed is not so much of a problem as uninsured. I agree with you however, that removing an untaxed £100 rust bucket from the streets does not solve the problem. Most of the cars in question are owned by untraceable people who do not give a damn. Worst aspect of all of this is that most of these people may not even be entitled to be in UK in the first place; illegals etc. We need to do something really hard to bring the message home to them that not only will their car be repossessed but also they get deported - not next month, but on the spot deportations.
2007-02-04 18:48:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The UK car tax is swingeing, all the time that the UK tax continues like it does then poorer people will not pay it, and if they do not pay that then what is the point in paying insurance and MOT's.
What should happen is a registration tax of say 10% of car value is paid when new, then no more. This will save police from being tax inspectors, free up the dead wood at Swansea, and push the documentation onto insurance companies.
Poorer people would then be able to afford their cars more easily, the government would get more money the police could do a real job and about 3000 "civil" servants could be given the push.
Oh by the way, fill in an exportation form and although you can still insure in the UK, Swansea are not interested in you, the silly cameras do not pick you up, nor the filth at the side of the road...
2007-02-04 18:49:20 · answer #2 · answered by rinfrance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only benefit I can see is that as most of these cars also have no MOT it reduces the number of dangerous cars on the road. What I can't understand is why the fine for not having insurance is so low. Surely the fine should be at least the cost of actually insuring the offending driver. Even when years ago as a student I had a £100 car I always insured it, taxed it, and maintained it in a roadworthy condition.
2007-02-05 00:01:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The point is that impounding of a vehicle by the police is only a starting point for the enforcement and contrary to what you say, it does hurt the individual, both in pocket and sheer inconvenience. But the matter is followed up with routine enforcement of the matter. You will never remove such people from the roads unless you lock them up and that may only be a short term option anyway. The roads are riddled with people on drugs, intoxicated, uninsured, untaxed, in unsafe cars, overloaded .... even committing criminal activities ,,,, probably many banned from driving or just unlicenced.
The only answer is more traffic police or police in general. A car is a powerful machine and at worst a killer. Not to mention the damn inconvenience if you are hit by any of the above. But believe me, impounding someone's vehicle is a real threat and does hurt the individual. WE just need more of it, that's all.
A few years ago, I got hit from behind by an 18 year old youth who left the scene of the accident. I suffered whiplash and damage to the car plus time out spent reporting the pollack at the local nick and time off the road etc. I got the vehicle index and reported it to police within the hour. And you know what happened? They filed their papers! I complained to the station inspector and within a week, they had interviewed the driver and obtained his insurance details and address etc. And they added that 'I will be pleased to know that no further action will be taken against either driver' ..... they didn't even warn the other driver for leaving the scene of an accident!
MInd you, if he hadn't have scarpered, I would probably have killed him ........
2007-02-04 18:55:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they shouldn't be on the road, We pay our tax and insurance so why shouldn't everyone.If we had an accident and it was our fault we would be expected to pay up.Why then should they get a way with it.
2007-02-04 18:44:57 · answer #5 · answered by Margaret 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's untaxed and uninsured, what's the likelihood of it having a valid MoT?
Zilch.
If it hasn't got an MoT, it shouldn't be on the road.
So, crush it.
2007-02-04 18:56:34 · answer #6 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At least it gets probably unroadworthy piles of junk off the road, albeit one at a time.
2007-02-04 20:11:59 · answer #7 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋